Windows Pirates Failed to Crowd to Internet Explorer 7
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversWindows pirates failed to crowd to Internet Explorer 7 stripped down of the Microsoft antipiracy mechanism. At the beginning of October, the Redmond company introduced the first major update to Internet Explorer 7, moving the browser from build 7.0.5730.11 to 7.0.5730.13.
The refresh was exclusively addressed at IE7 users on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Windows Vista ships by default with Internet Explorer build number 7.0.6000.16512, and as such was not impacted by the IE7 update.
The most relevant tweak that Microsoft delivered to IE7 was decoupling the Windows Genuine Advantage mechanism from the browser. Prior to the October update, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users that wanted to access IE7 had to pass two stages of genuine validation of their Windows operating system. Microsoft altered this aspect opening up the browser to all Windows pirates, and even inviting users of non-genuine versions of Windows to access IE7.
But, one month later, statistics from Net Applications reveal that Windows pirates failed to jump at the chance of running IE7. Moreover, Internet Explorer 7 has in fact lost market share. IE7 dropped from a 34.60% in September to 34.32% in October. This is by no means a good sign for Microsoft. The Redmond company, that accounts for the lion's share of the browser market, is still the dominant presence through Internet Explorer 6.
And to make matters worse for Microsoft, IE6 has actually gained market share jumping from 42.75% in September to 43.09%. The trajectories that both IE6 and IE7 have taken spell trouble not only for Microsoft but also for end users. IE6 is a product inferior to IE7 in terms of capabilities, functionality and features. But when it comes down to security, there simply is no contest between IE6 and IE7. Still, Microsoft seems to be incapable of converting users from IE6 to IE7, and statistics reveal that browser upgrades have hit a dead wall.
Internet Explorer 7 build 7.0.5730.13 can be downloaded
here.
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Comments(13)
i dropped ie long ago and moved over to firefox. most likely many others did the same...
to true after using firefox ie7 looks to be programmed by a ape. why peeps still use it
is beyond me.
i think people who pirate windows are probably tech saavy enough to use a decent browser
like firefox or opera. the only people who still use ie are your completely computer
illiterate types who just use whatever comes with the computer. besides ie7 has the most
idiotic interface design i've ever seen, a gropu of crack monkeys could have come up with
a better design. if i had no other choice i'd use ie6 over 7 too.
i like ie7
i got firefox. and no problem using it either. matter fact got more respect for firefox
than ie7. you can tell that microsoft again trying to copy another well known browser that
professional use.
has usual, they fail of making it. ie7 blows the big one. a non
stop crashing browser that they just keep updating to make things worst.
newsflash ms, anti piracy does not work. your vista is cracked, ur ie was cracked long
ago, all of your methods are easily bypassed, i guess you have the money to waste.. but
sheesh.. learn already from this evidence.
m$ has missed a lot of ops to make things happen with their hackneyed, mostly stolen os.
if it weren't for games, m$ would be bankrupt. my best freind is a programmer of 30 yrs.
so honest he's afraid to put a bend in his credit card if it would hint at fraud, so
he's chained to ie, outlook, etc. poor guy; when he last watched me using opera he was
like, "wow, ur machine is pretty fast. my browser never refreshes pages like that." so i
showed him ie on my machine. he's like, "maybe i'll try opera." so i think m$ just
lost another sheep. too baaaaaad bill.
dont use it. use firefox instead you can get a lot more things with it.
ie suks as$!!!!
firefox all the fukin way!!!
firefox... http://www.mozilla.com/en-us/
look ie6, ie7 still use old internet
search engine mozilla 4 and if you look firefox uses and continues to upgrade their
mozilla 5 internet search engine.
to read this info yourself just read the help/about
in ie6 and firefox in ie7 they just hide it now because they have not upgraded it yet and
are try to say they put out a new browser, when all they did is put on a new coat of paint
and shined up ie6 a bit.
firefox a dumb invention! i'll stick with ie7 far more better that firefox!
firefox.......suuucckz!!!
among other things, firefox can't even show custom scroll bars!!!
i read this article with firefox..??
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By sjc1963 on 06.11.2007 - 02:11