Be Ready for Automatic Update Distribution of IE7 by November 1
Now that IE7 has released, I want to remind everyone about the plan we announced back in July to distribute IE7 via Automatic Updates (AU) and point you to the readiness materials we’ve created.
To help you become more secure and up-to-date, we will distribute IE7 via Automatic Updates as a high-priority update. We will start very soon with those of you who are already running IE7 pre-releases and then move onto IE6 users after a few weeks. We will progressively roll out to all IE6 users over a few months, so don’t be surprised if you don’t see the update right away. (Of course, users who can’t wait that long can download IE7 from https://www.microsoft.com/ie.)
Of course we want to make sure you are ready to upgrade, so AU will notify you when IE7 is ready to install by presenting a welcome screen. You can choose whether or not to install it; IE7 will not install without your consent.
I also want to remind you that IE7 setup will preserve your current toolbars, home page, search settings, and favorites and will not change your choice of default browser. You will also be able to roll back to IE6 by using Add/Remove Programs. Only a user who is a local administrator will be offered the update. You can find more details and screenshots here.
Organizations using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and System Management Server (SMS) can manage the IE7 deployment like they do other updates. The IE7 package will be classified as an Update Roll-up and must be approved to install on designated groups of Windows XP and Server 2003 clients.
Organizations that use AU to keep their computers up-to-date can use a free Blocker Toolkit to block automatic delivery of IE7. This blocker has no expiration date; you can find more information in the blocker FAQ. I also recommend you review the additional information for IT administrators at the Windows Update/Microsoft Update site on TechNet. Organizations that want to block the distribution of IE7 through AU should have their blocking measures in place by November 1, 2006.
Tony Chor
Group Program Manager
Comments
Anonymous
October 19, 2006
who wants to place bets, that this Auto Update, will "accidentally" be released, to set itself as the default browser? I got $5 says it happens.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
For those of us using the IEAK Customization kit, you guys are yet to give us the new version. MS Server still has RC1 on it!Anonymous
October 19, 2006
After installation, an immediate crash. Odd, since Beta 2 worked fine. I get: Unhandled exception at 0x02526669 in iexplore.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000028. In the disassembly: 02526669 mov eax,dword ptr [edi] Stepping over simply loops back to this instruction, and the repeat exception. This happens after the browser is loaded, and attempts to navigate to the runonce.msn.com URL. Running Windows XP SP2, updating from IE6. And Steve, you owe me $5.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
Update: Hitting Esc immediately to prevent navigation to the Microsoft URL allows it to load. I seem to be able to navigate fine now. Think I'll avoid the "thank you for installing IE page."Anonymous
October 19, 2006
@Michael: This crash sounds like it may be caused by a buggy plugin. Try the troubleshooting steps at http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.aspAnonymous
October 19, 2006
the ie first run page not only fails to load, but also causes the browser to crash. all other sites work fine.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
Any chance you folks will fix the tab-related bug that causes IE to crash? Been there awhile now.
- Open IE.
- Open new tab (so you have two tabs open).
- Close FIRST tab.
- Try to open a new one.
- Watch IE crash.
Anonymous
October 19, 2006
@Steve Who wants to bet that it will download and say it's going to be installed even with Automatic Updates turned off?Anonymous
October 19, 2006
With Microsoft’s release of Internet Explorer 7 yesterday some problems were inevitable and Barron’s Eric Savitz reports that Reuters has grabbed first dibs on the application incompatibility category: Reuters yesterday e-mailed a rather ..Anonymous
October 19, 2006
After installation IE redirected to http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx every time it loaded, then displayed a 404 error as this page will not load. I found posts relative to this same issue in the beta but the solution (registry key RunOnceHasShown) did not correct the problem. Adding another key (RunOnceComplete dword 1) corrected the problem and IE now loads my home page as expected. Note that BOTH keys have to be in the registry - deleting either key causes the symptom to return.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
To LJ: works fine here. Must be something in your setup, like a bad add-on. Try running IE in "no add-ons" mode.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
@Michael I don't owe you $5 yet, because they haven't released the AU of IE7 to the masses yet. Once they do, we can re-visit... but if you want my $5, you gotta anti-in!Anonymous
October 19, 2006
Will the autoupdate work under non legal copie of windows?Anonymous
October 19, 2006
what's the exact procedure to rectify ie7's failure to load the runonce page? one wonders if this was an issue in the beta version, why was it not corrected?Anonymous
October 19, 2006
