Microsoft recently announced that the final version of Internet Explorer 7 will be released in October was released on Oct. 18th 2006. What's more, the long overdue upgrade will be pushed out to users as a High-Priority Update through the company's Automatic Updates service.
Aww... but do I have to?
No... not necessarily. According to the release announcement,
...to ensure that customers are prepared to upgrade, IE7 will not install without user consent. Microsoft recognizes that, as part of a managed deployment plan, some organizations may wish to block users from receiving IE7 through Automatic Updates and is providing an IE7 Blocker Toolkit.
Well that's good! I wonder if Jon will update his IE7 Standalone Launcher to work with the final release version of the browser?
Steve S. reports that the Standalone Launcher does indeed work with the final version of IE7.
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