Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
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Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#2From the document - "older" means < 11.
Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#3From the document - "older" means < 11.
The latest IE for Vista SP2 looks to be IE9, so it looks like it'll continue to receive updates. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle#gp/Microsoft-I...
Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#4From the document - "older" means < 11.
The latest IE for Vista SP2 looks to be IE9, so it looks like it'll continue to receive updates. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle#gp/Microsoft-I...
Doesn't seem to have much market share:
https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qpr...
IE8 still has over 10%
Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#5From the document - "older" means < 11.
The latest IE for Vista SP2 looks to be IE9, so it looks like it'll continue to receive updates. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle#gp/Microsoft-I...
Sigh I blame Microsoft's confusing description:
> What is end of support? Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical supports and security updates. Internet Explorer 11 is the last version of Internet Explorer, and will continue to receive security updates, compatibility fixes, and technical support on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.
Not a single mention of Vista/etc.
Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#6There are a lot of businesses that use older versions of Windows and use Internet Explorer as their default web browser and use group policy from a Windows Server to prevent the install of a third part web browser. Forcing everyone to use IE.
They will be vulnerable to attacks because of this and they will refuse to pay money to upgrade from XP or Vista to go to Windows 10. It will be because their business software only works with older Windows versions. They can't afford someone to migrate to Windows 10 or they lost the source code after programmers retired or got fired and took it with them on their personal laptops because they lacked a source control system.
It is a big mess out there. Colleges are even worse as is the federal government who use outdated Windows Updates by three years and expired antivirus products.
Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#7Interesting that the meta tag for this page is "end-of-xp-support"
Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#8There are a lot of businesses that use older versions of Windows and use Internet Explorer as their default web browser and use group policy from a Windows Server to prevent the install of a third part web browser. Forcing everyone to use IE. They will be vulnerable to attacks because of this and they will refuse to pay money to upgrade from XP or Vista to go to Windows 10. It will be because their business software…
If you aren't willing to invest in maintaining your infrastructure then it will start to fail.
Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#9There are a lot of businesses that use older versions of Windows and use Internet Explorer as their default web browser and use group policy from a Windows Server to prevent the install of a third part web browser. Forcing everyone to use IE. They will be vulnerable to attacks because of this and they will refuse to pay money to upgrade from XP or Vista to go to Windows 10. It will be because their business software…
In many cases we are talking about organizations using software that requires not just an obsolete internet explorer version, but an ancient one. There have been many years to assess and fix this problem, and just because companies stuck their heads in the sand and expected it would always be someone else's problem. I have little pity for the companies, but I feel deeply for the IT employees that will have to deal with the fallout from poor decision making from management.
Buying or developing technologies that rely on weird proprietary quirks of free versions of software isn't very sane. There's not even a business model in place you can rely on to continue to want to support you since it's free.
That brings up an interesting point though, a special NPAPI plugin that aimed to provide perfect compatibility with older IE versions for a small per-seat license fee could do really well...
Re: Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The latest IE for Vista SP2 looks to be IE9, so it looks like it'll continue to receive updates. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle#gp/Microsoft-I...
Sigh I blame Microsoft's confusing description: > What is end of support? Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical supports and security updates. Internet Explorer 11 is the last version of Internet Explorer, and will continue to receive security updates, compatibility fixes, and technical support on Windows 7, Win…
Vista left mainstream support three years ago [1].