Nope, still mixed results. It crashes with add-ons disabled, and once I was able to get it to run, I disabled all other add-ons, restarted, and still is crashing when trying to redirect. Cancelling navigation sometimes work, sometimes not. It crashed while viewing the enhanceIE page as well.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
Late yesterday afternoon, Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP....Anonymous
October 19, 2006
If you try to restore back to ie6 for any reason . you will lose some of you windows system system sounds . To get them all back you have to reinstall the bugged up verion of ie7 just to get your ie 7 sounds back . Your other system soubnds are not effeted. But ya this is a bug and need to be fixed .before movember 1Anonymous
October 19, 2006
Why are the download links for IE7 all broken? Please don't tell me to delete my temp files and refresh the page. Even though this is my first visit to the page, yes, I have tried those two things already. Also, why is it redirecting me to this URL? http://switch.atdmt.com/action/IE_7_Windows_XP_SP2_BAnonymous
October 19, 2006
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October 19, 2006
Don't be so quick to release that product. I had been using RC1 just fine and installed the released version this morning and it has totally hosed my machine. I cannot get into the browser, Control Panel or any system tools. The more I try, the more problems develop.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
The following 2 registry entries stopped IE7 from attempting to redirect to http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx. Create (or update)these DWORD values in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain RunOnceHasShown RunOnceComplete Set the value for each of these to 1Anonymous
October 19, 2006
Hi guys. Well one bug.. While upgrading from 6 to 7 some how the IE lost my today history. All the rest is fine. Rafael.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
swright - thank you for that post, I too have been struggling (as have several of my coworkers) with the startup bug trying to load http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx with no success I had in place the RunOnceHasShown to 1, no worky. Added RunOnceComplete set it to 1 and now all is well. Nice "feature" - this is a product ready for the masses for sure!Anonymous
October 19, 2006
@LJ/Michael: Do you have an older version of Google Desktop Search installed? Older versions are known to cause problems with IE, even with Addons disabled. @All: The RunOnce page is currently under extremely heavy load (due to massive downloads of IE7) and we're adding servers as fast as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience!Anonymous
October 19, 2006
Just installed IE7 and it removed me as an administrator of my own machine! Even though I was still logged in, I couldn't do any administrative task (like turn my Antivirus back on) because it said I didn't have admin rights. Sure enough, when I logged in with a backup Admin account (thankfully I had one of these dangling around) and my normal admin account was gone- erased, obliterated! If I hadn't had the backup Admin account, I wouldn't have been able to get in to the Users control panel and add my profile back in to the users and Restore back to a restore point. I am scared of what it's going to do for the masses!Anonymous
October 19, 2006
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October 19, 2006
My DVD Roxio drag-to-disk doesn't function anymore since IE7. This probably has something to with the Malcontent, but whatever it is, it is unacceptable.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
@Steve: no it wont install if your copy if Windows is not "genuine", as in not lergit. Warez monkeys do not deserve anythng if they steal imo.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
The setup DID register IE as the default browser on my machine (formerly Firefox). Also it reverted the webpage font to Times New Roman, which was Calibri beforehand.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
I want to get ready, but i can't - i am web developer so i need to keep my ie6. I would like to use IE 7 as standalone application to be able to test webs in both, but it is quite impossible to do itAnonymous
October 19, 2006
Instructions here: http://www.tech-recipes.com/internet_explorer_ie7_tips1188.html , I just did it with no trouble.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
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October 19, 2006
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October 19, 2006
I was excited about this release until I installed it. I like most of the features they TRIED to add in but they broke the one that has kept me using IE forever, the ability to use custom icons on favorites links. The developers don't give a hoot about this bug and from what I have read a few others. This release is no better than RC1. I'm safe because I don't use auto updates but I bet you're gonna have a lot of unhappy people once you start pushing this on them.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
