Microsoft: Internet Explorer's IE Mode Won't Be Around Forever
Microsoft is signaling that it will kill off the remnants of Internet Explorer sometime after 2029, and it's nudging affected businesses and governments to prepare to migrate. In 2023, the company retired the old-school browser on Windows PCs with an update that permanently disabled it. However, Internet Explorer lives on in the special IE mode on Microsoft’s Edge browser, which is preinstalled on the Windows OS.
- ▪Microsoft is signaling that it will kill off the remnants of Internet Explorer sometime after 2029, and it's nudging affected businesses and governments to prepare to migrate.
- ▪In 2023, the company retired the old-school browser on Windows PCs with an update that permanently disabled it.
- ▪However, Internet Explorer lives on in the special IE mode on Microsoft’s Edge browser, which is preinstalled on the Windows OS.
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| Publication time | Mon, 21 Sep 26 22:22:33 +0000 |
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Microsoft is signaling that it will kill off the remnants of Internet Explorer sometime after 2029, and it's nudging affected businesses and governments to prepare to migrate. In 2023, the company retired the old-school browser on Windows PCs with an update that permanently disabled it. However, Internet Explorer lives on in the special IE mode on Microsoft’s Edge browser, which is preinstalled on the Windows OS. Redmond kept IE Mode because some older websites in certain parts of the world, including government portals, are only accessible via Internet Explorer. But last week, Microsoft told IT administrators that IE mode won’t be around forever.
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