Microsoft permanently disabled the Internet Explorer 11 desktop app on certain versions of Windows 10 this Tuesday through a Microsoft Edge update.

Anyway, the new change probably won’t affect too many people. Internet Explorer’s market share has been shrinking for years, and Microsoft never even included the browser in Windows 11.

Ironically, the Internet Explorer 7 browser, released for Windows Vista and Window Server 2008, has outlasted IE 11. The IE 7 browser is scheduled to reach its end-of-support phase on Oct. 10, 2023.

Microsoft says the Internet Explorer 11 desktop web browser will be disabled on some Windows 10 systems starting today via a Microsoft Edge update.

Microsoft is rolling out a planned Internet Explorer end-of-life update for Windows 10 business users, which is expected to be one of the last.

Microsoft will permanently disable Internet Explorer on Windows 10 today. The change will occur through a Microsoft Edge update. Internet Explorer has been officially retired since June 15, 2022.

IE 11 for Windows 7 isn’t about new features so much as speed, speed, speed. According to Microsoft’s benchmarks, it’s 9 percent faster than Internet Explorer 10, and 30 percent faster than ...