Validation removed from Internet Explorer 7

Microsoft must be desperate. That was my first thought when I read that Microsoft made the decision to remove the Windows Genuine Advantage validation check from the download and installation of Internet Explorer 7. I was not able to come up with any other explanation why they decided to turn around 180 degrees and head for the other direction.

Their reasoning is that they removed the WGA validation to ‘protect the entire Windows ecosystem’. We all know that Microsoft started to integrate Internet Explorer heavily into the system to dominate the thriving Netscape browser which turned out to be a successful marketing decision.

I personally think it is about market share and the hopes that Internet Explorer 7 is able to get most of the Internet Explorer 6 users to upgrade to it.

Microsoft enabled the Toolbar in Internet Explorer 7 by default which is in my opinion a good move. Many users got confused by the new looks of the browser.

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Tags: internet explorer 7, internet-explorer, microsoft, wga, windows-genuine-advantage
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5 Responses to “Validation removed from Internet Explorer 7”

1. yair says:

   October 6, 2007 at 10:56 am

   i came to think of iexplorer\firefox as Paint vr. Photoshop. iexplorer is snappy and consume about 10mb of memory. FF fully loded with extensions is a resource hog, but a power tool.

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2. Martin says:

   October 6, 2007 at 10:58 am

   You should consider that IE is using less resources because of the way it is integrated into Windows.

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3. D3 says:

   October 6, 2007 at 3:00 pm

   WTF!! I’m shocked. so shocked I’m getting IE7 as I type this. LOL. Don’nt worry it won’t replace Firefox.

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4. BadFloppy says:

   May 20, 2008 at 6:10 am

   I use opera. With Tab Browsing, Download manager, Mail Manager + lots more. Its more than WIFE in IT Life.

   Thanks

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