Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series ofgraphicalweb browsers developed byMicrosoft and included as part of theMicrosoft Windows line ofoperating systems, starting in 1995.
The first version of Internet Explorer, (at that time named Microsoft Internet Explorer, later referred to as Internet Explorer 1) made its debut on August 24, 1995.[1] It was a reworked version ofSpyglass Mosaic, which Microsoft licensed fromSpyglass Inc., like many other companies initiating browser development. It was first released as part of the add-on packagePlus! for Windows 95 that year. Later versions were available as free downloads, or inservice packs, and included in theOEM service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows.
Originally Microsoft Internet Explorer only ran on Windows using an Intel compatible (x86) processor. Current versions also run onx64,32-bitARMv7,PowerPC andIA-64. Versions on Windows have supportedMIPS,Alpha AXP and16-bit and 32-bitx86 but currently support only 32-bit or64-bit. A version exists forXbox 360 called Internet Explorer for Xbox using PowerPC and an embedded OEM version called Pocket Internet Explorer, later rebrandedInternet Explorer Mobile, which is currently based on Internet Explorer 9 and made forWindows Phone using ARMv7,Windows CE, and previously, based on Internet Explorer 7 forWindows Mobile. It remains in development alongside the desktop versions.
Internet Explorer has supported other operating systems withInternet Explorer for Mac (usingMotorola 68020+, PowerPC) andInternet Explorer for UNIX (Solaris usingSPARC andHP-UX usingPA-RISC), which have been discontinued.
Since its first release, Microsoft has added features and technologies such as basictable display (inversion 1.5);XMLHttpRequest (inversion 5), which adds creation ofdynamic web pages; andInternationalized Domain Names (inversion 7), which allow Web sites to have native-language addresses with non-Latin characters. The browser has also received scrutiny throughout its development for use of third-party technology (such as thesource code ofSpyglass Mosaic, used without royalty in early versions) and security and privacyvulnerabilities, and boththe United States andthe European Union have alleged that integration of Internet Explorer with Windows has been to the detriment of other browsers.
Internet Explorer 10 and newer onWindows 8x have an interface allowing for use as both a desktop application and as atablet/touchscreen application.
IE versions, over time, have had widely varying OS compatibility, ranging from being available for many platforms and several versions of Windows to only a few versions of Windows. Many versions of IE had some support for an older OS but stopped getting updates. The increased growth of the Internet in the 1990s and 2000s means that current browsers with small market shares have more total users than the entire market early on. For example, 90% market share in 1997 would be roughly 60 million[2] users, but by the start of 2007 90% market share would equate to over 900 million users.[2] The result is that later versions of IE6 had many more users in total than all the early versions put together.
The release of IE7 at the end of 2006 resulted in a collapse of IE6 market share; by February 2007, market version share statistics showed IE6 at about 50% and IE7 at 29%.[3] Regardless of the actual market share, the most compatible version (across operating systems) of IE was 5.x, which had Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, Unix, and most Windows versions available and supported for a short period in the late 1990s (although 4.x had a more unified codebase across versions). By 2007, IE had much narrower OS support, with the latest versions supporting only Windows XP Service Pack 2 and above. Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, and 7.0 (Experimental) have also been unofficially ported to theLinux operating system from the projectIEs4Linux.