As a prelude, I should say that I participated in the feedback for Beta2 and 3 and sort of gave up posting my problems with RC1 because several problems just didn't get fixed. In fact, at Beta3 level the Microsoft feedback team had the gall to say "use the next beat - this one's finished" without resolving the problem! In IE6, I could save pages to 'Complete' HTML disk files - most times (some websites / pages just pop up a warning, requiring me to use Firefox and save them with that). Also, in IE6, I could save as MHTML format. In all versions of IE7 including the RTM I have a 20-30% failure (I'm serious - it is BAD) to save the page at all - the IE instance just stalls, and in order to 'free' it I typically need to start a hyperlink to any webpage (from a link in an email, a desktop shortcut, whatebver). That can be for 1-tab or multi-tabbed IE7 instances. When this happens, I start up another instance of IE7 and save the page from that; or, sometimes refreshing the page is enough; or, I lose patience and use Firefox 1.5.0.7 - though Firefox doesn't give me a page title at all (just the server filename). I'm using a fast enough PC with Windows XP SP2 and every patch, plenty of disk saoce and fast SATA disk - and since Firefox 100% of the time saves pages to disk, I think it's a problem at the IE7 end. And, it was not a problem with IE6. I say Come on 1 November - but will this set of problems get some attention?Anonymous
October 19, 2006
This was a problem with the betas and RC1 (I haven't tested the situation yet with RTM but it's my guess that it's unchanged from months ago). Browse, save the page as MHTML format. Quit IE7, attempt to open the MHTML file from disk (Windows Explorer). Or, open a blank page instance of IE7, Browse for files, attempt to do the same. Some saved MHTML files just won't open. And it does appear that some pages at some websites - which inlcudes specific pages as the Code Project - have this problem. I reported this is some detail via the feedback site, for a couple of the betas and for RC1. Nothing was done to fix the problem. I reckon this is a half-baked product.Anonymous
October 19, 2006
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October 20, 2006
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October 20, 2006
Guys, what gives? I'm pretty sure it aint Nov 1 yet, and I'm being prompted to install IE7 via Windows Update already. Congrats on the early release and the hard work that went into fixing all the CSS bugs and the new features and all that, but why tell everyone they have til Nov 1 and then surprise them with it 12 days early?Anonymous
October 20, 2006
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October 20, 2006
In my WSUS, the updates are showing up as "Expired" and cannot be approved for installation. Huh?Anonymous
October 20, 2006
While MS has done a great job allowing those that do not want the update to opt-out, I have not been able to find out how to FORCE it to install with WSUS. Will end users have the option of saying no? When I decide to deploy it, I want it to install without asking. As for those of you crying about "Why are you releasing it as a critical update???", you NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE WSUS. If you set your computers to just talk to Windows Update and auto-install, you are saying "I want to install whatever Microsoft tells me to right away." If you really dont' mean that, then put in WSUS for FREE and decide for yourself what you want to install. MS should never had to make the "IE Blocker Tool". That is a cover for lazy network admins.Anonymous
October 20, 2006
Standalone IE6 and older IE's too: I got fed up waiting for MS's official way so I googled up and found an easy solution. this worked for me like a charm:
- download and install IE7
- http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE Just run the installer and choose the versions you like. I took IE6 and now i'm running 6 & 7 with no problems. I actually thought this would give me a headache -- a nice surprise everything went so well. Yeah, it's a third party solution. Maybe that's the reason. ;) Glad I updated, just found out my dropdown menu doesn't work at all with IE7.. about the browser: feels nice and quick but renders everything a bit blurry which is really bugging me. It's like having a bad vision trying to read the text. Well, fortunately we have Firefox.
Anonymous
October 20, 2006
Will there be an official way to run both IE7 and IE6 side by side? I need to test whether my XHTML pages work on both, using the same computer.Anonymous
October 20, 2006
Make sure you are NOT using Cleartype. All it does is make your fonts look blurry, at least to me it does. I'm not sure what Cleartype is supposed to fix, because it seems to do the opposite.Anonymous
October 20, 2006
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October 20, 2006
@EricLaw: Yes, I re-downloaded the latest version of Google Desktop. Still crashing. Is it an issue with just having GD installed, or running at the same time? Detailed my steps attempting to fix it: http://verbose.pixelbath.com/?p=47Anonymous
October 20, 2006
its already in my automatic updates... =PAnonymous
October 20, 2006
also: @Jason: Cleartype is for use LCD monitors, it makes the the text slightly blur so they dont look all pixely. =P And why disable it?Anonymous
October 20, 2006
I wish you guys would just force IE7 on everyone. I know that's not realistic, but I have to dream sometime. Coding for IE6 at this point has become an annoyance. I can at least program for FF and be safe to say that everything looks and works the same in IE7.Anonymous
October 20, 2006
Hi all, Here are answers to a couple questions:
- Installing IE7 will NOT make IE the default browser, whether you install it through Windows Update, Automatic Updates, or through the Microsoft.com site.
