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For those of you that do not yet know, on February 12^th 2008, Microsoft is forcing the vaccine for IE6 upon all users, the other other flawed browser, IE7 (the real cure, of course, being Firefox). What this means is when you turn on your computer on February 12^th, your computer will forcibly update your IE6 to IE7. Now, I know some MLS' do not play nice with IE7, so here's the skinny on how to avoid this forcible upgrade:

Read also: Just say NO to the forced upgrade to IE7

Read also: Microsoft's Documentation for avoiding the IE7 Upgrade

How to avoid the IE7 forced upgrade:

Microsoft says:

Postponing the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Deployment

If you have configured WSUS to automatically approve Update Rollups for installation, but you do not want to automatically install Windows Internet Explorer 7 via WSUS when it is released on February 12, 2008, you will need to disable this auto-approval rule before February 12, 2008. Once the rule is disabled, you can synchronize the Windows Internet Explorer 7 package to your WSUS server by using the steps outlined below. Once the Windows Internet Explorer 7 package has been synchronized to the server, it will not be automatically approved when you switch your auto-approval rule back on. The steps that are described below are for the WSUS 3.0 UI. Steps for the WSUS 2 SP1 UI are similar, but the steps use the older Web UI.

Action to Take Before February 12, 2008

These steps will temporarily modify the auto-approval that you may have created to ensure that packages classified as Update Rollups are not automatically approved for installation. These steps are the steps for WSUS 3.0. For WSUS 2.0 please refer to the product documentation.
1.    Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0.
2.    Expand ComputerName, and then click Options.
3.    Click Automatic Approvals.
4.    Click the rule that automatically approves an update that is classified as Update Rollup, and then click Edit.

*Note The properties for this rule will resemble the following:
·    When an update is in Update Rollups
·    Approve the update for all computers

5.    Click the Update Rollups property under the Step 2: Edit the properties (click an underlined value) section.
6.    Clear the Update Rollup check box, and then click OK.
7.    Click OK to close the Automatic Approvals dialog box.

Note If you do not see a rule that resembles step 4, you have not configured WSUS to automatically approve Update Rollups for installation. Therefore, no further action is required.

Actions to Take After February 12, 2008
The steps above ensure Windows Internet Explorer 7 is not automatically approved for installation. In the following steps, you will manually synchronize the new Windows Internet Explorer 7 package to your WSUS server so that when you re-enable auto-approval for Update Rollups it will not be installed. These steps are the steps for WSUS 3.0. For WSUS 2.0 please refer to the product documentation.
1.    Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0.
2.    Expand ComputerName, and then click Synchronizations.
3.    Click Synchronize Now.
4.    Expand ComputerName, expand Updates, and then click All Updates.
5.    Choose Unapproved in the Approval dropdown.
6.    Ensure that Windows Internet Explorer 7 is listed as an unapproved update.

*Note There may be multiple updates listed depending on the language and operating system updates you imported.

*Optional If the business needs of your organization require that Update Rollups packages are set to auto-approve, you can change your settings back to auto-approve in the Update Services Microsoft Management Console Snap-in. To do this, follow these steps:

1.    Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0.
2.    Expand ComputerName, and then click Options.
3.    Click Automatic Approvals.
4.    Click the rule that automatically approves updates of different classifications, and then click Edit.
5.    Click the Update Rollups property under the Step 2: Edit the properties (click an underlined value) section.
6.    Enable the Update Rollups check box, and then click OK.
7.    Click OK to close the Automatic Approvals dialog box.

*Note Because auto-approval rules are only evaluated when an update is first imported into WSUS turning this rule back on after the Windows Internet Explorer 7 update has been imported/synchronized to the server will not cause the auto-approval of this update.

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