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		halo on Sept 15, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IE9 Public Beta Release Today Microsoft ships IE as a critical Windows update. It's as "opt-in" as any critical Windows update.

Timmy_C on Sept 15, 2010 [–]

If you have Windows set to automatically update then "critical" updates will be install without prompting the user. However, when it attempts to install IE it will always as for the user's permission. I feel that it's a bit different than a regular hotfix.

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