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In December 2007, Opera Software filed a complaint with the European Commission. In January 2009, the latter formulated against Microsoft charges of abuse of dominant position with the tying of Internet Explorer with Windows, and thus equip IE about 90% of PCs worldwide. 

Not without difficulty, Microsoft has developed a solution to satisfy the European authorities and to avoid copious fine. The solution of Ballot Screen has finally been accepted and validated in December 2009. The multi-screen choices should particularly be broadcast as part of an updated Windows (XP, Vista and 7) from March 2010 with over 100 million European users of the operating system. 

Vice-president and deputy general counsel of Microsoft, Dave Heiner announced today that the famous Ballot Screen will be tested next week via Windows Update in the United Kingdom, Belgium and France. A large-scale deployment, always European, will begin from 1 March 2010. 

If Internet Explorer is configured as the default browser in Windows, the user will right after installing the update and the first connection to his accounts, a small display explaining the importance of choosing the browser. Then comes the moment of choice with the presentation of a list of browsers in a random order. Twelve in total including five on the front page, namely the most used in Europe: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari. This list and the associated description will be updated from time to time.