On the IE blog Microsoft is sending signals that IE7 will be in Windows Update very soon. See this post Microsoft put on their IE 7 blog, Published Friday, October 06, 2006 5:40 PM by ieblog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/06/IE7-Is-Coming-This-Month_2E002E002E00_Are-you-Ready_3F00_.aspx IE7 Is Coming This Month...Are you Ready? The final release of IE7 is fast approaching … and I mean really fast … and will be delivered to customers via Automatic Updates a few weeks after it's available for download. We want to ensure that you are ready and the information below will help get you there. .... So whether it's November 1 or November 15 or whatever, it behooves us to be ready. It is a very different model for the vendor to push browser upgrades via automated update, instead of end users or their computer support people deciding when to make the move. /rich On 10/17/06, Chris Wolf <[log in to unmask]> wrote: .... > > Also, they don't actually give a date for when delivery will begin, only > that blocking measures should be in place by November 1. Presumably that is > the earliest date that they intend to put it on Automatic Updates, but it > could well be later than that.