So, it makes sense for Microsoft to arm-twist users to upgrade, so that Microsoft can drop support of IE10. Note that some web-servers (notably "Yahoo Mail" and "YouTube") complain when try detect IE9 - shame on them! [Or, is it shame on Microsoft for _not_ freely offering Windows 10 to users of Vista ? Heck, Microsoft, if you're giving away 100 million licenses, at $100/license, why not invite Vista systems to the party ?)Īny Microsoft OS supporting IE10 will support IE11. Windows Vista is still within its "Product Support Lifecycle", and IE9 (the highest version supported by Vista) therefore still is supported, and will continue to be supported until Vista sinks into its own sunset (Wednesday, April 12, 2017). I really have to stop believing everything I read on the Internet. > January will be the last month Microsoft will provide updates for any Internet Explorer version other than Internet Explorer 11! Thanks so much for pushing us even further down the road to Chrome devices. Thanks for bricking the PC.Įven though Microsoft says that enterprise licensed versions of 7 and 8.1 will not upgrade to Win10 automatically, this is NOT what we are seeing.Įven when running an internal WSUS box, devices are still getting the upgrade. Box gets upgraded to windows10, reboots, no network driver, no system bus driver, no chipset compatibility. In an environment where a large number of PCs are not Win10 compatible and that is bandwidth limited - such as a school - this can turn into a large scale disaster. If a user does not want Windows10 and Microsoft keeps back door-ing the upgrade process on the users equipment, to me (not that I matter much) this meets the definition of malware under "hostile or intrusive". The definition of malware starts with "'Malware' is an umbrella term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software." I will be teaching next: Intrusion Detection In-Depth - SANS Doha March 2022 You may flip the switch back to not update, but it will set itself to "on" once a day. Still running Windows 7 or 8.1 (sure way to stay on MSFT Santa's "naughty" list)? Rumor has it that with today's patch Tuesday, Microsoft may re-enable the auto-upgrade to Windows 10. But nobody should be running XP anyway (right?). This will also make it more difficult for other Windows XP left-overs that tricked their version to use the Embedded updates. Support will also end for Windows XP Embedded. January will be the last month Microsoft will provide updates for any Internet Explorer version other than Internet Explorer 11! Even Internet Explorer 10 will no longer be supported after January patch Tuesday (January 12th, 2016). As we are waiting for the Microsoft Santa to slide down our Data Center air conditioning duct later today to deliver a delicious package of patches (did you leave some floppy disks and a can of red bull out for him?), we got a couple other announcements from Microsoft that should not be overlooked:
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