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- http://preview.tinyurl.com/cj5b73
April 10, 2009 IEBlog - "... Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through Automatic Update about IE8. This rollout will start with a narrow audience and expand over time to the entire user base. On Windows XP and Server 2003, the update will be High-Priority. On Windows Vista and Server 2008 it will be Important. IE8 will not automatically install on machines. Users must opt-in to install IE8. Users will see a Welcome screen that offers choices: Ask later, install now, or don’t install. Users who decline the automatic update can still download it from http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 or from Windows Update as an optional update... If an organization uses Automatic Update to keep Windows up-to-date but wants to manage its own deployment of IE8, a free Blocker Toolkit* is available that will block automatic delivery of IE8. This blocker toolkit was released in January 2009 and has no expiration date..."
* http://preview.tinyurl.com/9yjpqw
