Microsoft is no longer legally required to remind Windows users in the European Union that they have a choice of browsers beyond IE, as has been the case for the past five years.



From All About Microsoft:

or the past five years, Microsoft has been required to notify Windows users in Europe that they had a choice of browsers via a "Browser Choice" screen.

But that requirement -- imposed on Microsoft as part of an antitrust settlement with European authorities -- has run its course.

As of this month, Microsoft no longer needs to notify European users buying Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 machines that they can opt to install Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari or Opera's Opera browser instead of or in addition to Microsoft's own Internet Explorer, which comes bundled with Windows.

  Microsoft no longer needs to remind EU Windows users they have a browser choice