Other Microsoft software has also been the source of controversy as well. Microsoft was forced to remove Internet Explorer as the default browser in its new Windows 7 OS for Europe and in its place was a ballot box that allowed users to choose their browser when the OS was installed. The addition of the browser ballot box made it easier for users to choose the browser they wanted to use rather than what Microsoft installed.

It hasn't bee too long since Windows 7 officially launched as the latest addition to the Windows family and the OS has already grabbed about 4% of the PC market. Windows is at the heart of another controversy, this time in China. Chinese courts have ordered Microsoft to stop selling some versions of Windows inside the country after the courts found that Microsoft had violated a licensing agreement.

The license agreement has to do with fonts for Chinese characters that were designed by a Chinese firm. According to the firm, Zhongyi Electronic, it has a license agreement in place that allowed Microsoft to use fonts that it developed in Windows 95. However, Microsoft allegedly continued to use its fonts in subsequent versions of Windows including Windows 98, 2000, 2003, and XP.

The Chinese courts have ordered Microsoft to stop selling the infringing operating systems. The new ruling marks an increasingly aggressive culture among Chinese firms. For a long time it was foreign firms that were seeking assistance inside China for infringement with the prolific pirating operations that are ran inside China.

Microsoft says that it is appealing the ruling. The company issued a statement saying, "Microsoft respects intellectual property rights. We use third party IPs only when we have a legitimate right to do so."

Windows 7 was not included in the ruling.