They do have auto-updates for IE now: http://blogs.windows.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/12/15/ie-to-start-automatic-upgrades-across-windows-xp-windows-vista-and-win

They do have auto-updates for IE now: http://blogs.windows.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/12/15/ie-to-start-automatic-upgrades-across-windows-xp-windows-vista-and-windows-7.aspx http://blogs.windows.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/12/15/ie-to-st... But it's not quite there yet because it relies on Windows Update and it only shows the option if you haven't previously declined an upgrade to a new version of IE. But at least it's a start.