Submitted by: kirkland on Sunday November 05th, 2006 at 03:04 PM EST

Microsoft has begun pushing Internet Explorer 7 to users through Windows XP's Automatic Update.

When IE 7 launched last month, Microsoft executives said that the browser update -- which will come with a "high priority" label -- would start hitting users this month. "We've told enterprise customers to be ready [for IE 7] by Nov. 1," said Margaret Cobb, the group product manager for the browser, in an October interview.

Microsoft said it will start out slow, then pick up the pace for IE 7 updates as it becomes comfortable with the server load and bandwidth demands. The automatic update to the new browser begins with the English-language version, but will be extended to other localized editions as they're completed.

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