HTTP:: Windows 7 and Windows 8 IE less at the Whim of OEMs
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 Microsoft has been given the green light to test the Browser Ballot Screen in Windows 7, and previous releases of the Windows client in Europe, as a step forward on the company’s patch to compliance with EU antitrust regulations. The measure, proposed by the software giant, comes after the European Antitrust Commission expressed concerns earlier this year, that the bundle of Internet Explorer and Windows was breaking anti-monopoly laws in the EU. In addition, the Redmond company will allow original equipment manufacturers to install rival browsers not just in Windows 7 but also in Windows 8, and to disable the default IE components that will ship with the platforms, for copies of the operating systems that will be pre-installed on new PCs. “Microsoft would make available for five years in the European Economic Area (through the Windows Update mechanism) a choice screen enabling users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Microsoft's next version of its PC oper!
ating system) to choose which web browser(s) they want to install in addition to, or instead of Internet Explorer. Likewise, in future versions of Windows, including Windows 7, PC manufacturers would be able to install competing web browsers, set those as default and disable Internet Explorer,†the Commission noted. (emph...
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