Microsoft Corp. was warned by European Union regulators to change how it shows Internet Explorer in its new Windows 8 operating system to avert another antitrust clash, Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said.
Microsoft, which starts selling Windows 8 in two days, was sent formal EU's antitrust objections today over its failure to comply with a settlement of an earlier probe that required it to display a choice of other web browsers.
“We have raised issues with Microsoft relating to Windows 8,” Almunia told reporters in Brussels today. “If a user decides to set a rival browser as a default browser, there should not be an unnecessary warning in Windows or confirmations by the user and the Internet Explorer icon should also be unpinned from the Start screen. We expect Microsoft to address these issues.”
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