In another move which may or may not be part of its ongoing attempts to appease European antitrust authorities, Microsoft is changing the way Internet Explorer (IE) 8 will prompt users about making IE their default browser.
According to a July 16 post to the Internet Explorer blog, Microsoft is changing the way IE 8 prompts users during browser installation. The change will take effect in mid-August and will only be pertinent to users for whom IE is not set as their default browser. From that post:
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