Microsoft removed IE7 from Microsoft Updates
Submitted by Ryan on Monday, 29 January 2007One Comment
Since last week I haven’t seen IE7 in the Microsoft Update catalog when doing a clean install. Very strange as I thought it is actually better for most people who don’t know what they’re doing to have a secured browser installed automatically. Most people don’t know that there is a new browser or even how to go to Microsoft.com, look for IE7 and then download/install it. Makes little sense to me. I’m kind of disappointed to be honest. I searched Google news and couldn’t even find an article saying that they removed it. Two computers today, clean install with SP2, doing all Microsoft Updates and I have yet to see it pick up the IE7 update. Weird.

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