If you set your homepage to, it doesn't show up. The pop-over banner seen above was MSN-specific before the patch and it's MSN-specific afterwards. There's a "Sponsored" ad exhorting people to upgrade to Windows 10 running on MSN.com, but no evidence that this update stuck it there. There's also no new browser options, windows, settings, or information. I use the GWX Control Panel Monitor application to prevent W10 from stealth-downloading itself on to my system, and that app has reported no changes to Windows Update. If you click through to the banner, you get the same options as before. Here's a screenshot of my pre-patched version of IE11: IE11 has been doing this since August The giant pop-overs that prompt users to upgrade to Windows 10 started appearing on MSN.com after Windows 10 went live, not as a result of this update. I used to use IE11 for troubleshooting and on a few websites where I needed it for compatibility reasons.
This is true - but it's also not at all new. Some sites are reporting that after installing the update, Internet Explorer 11 presents you with a giant "Upgrade" banner after visiting MSN.com. I actually installed the patch on my own system, since I'm still running Windows 7, and I have yet to observe any significant difference in the browser. If you pull the KB entry for the upgrade ( KB3146449 (Opens in a new window)), it reads: "This update adds functionality to Internet Explorer 11 on some computers that lets users learn about Windows 10 or start an upgrade to Windows 10."īut, in contrast to what some sites are reporting, it's not clear what the browser update actually did. This isn't exactly a breach of a law, but it definitely upsets the apple cart as far as conforming to Microsoft's historic practices.
The latest Internet Explorer 11 security patch also includes a Windows 10-related download, as spotted (Opens in a new window) by InfoWorld. The company bent this rule when it began packaging Windows 10 updates as single-shot cumulative downloads, and now it's apparently breaking it altogether. The line between a bug fix and a feature update has often been blurry, with both being deployed in the same package, but security solutions have always been sandboxed and distributed as their own event. For decades, Microsoft has split its patch offerings between security updates, bug fixes, and feature updates.
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