Microsoft a livré le premier mettez à jour à l'Internet Explorer 7 en approximativement année depuis que la version du navigateur a été au commencement rendue disponible pour Windows XP SP2 et le serveur 2003 de Windows. Avec quelques coups secs mineurs à l'interface utilisateur et à l'graphiques améliorés premier-courez l'expérience et la vue d'ensemble, sur une excursion en ligne remodelée et un comment-TOS mis à jour, la nouvelle version de l'Internet Explorer 7 apporte une modification importante à la table. Le téléchargement et l'installation IE7 de la construction 7.0.5730.13 ne sont de quelque façon plus reliés au mécanisme véritable d'avantage de Windows.

Avant la mise à jour, les utilisateurs qui ont voulu accéder IE7 de Windows XP ont dû passer par deux étapes de validation de WGA. Une fois que leur logiciel d'exploitation en était marqué pendant que véritable au delà de doutent, les utilisateurs pourraient apprécier l'Internet Explorer 7. And because IE7 is essentially designed as a replacement of IE6, Windows XP users had to go through the hassles of the WGA mechanism every time they wanted to deploy and install the browser, even though their operating system had already been validated and re-validated as genuine. (more…)

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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 overstated. My apologies to anyone who felt slighted by interpreting that MS’ stance was less than responsive

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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)

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