Microsoft Will Soon Auto-Update IE on XP and Win7

Get ready! Microsoft will soon be forcing you to upgrade. (Which is a good thing, pretty much!)

IE to Start Automatic Upgrades across Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7

“Everyone benefits from an up-to-date browser.

Today we are sharing our plan to automatically upgrade Windows customers to the latest version of Internet Explorer available for their PC. This is an important step in helping to move the Web forward. We will start in January for customers in Australia and Brazil who have turned on automatic updating via Windows Update. Similar to our release of IE9 earlier this year, we will take a measured approach, scaling up over time.

As always, when upgrading from one version of Internet Explorer to the next through Windows Update, the user’s home page, search provider, and default browser remains unchanged.”

This is fine except for corporate folks that have software that won’t run under the latest versions of IE. So, be aware! There is a way that corporate folks can block it, but you have to be proactive!