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Microsoft Agrees to Stop Hijacking Music-Shopping

Posted by michael on Friday January 16, 2004 @02:45AM from the mozilla-all-the-way dept.

ScottSpeaks! writes "CNN , ABC, and others are reporting that Microsoft has agreed to fix Windows XP so that it no longer launches IE (instead of the user's chosen default browser) when the user selects the "Shop for Music Online" option in Windows XP. MS isn't admitting that it's a violation of the consent decree they signed to get the DoJ to drop the anti-trust suit against them, but threats to take them to court over it are what prompted the move."

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Re:Outlook does this too by Bishop923 · 2004-01-16 03:09 · Score: 0, Redundant

I am using outlook XP with windows XP and Mozilla 2.5

Considering that Mozilla 1.6 was Just Released that is quite a feat. Perhaps The Mozilla team will figure out how to fool Windows into thinking that Mozilla is IE by then?