- the 'expired' updates you see on your WSUS server are the test updates we used while testing deployment. For information on the WSUS release of IE7, see http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx. Thanks! John [MSFT]
Anonymous
October 20, 2006
If you run your LCD monitor at the native res, text does not look "pixely". I guess it would help if you run your LCD at a lower res, but why do that? =)Anonymous
October 20, 2006
Thanks John. However, I am still not able to find information explaining if user intervention is needed from WSUS. I understand that from Windows Update, an administrator will be prompted yes or no to install ONCE. What about on WSUS?Anonymous
October 20, 2006
okay, this happens on a lot of websites: "This Website wants to run the following add-on: 'MSXML 5.0' from 'Microsoft Corporation'. If you trust the website and the add-on and want to allow it to run, click here... nothing happens if you click on it and let it run. same thing happens over and over again.Anonymous
October 20, 2006
Jason, Once the administrator approves the IE7 update, it will install silently on any computer managed by that WSUS server. Thanks. John [MSFT]Anonymous
October 20, 2006
@is this a joke: A significant majority of stability issues with IE are caused by buggy plugins. See http://enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp @Yaser: Actually, something ~is~ happening. The problem is that this DLL has 5 different objects or so in it, and each one throws the information bar. So you have to accept it a bunch of times in a row. Fortunately, you should only have to do this process once. Sorry for the inconvenience. @Jarmo Valmari: For an improved Find experience, there's a great plugin. See http://enhanceie.com/ie/essentials.aspAnonymous
October 21, 2006
@jason: I do run my LCD at its highest Res. =PAnonymous
October 22, 2006
And the interface still remains the worst of all browsers currently available. In fact, IE7 brings:an "improved" support for webstandards;
a worsened interface;
an unclear update future. Undermining IE's user experience will clearly harm Microsoft, more or less, since many users really are forgiving, and it probably sets back the webstandards community for several years. Hopefully, I am wrong.
Anonymous
October 22, 2006
With the release of IE7, the nay-sayers are coming out of the woodwork. A quick look at the IE7 blogAnonymous
October 23, 2006
Thanks to Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis for the helpful feedback. There is an indication at left of the toolbar (sometimes) about 'Rendered with Errors' (my rough wording), but I will check other 'offending' sites like Morfik for incorrect / non-W3C HTML code. PErhaps this is also the reason why IE7 will not save pages at http://www.traincert.net ?Anonymous
October 23, 2006
IE7 does not object to the Morfik website (the indication I was looking for is "Done with Errors" - but it doesn't occur at http://www.morfik.com/). An icon indicating W3C compliance may be useful - on the IE7 toolbarAnonymous
October 23, 2006
Just in case you missed it somehow, we released IE7 last Wednesday . In the first four days over threeAnonymous
October 23, 2006
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October 25, 2006
As a corporate IT manager, I would like to disable users ability to install IE7 until we get ready to perform the upgrade. How can this be done? I am not talking about WSUS, Blocking Automatic Updates, or anything like that. I don't want people who are local admins on their PC to be able to perform the upgrade. How can this be done?Anonymous
October 26, 2006
I've had a number of people ask me about Internet Explorer 7, which was released last week . It is currentlyAnonymous
October 26, 2006
I have Windows XP SP2 HOME EDITION and I have already installed IE7 English Version. Do will be possible pass trought English Version to that Italian Version with the update or first necessary remove the English Version and then install Italian Version? Do you furnish educations in intention? Best RegardsAnonymous
October 29, 2006
Internet shortcuts on desktop won't open after IE7 upgrade, however, the links do open through favorites if the browser is already open.Anonymous
October 29, 2006
Contrary to the blogger's comment, the IE7 IEAK Customization kit-created setup installer does NOT preserve the user's home page, despite an option to that effect within the customization options.
- Steve Yates
- "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." - Jebediah Springfield ~ Taglines by Taglinator - www.srtware.com ~
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October 30, 2006
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November 01, 2006
Where is the Windows automatic update for IE7?? Is it not happening today?Anonymous
November 01, 2006
The IE7 package comes into WSUS as "Update Rollups". If you don't have that option selected in your items to synchronize, then it wont show up. If you are just using AU, then it should pop up depending again on your client settings.Anonymous
November 01, 2006
I'm wondering if i can replace the automatic update version of IE7 on my WSUS server with one i created with the IEAK. There are so many features that we want to select for our users, that this could be the best way to distribute it, effortlessly.Anonymous
November 01, 2006
So where exactly is the update? I've gotten everything appropriately enabled, but it still hasn't shown up...Anonymous
November 01, 2006
The Automatic Updates install of IE7 will happen over the next few weeks to months. See http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/19/be-ready-for-automatic-update-distribution-of-ie7-by-november-1.aspx
- Steve Yates
- Pentium slogan: That's the reason it is called floating point. ~ Taglines by <a href="http://www.srtware.com/">Taglinator</a> ~
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November 01, 2006
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November 02, 2006
We have released Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP in five new languages: German, Japanese, French,Anonymous
November 07, 2006
Since we announced the release of IE7, we’ve noticed many questions and discussion about how well theAnonymous
November 07, 2006
Kelly Ford from Microsoft chimes in on the IE Blog all about the current state of screen readers withAnonymous
November 07, 2006
Since we announced the release of IE7, we’ve noticed many questions and discussion about how well the program works with various screen readers and screen enlargers on the net. We wanted to provide the latest information we have from the various manufacturersAnonymous
September 17, 2007
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April 26, 2009
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