[bcab] Re: The gen on the IE7 automatic update

I hear that from the release of JFW v8 there will be an update about every 6 
weeks. It will be interesting to see what effect this has on the frequency of 
new versions.  

Cheers
Dave

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  From: Iain Lackie 
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:24 AM
  Subject: [bcab] Re: The gen on the IE7 automatic update


  I don't suppose it will happen but it would be good if Freedom Scientific 
produced scripts for JFW users earlier than JAWS 7 to download so that we could 
run the new version of Internet Explorer. If Dolphin can do it, surely Freedom 
Scientific can also. I can understand the need for installing a higher version 
of JAWS when Vista comes along but Internet Explorer isn't a new operating 
system, it is a key part of most people's computer use and it would be an 
indication to JAWS users that Freedom Scientific really care about their 
customers.

  Iain

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  Hi,

  Here is information I have gathered from speaking to MS personell regarding 
the IE7 update on Wednesday:

  1. The update is delivered through automatic updates, but you are given the 
option to install it or to stop the installation - only users in the 
administrators group will have the option of installation.

  2. If you are in a company and they use the automatic update server like I do 
at work, the update is delivered in the rollup category, which we don't 
subscribe to anyway.

  3. There is a block tool available to stop IE being downloaded if you are 
really paranoid (its basically for administrators who don't use WSUS and don't 
have control over their users) available at:

  
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4516A6F7-5D44-482B-9DBD-869B4A90159C&displaylang=en

  I recommend that JFW users just say no to the installation screen, do not 
disable automatic updates as you wouldn't get other critical updates downloaded 
- once you say no, you won't be prompted again - you will manually download the 
update as and when a fix to JFW is available.

  FWIW here at work there are other products that don't work with IE7, relating 
to BACS/DD submissions over HTTP etc, so we won't be rolling it out yet.

  Andrew. 



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