re: Procedure for Rejecting IE7.0 Download
- From: "Richard Sherman" <squirman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "JFW Discussion List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:12:49 -0700
Hi,
I had a computer friend of mine relay this information to me. Here it is:
A better way to avoid getting the download of IE 7 is to check out
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4516A6F7-5D44-482B-9DBD-869B4A90159C&displaylang=en
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Hello Everyone,
I am passing this along because this is a hot topic. I have heard good
and bad about IE 7. For the blind community some screen readers will
not work properly with the new version. Some may not like the new
interface.
From the Jaws discussion list:
A friend just directed me to a Microsoft page that gives what
for me is the clearest explanation I've read of how to handle or
reject an IE 7.0 download. I'm copying the text below, but first the
link for anyone who wants to take advantage of the screenshots shown
on the page:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/updatemanagement/windowsupdate/ie7announcement.mspx
Internet Explorer 7 will be delivered through Automatic Updates - customers
should complete preparations by November 1 Published: July 26, 2006 | Updated:
October 15, 2006 To help customers become more secure and up-to-date, Microsoft
will distribute Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic
Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites. Internet Explorer 7
will be available for users of genuine Windows XP SP2, Windows XP 64-bit
Edition, and Windows Server 2003 SP1. This announcement provides an overview of
the delivery process and options available to IT Administrators to prevent
delivery of Internet Explorer 7 to their organization through Automatic
Updates. Customers wishing to block the delivery of Internet Explorer 7 into
their organization should have blocking measures complete by November 1.
Distribution of Internet Explore 7 by Automatic Updates will ta!
ke several months to complete. Microsoft will revise this announcement with
more information in the future. Automatic Updates Delivery Process The
automatic delivery process will notify users that an update is available and
allow users to choose whether to install Internet Explorer 7. The process is
described below and screenshots are included at the bottom of this page.
Automatic Updates will only offer Internet Explorer 7 to users with local
administrator accounts. Automatic Updates will notify all such users (including
those with Automatic Updates configured to automatically download and install
updates) when Internet Explorer 7 has been downloaded and is ready to install.
The notification and installation process will not start unless and until a
user who is a local administrator logs on to the machine. Users who are not
local administrators will not be prompted to install the update and will thus
continue using Internet Explorer 6. After clicking on the Automatic Updat!
es notification balloon, users will see a welcome screen summarizing k
ey features of Internet Explorer 7 and presenting three options - Install,
Don't Install, and Ask Me Later. Table with 2 columns and 3 rows . If a user
selects "Install": The installation process will commence and require Windows
Genuine Advantage validation and a re-boot to complete. Installation of
Internet Explorer 7 will not override a user's default browser choice and will
transfer the user's previous homepage, favorites, search settings and
compatible toolbars. When the user launches Internet Explorer 7, a first-run
experience will be offered highlighting new features and changes. . If a user
selects "Don't Install": The notification process will not re-prompt the user
to install at a later time; however, any user who is a local administrator will
be able to install Internet Explorer 7 at any time as an optional update from
the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites or from the Microsoft Download
Center. . If a user selects "Ask Me Later": The install process will n!
ot proceed and Automatic Updates will start notifying the user that an update
is available using the same process (notification balloon and welcome screen)
within approximately 24 hours. table end Internet Explorer 7 will replace
Internet Explorer 6 on a user's machine. However, users may roll back to
Internet Explorer 6 by uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 via the Windows Control
Panel Add/Remove Programs utility. Note If a user has installed Internet
Explorer 7 and subsequently removes it, Automatic Updates will re-offer
Internet Explorer 7 to that machine using the process above in order to bring
it up to date. In this case, a user need only select the "don't install" option
at the welcome screen. Internet Explorer 7 will no longer be presented by
Automatic Updates. Top of page Top of page Options for Blocking Automatic
Delivery Microsoft recommends that organizations who are using Automatic
Updates in their environments and wish to prevent users from automatically
receiv!
ing Internet Explorer 7 take one or more of the following steps: 1. Do
wnload and deploy the Internet Explorer 7 Blocker Toolkit. The non-expiring
Blocker Toolkit (available from the Microsoft Download Center here) includes
both a Group Policy template and a script that set a registry key to prevent
Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites from
offering Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update. (Note: The Blocker
Toolkit will not prevent users who are local administrators from manually
installing Internet Explorer 7 from, for example, external media or the
Microsoft Download Center.) 2. Deploy an update management solution that
provides full control over the updates deployed to computers in your network.
Microsoft offers the free Windows Server Update Services and the more advanced
Systems Management Server 2003 update management products. IT Administrators
using an update management solution should use the standard features of their
product, rather than the Blocker Toolkit, to control Internet Explorer 7
distrib!
ution. 3. Prevent users from running as local administrators on their
computers. Users who are not local administrators will not be offered the
update and can be restricted from manually installing Internet Explorer 7 (or
any other application). (Click here for more information on user account
management.) 4. Instruct users to decline Internet Explorer 7 when Automatic
Updates notifies them that the update is available to install. If the above
options are not feasible for your organization, you can also instruct your
users to choose "Don't Install" when prompted by the Internet Explorer 7
welcome screen. Users will not need to take special action to receive
notification, and all users will have the ability to decline installation.
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