Microsoft has released a tool that will allow
enterprises to postpone upgrading to the new Internet Explorer 7
browser via Microsoft’s automatic update distribution
services.
The tool will allow them to test the browser in their own time
before rolling it out across their businesses.
IE7 for Windows XP is currently in beta and the browser will be
distributed with the new Windows Vista OS to businesses from the
end of this year.
A similar blocker was issued last year for Windows Server 2003
SP1, which allowed firms to postpone any automatic update until
March of this year.
IE7 is being classed as a “high priority” update, meaning that
users without the blocker will be constantly reminded to install
it.
Microsoft also issued a blocker to cope with the demand from
companies wanting to block the installation of Windows XP SP2.
Unlike previous blockers though, the IE7 one doesn’t have an
expiration date, so firms can block the new browser, which is
touted as being more secure, indefinitely.
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