In two weeks, Microsoft plans to unveil the "next generation" of Windows. But isn't Windows 10 supposed to be the last generation of the ubiquitous OS?
In two weeks, Microsoft, plans to unveil the "next generation" of Windows. But isn't Windows 10 supposed to be the last generation of the ubiquitous OS?
Microsoft sets Internet Explorer s date with death kind of
Microsoft sets Internet Explorer s date with death kind of
Redmond plans to retire Internet Explorer 11 next year, putting it on the path to a long, slow lingering death as the vendor fully embraces Microsoft Edge. Credit: Dreamstime
Microsoft has spelled out its plans to retire the venerable Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) browser from widespread use in a little over a year. The future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge, asserted Sean Lyndersay, an Edge program manager, asserted in a May 19 post to a company blog. With Microsoft Edge capable of assuming this responsibility [of accessing IE-based sites and apps] . the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10.
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Microsoft has spelled out its plans to retire the venerable Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) browser from widespread use in a little over a year. The future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge, asserted Sean Lyndersay, an Edge program manager, asserted in a May 19 post to a company blog. With Microsoft Edge capable of assuming this responsibility [of accessing IE-based sites and apps] . the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10.
The forced retirement of IE11 the only version still supported will not be all-inclusive, as several editions of Windows, including 10 s Long-term Support Channel (LTSC) and Windows Server, will be spared from the directive. Likewise, Microsoft will continue to secure IE s Trident rendering engine, which is embedded in Windows and crucial to the running of Edge s IE mode.