In regards to IE9: please please please make this easier to install. Currently this is what I need to do to upgrade to IE8: Log in as Administrator -> Install

In regards to IE9: please please please make this easier to install. Currently this is what I need to do to upgrade to IE8: Log in as Administrator -> Install an update to the machine (Why?) Reboot the machine (Why?) Log back in as Administrator again -> Install IE Reboot the machine again (Why?) Log in as the user that users the machine. Launch IE: "Hello would you like to participate in BLAH BLAH BLAH?. (Why are you asking me this? I just want to go to youtube and watch a video!) [Yes] [No] Compare this to Chrome, or Firefox or Opera. Log in as Administrator -> click on executable -> Next Next Next -> Launch Chrome -> Go to youtube -> Done. There are things that would make my life a lot easier too, but this is very small picture stuff (but I think it reflects a bigger problem.). These tools may already exist, but I don't know about them...which is a failure on the part of microsoft: I want a tool that will automatically audit my MS office license keys for me. Scan my network, tell me who has what keys. An asset management tool in general would be nice. Scan my network, give me back a list of all of my machines, What user is currently logged into that machine, and what its IP address is. Yes, this is already possible using a few other tools, but it would be nice to have it all in one place (again, if this exists already, please tell me). Other things that would be great: Give me a centralized repository of windows ISOs and Office installs. You can get these things, yes, but it involves jumping through a bunch of hoops. Just give me microsoft.com/downloads and present me with copies of your OS, and office. I'm not saying give away product keys (obviously), just media. Btw, what you guys did in Russia this week was really really cool. I actually had a lengthy conversation with a friend of mine about how awesome of you that was. In all honesty, you guys are doing a lot of really really amazing things right now. I am still in disbelief at how I could just email some very nice woman at Microsoft Research, ask her for a peppermill, and have one show up at my door a few days later. That kind of stuff warms my heart. So does making the N-GRAM data from bing available to students for free. That type of stuff is awesome, and that is the type of stuff that makes me want to support you guys. Keep that up. Thanks, Ryan