IE 7 Update Drops WGA Validation Requirement
Microsoft says it wants to make the browser available as broadly as possible to protect Windows users.
Microsoft is making its Internet Explorer 7 browser available to all Windows XP users—even those using pirated software—and installation will no longer require that the operating system first be validated as genuine.
The company said the move is about security and ecosystem safety, because if even one user in a network is not using the security enhancements provided in IE 7, that user places the entire network at risk.
