Microsoft released a new build of Internet Explorer 7 that installs without requiring you to validate the copy of Windows as Genuine. The new IE7 is available Windows XPSP2, x64 Server and Windows Server 2003.Now that users running pirated copies of Windows XP can install IE7, it makes one wonder if Microsoft took this step to counter the growing popularity of alternate browser like Firefox and Opera? This is an update to the availability of Internet Explorer 7 and not a new version of the browser. Other than removing the WGA validation requirement, Microsoft has made some minor changes to IE browser. For instance, the Menu bar will be turned on by default and the online Internet Explorer 7 tour has been updated to include how-to's on new IE features like tabbed browsing. You can download Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 here. Genuine Windows users, who are already running IE7, need not do anything except for downloading a new update for IE7 here that resolves a p
Finally a good news for IE 7 fans , Microsoft at last removed the WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage ) Validation from the IE 7 Setup . This made the IE 7 to get Installed only if you have Genuine Copy of Windows XPSP2 , x64 Server and Windows Server 2003 . But now you can install it like other browsers, just Download & install...It seems that Microsoft took this Step to meet the competition on Net as most of the users are heading towards other browsers like Opera, Mozilla, Safari, etc. This step of Microsoft allows the pirated windows users to Install & run the IE7 ,which in turn would increase the No. of IE7 users in the World..Other than this there are some minor updates in the new version.Windows XP SP2 users can download the New version from here.Size: 14.7 MBHappy Browsing,Bob Matharoo
The latest version of Internet Explorer 7 (build 7.0.5730.13) does not require Windows Genuine Advantage validation check. Now it can be install on all copies of Windows whether it is pirated or genuine. "Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we’re updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all
Further investigation by our WGA team has brought to light more information on the WGA validation issue affecting users this past weekend. Alex Kochis on the WGA blog breaks down the events of the weekend that caused the validation failure, how it was identified and what was done to fix it, and changes we've made to WGA as a result. The upshot is that we're working to improve WGA, having learned much from this failure, and the team, with Alex in the lead, is taking the matter and its impact very seriously.
Among the points that Alex calls out, one is that around 12,000 customers were affected worldwide. While I stated on Saturday that "very few customers" were affected -- a poor choice of words, I will be the first to admit --, this by no means was meant to downplay the experience endured by those customers. As Alex puts it, "one bad customer experience is one too many," and I completely agree. That's the most important point and cannot be ove
Further investigation by our WGA team has brought to light more information on the WGA validation issue affecting users this past weekend. Alex Kochis on the WGA blog breaks down the events of the weekend that caused the validation failure, how it was Read More......(read more)
