Retiring all these products makes sense for Microsoft, especially because the company now has newer, faster, and more stable solutions to replace them, even though millions of users do not agree with this decision. Many people have already expressed their intention to stick to Windows XP or Internet Explorer 6 beyond their official retirement date, even though the company will no longer provide support and security patches to keep their data on the safe side.
Softpedia Homepage. Other outdated browser will result in an orange alert to let you know you need to upgrade, and will provide links for you to do so. There will also be a link to Browse Happy , a website which lists all the latest versions of each of the five main browsers. Two months ago, Microsoft launched an IE6 countdown website. The website details IE6's market share by country, updated on a monthly basis.
Microsoft wants to celebrate as each country dips under the 1 percent mark. That said, Microsoft is not planning to retire Extended Support for the operating system until April 8, If the company ends up releasing XP SP4, it will retire support for SP3 released in April two years later, or in April , whichever comes first.
Your browser may not be as up-to-date as it should be. This long overdue switch killed the little-used version nearly 13 years after its first release. Developers everywhere rejoiced and began waiting for IE7 to go the way of the Dodo too. For the 13 years IE6 was supported, Microsoft added security patches to help avoid new risks from hackers.
But patching up an old program is like fixing holes in old jeans — no amount of patches can make them new again. And given recent security threats, there are clearly a lot of nefarious people searching for leaks to siphon for personal data and information.
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