No more support for old Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer End of Support

Microsoft has announced that old versions of Internet Explorer (IE) are no longer receiving support. Millions of users are certainly affected by this message , especially the Windows operating systems Windows XP and Windows Vista are affected, but Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are only supported with the latest IE version (Internet Explorer 11) .

Microsoft has published the following list , which shows exactly which Internet Explorer versions and under which operating system continue to receive support.

Windows Desktop Operating Systems Internet Explorer version
Windows Vista SP2 Internet Explorer 9
Windows 7 SP1 Internet Explorer 11
Windows 8.1 update Internet Explorer 11
Windows 10 RTM, 1511, 1607 Anniversary Internet Explorer 11
Windows Server Operating Systems Internet Explorer version
Windows Server 2008 SP2 Internet Explorer 9
Windows Server 2008 IA64 (Itanium) Internet Explorer 9
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Internet Explorer 11
Windows Server 2008 R2 IA64 (Itanium) Internet Explorer 11
Windows Server 2012 Internet Explorer 10
Windows Server 2012 R2 Internet Explorer 11
Windows Embedded Operating Systems Internet Explorer version
Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS) Internet Explorer 7
Windows Embedded Standard 2009 (WES09) Internet Explorer 8
Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 Internet Explorer 8
Windows Embedded Standard 7 Internet Explorer 11
Windows Embedded POSReady 7 Internet Explorer 11
Windows Thin PC Internet Explorer 8
Windows Embedded 8 standard Internet Explorer 10
Windows 8.1 Industry Update Internet Explorer 11

All other versions of Internet Explorer that were not listed here for the respective operating system no longer receive support . All users are encouraged to switch to the latest version of Internet Explorer as soon as possible , if this is possible at all.

Below we have listed some more interesting articles about Internet Explorer .

– Uninstall Internet Explorer 11 (IE)
– Uninstall Internet Explorer 9 (IE9)
– Delete the history from Internet Explorer (IE) with a command
– Correctly distribute IE proxy server settings via GPO

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