Internet Explorer auto-updates begin
PC World | at | by Mike
Microsoft has slowly begun shipping automatic updates of Internet Explorer 7 to all users of the English language version of the browser.
Microsoft had rolled out automatic updates of the new browser to beta testers, beginning shortly after IE 7's October 18 launch, but it had been telling the rest of IE 6 users to be ready for these updates, effective November 1.
In fact, these automatic updates started going out a few days ago, said Gary Schare, a director of product management with the Internet Explorer team. On last Wednesday, "we began a very slow distribution through automatic updates, throttled way down so a very few users would see it," Schare said.