Last month, I warned you that Microsoft planned to End-of-Life all version of Internet Explorer (IE) after January 12, except version 11. This means they will only release security updates for IE11 and the new Edge browser, so if you use Microsoft browsers you need to upgrade to stay safe. However, in today’s video I tell you why you need to upgrade to IE11 (or Edge) even if you don’t plan on using Microsoft’s browsers.
(Episode Runtime: 2:24)
Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkZeCHAXpww
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— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)
what to do for windows server 2012 products that cant be updated to IE 11? Recommendations?
Brandon, My understanding is that IE11 is pre-installed in Server 2012 (at least R2) even though MS doesn’t really support it (and that doesn’t get to recommending agains browsing from servers… though you still want to update those IE related components).
Also, what David mentioned below is probably true, but I feel like Microsoft themselves have conflicting messaging around this. In my Dec 7. video, Microsoft’s own FAQ mentions that one some OSes, that aren’t EoL, they will still support 9 and 10:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle#gp/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer
Yet the new MS blog post seems to make clear otherwise:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/patricka/archive/2016/01/08/if-i-remove-or-don-t-use-internet-explorer-8-9-or-10-can-i-avoid-upgrading-to-internet-explorer-11.aspx
I guess we will see… but it is true that there are older version of Windows, that haven’t been EoLed yet, that can’t go to IE11.
Microsoft will continue to support whatever is the latest version of IE that your (supported) version of Windows will run.
In a related note… Windows 8 users should be sure to update to 8.1, as apparently no security updates for 8 any longer: http://www.winbeta.org/news/no-windows-8-security-patches-january-12?
If only this was possible. Many Windows 7 clients will fail to update to IE10 or IE11, even after running all the MS SUR tools and following the KB check lists. There is no way round this other than an in-place recovery install or a reimage. I’ve been troubleshooting this on many of my client OS since you first raised this (thanks!) and my belief is that this situation arises where the Disk Cleanup option “Windows Update Cleanup” has been run on a client workstation on more than one occasion.
That sounds like a pain, while their FAQ suggest they may release IE9 and 10 updates for a few systems where its impossible to update to 11, it looks like IE11 is the only choice for Win7… so if some folks are having update issues, MS might want to rethink this?