Filed under: Windows, Microsoft, Browsers
Microsoft to push Internet Explorer 8 through automatic update
by Brad Linder Apr 10th 2009 at 6:50PM
The update should start showing up the third week of April for Windows users running Windows XP, Vista, or Windows Server 2003 or 2008. Microsoft is planning a phased rollout, so you might not get the update right away. Of course, you can always just download and install the browser yourself if you don't feel like waiting.
But what if you don't want the new browser? First, IE8 will automatically be downloaded through Windows Update, but it won't automatically install itself on your system. You'll see a prompt asking if you want to install the browser.
You can also install a blocker tool that will prevent Windows from automatically downloading Internet Explorer 8 if you want to hold off on installing the browser indefinitely.
[via ZDNet]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Chedstone said 7:07PM on 4-10-2009
Either upgrade or use a completely different browser (ie FireFox). Im tired having having to develop websites for the lowest common denominator : the terrible, the non-standards compliant---- IE6!!!!
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TruthBringer said 10:31PM on 4-10-2009
Yeah, I agree, upgrade now! why wouldn't you want too anyways? IE 8 is years ahead of IE6, which was pretty bad. IE6 and even 7 need to die, 8 is by far the best, and my only browser, So down with IE6!!!
Obvious said 1:38PM on 4-13-2009
Right on, brother. Down with IE6!
Alex2112 said 10:31PM on 4-10-2009
"But what if you don't want the new browser?" Why wouldn't you? It's way better than previous versions and even if you use some other browser it's good to have in the time of need. Besides you can't uninstall IE completely from your system, so why not have the latest updated version?
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RoyalKnight said 10:31PM on 4-10-2009
Alternatively, you can just tell Windows Update to just hide the update. That what I was doing for IE7 on some of my machines.
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bill cant fart said 8:00AM on 4-11-2009
What we need is for someone to break into Microsoft with a Mozilla-based version of Internet Explorer and to push that through MS Updates.
What we need is MacGyver.
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Martin-T said 8:01AM on 4-11-2009
I installed IE8 when it first came out. The BSOD's were just wonderful. I uninstalled it but problems persisted. I got my system back to normal after running sfc /scannow. I am not quite ready to go through the problems again so I'll skip the 'upgrade' this time around. I use Firefox 99% of the time so the upgrade isn't a priority for me anyhow.
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Jason said 12:36AM on 4-11-2009
IE8 should be a mandatory security update. If you want to use Windows you should have to install it. There's absolutely no excuse not too, not one.
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KeegdnaB said 8:01AM on 4-11-2009
Agree 100% with you there.
While I would not condone using IE in any situation, for the people who are so absolutely against change for whatever reason, they should at least have the most up to date version
kirby145 said 8:01AM on 4-11-2009
Seriously I want IE6 to have some sort of self destruct or something it's time to move on but there's a ton of computers that didn't even upgrade to IE7
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TroubleMaker said 7:47PM on 4-11-2009
I have an off topic question, i hope anyone can answer it
I have an HP laptop with Windows Vista premium installed, if i install windows 7 beta and decide to remove it, will i be able to use the HP "System Recovery" to recover windows Vista?
Thanks in advance.
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gonintendo said 7:47PM on 4-11-2009
I recommend you make a new partition for 7. I'm not sure if recovery would work on 7. it probably should, but better safe than sorry. To make a partition, go to your Start menu, right click on Computer and hit Manage. under Storage, click on Disk Management. Beside Disk 0 at the bottom , you should see a bar with C: in it. Right click on that, and you can shrink that partition. Then you will have some free space at the end of that bar, Right click on that and create your new partition.
TroubleMaker said 7:47PM on 4-11-2009
Thanks gonintendo, i made a partition for Windows 7 just like u advised me to.
gonintendo said 7:47PM on 4-11-2009
Sure thing!
Gardiner Westbound said 7:47PM on 4-11-2009
If you want to avoid Microsoft's very difficult to use blocker tool you can do it with IntelliAdmin's free (Up to 3 computers) Network Administrator:
http://tinyurl.com/gnz7f
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nicholascronwright said 8:50AM on 4-12-2009
Firstly, anyone that sticks to IE6 is an idiot. It is the most vulnerable and exploited browser ever. EVERYONE should upgrade. Funny thing is when I tried to upgrade on my machine (still running XP) it wouldn't work. I contacted Microsoft support etc but still couldn't get it running. I think the reason is cause I used nLite to slim my XP installation and some files essential to IE8 were missing....so I installed Opera instead. Anyway. If you do use IE8 I wrote a beginners guide here (I use it at work though) >>
http://ninjarabbits.blogspot.com/2009/04/internet-explorer-8-beginners-guide.html
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michas_pi said 8:50AM on 4-12-2009
This may not be such a great idea just yet. The test-taking module of BlackBoard is incompatible with IE8 according to my college.
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Abscissa said 12:56PM on 4-13-2009
Blackboard is complete shit, period.
Martijn Lafeber said 3:40PM on 4-12-2009
Shit. Now developers will have to deal with ie6, ie7 AND ie8. Ancient ie6 should be replaced in virus kind of way, not like this.
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Jash Sayani said 4:09PM on 4-12-2009
We can PUSH IT BACK using Uninstaller !
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