Well, will "Windows Update" be installed on the "Spiteful [European] Win7 Release"? If so, then presumably it could be used to download MSIE, and maybe other browsers as well?
Fred Holmes At 01:51 AM 6/16/2009, mike wrote: >Windows update doesn't use IE anymore...hasn't for over two years. Since >vista came out. > >On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Fred Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Put wget on each machine, and a whole bunch of batch files with a single >> GUI interface to wget such that the installer/user can click on the browser >> of choice and download it. Then folks will complain about the ordering of >> the picklist. >> >> The real question is whether users will have to install MSIE in order to >> run Windows Update. >> >> Fred Holmes >> >> At 10:24 PM 6/11/2009, t.piwowar wrote: >> >So much smarter than those regulators from "Old Europe," M$ has >> >announced that the European version of Win 7 will ship with no >> >software to access the Internet. Take that you croissant eaters who >> >think you would simply download FireFox. Maybe you'll be able to get a >> >copy via the post? >> > >> >http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10263101-56.html >> ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