| Operating system | Latest stable IE version | Support date | Exceptions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows | 7 or later,Server 2008 R2 or later | Latest version: 11.0.1000 | 2009– | Continued to receive security patches. IE11 was later released for Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Server 2012. Windows Server 2012 will continue to receive security patches until 2026 with ESU |
| 8 | Old version, not maintained: 10.0.56 | 2012 | ||
| Vista andServer 2008 | Latest version: 9.0.195 | 2006–2011 | Windows Server 2008 continued to receive security patches until 2023 with ESU (and continued until 2024 with ESU forAzure customers) | |
| XP andServer 2003 | Old version, not maintained: 8.0.6001.18702 | 2001–2009 | Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 continued to receive security patches till 2019 | |
| NT 4.0,98,2000 andME | Old version, not maintained: 6.0 SP1 | 1996–2001 | ||
| 95 | Old version, not maintained: 5.5 SP2 | 1995–2000 | ||
| 3.1x andNT 3.51 | Old version, not maintained: 5.01 SP2 | 1995–1999 | ||
| NT 3.5 | Old version, not maintained: 3.03 SP1 | 1995–1996 | ||
| NT 3.1 | Old version, not maintained: 2.01 | 1995 | ||
| macOS | 10.4–10.6 (IA-32, x64) | 5.2.3 (withRosetta) | 2005 | |
| 10.1–10.5 (PPC) | 5.2.3 | 2001–2003 | ||
| Classic Mac OS | 7.5.5–9.2.2 (PPC) | 5.1.7 (included) | 1995–2003 | |
| 7.1–8.1 (68k) | 4.0.1 (included) | 1995–1998 | ||
| 7.0.1 (68k) | 2.1 | 1995 | ||
| OS/2 | 2.1–4.52 | 3.0 | ? | |
| HP-UX | 5.01 SP1 | ? | ||
| Solaris | 5.01 SP1 | 1998-2001 | ||
Microsoft Internet Explorer 1.0 made its debut on August 24, 1995. It was a reworked version ofSpyglass Mosaic which Microsoft had licensed,[4][5] like many other companies initiating browser development, fromSpyglass Inc.[4][5] It came with the purchase ofMicrosoft Plus! forWindows 95 and with at least someOEM releases of Windows 95 without Plus!.[6] It was installed as part of theInternet Jumpstart Kit in Plus! for Windows 95.[7] The Internet Explorer team began with about six people in early development.[8][9]Microsoft Internet Explorer 1.5 was released in fall 1995 forWindows NT and added support for basicHTML table rendering. By including it free of charge on theiroperating system, they did not have to pay royalties to Spyglass Inc, resulting in a lawsuit and aUS$8 million settlement on January 22, 1997.[4][5]
Although not included, this software can also be installed on the original release of Windows 95.
Internet Explorer 1.x is no longer supported, or available for download from Microsoft. However, archived versions of the software can be found on various websites. Support for Internet Explorer 1.0 ended on December 31, 2001, the same day as older Windows Versions.
Internet Explorer came with an install routine replacing a manual installation required by many of the existing web browsers.[10]
Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 was released for Windows 95,Windows NT 3.51, andNT 4.0 on November 27, 1995 (following a 2.0 beta in October). It featured support for JavaScript, SSL, cookies, frames,VRML,RSA, andInternet newsgroups. Version 2 was also the first release forWindows 3.1 andMacintoshSystem 7.0.1 (PPC or 68k), although the Mac version was not released until January 1996 for PPC, and April for 68k.[11] Version 2.1 for the Mac came out in August 1996, although by this time, Windows was getting 3.0. Version 2 was included in Windows 95 OSR 1 and Microsoft'sInternet Starter Kit for Windows 95 in early 1996.[12] It launched with twelve languages, including English, but by April 1996, this was expanded to 24, 20, and 9 for Win 95, Win 3.1, and Mac, respectively.[12] The 2.0i version supported double-byte character-set.[12]
| Market share history snapshot for February 2005[13] |
|---|
| IE4: 0.07% |
| IE5: 6.17% |
| IE6: 82.79% |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 was released on August 13, 1996, and went on to be much more popular than its predecessors. It was the first major browser withCSS support, although this support was only partial. It also introduced support forActiveXcontrols,Java applets, inline multimedia, and thePICS system for contentmetadata. Version 3 also came bundled withInternet Mail and News,NetMeeting, and an early version of theWindows Address Book, and was itself included with Windows 95 OSR 2. Version 3 proved to be the first more popular version of Internet Explorer, bringing with it increased scrutiny. In the months following its release, a number of security and privacy vulnerabilities were found by researchers and hackers. This version of Internet Explorer was the first to have the 'blue e' logo.[7] The Internet Explorer team consisted of roughly 100 people during the development of three months.[14] The first major IE security hole, the Princeton Word Macro Virus Loophole, was discovered on August 22, 1996, in IE3.[15]
Backwards compatibility was handled by allowing users who upgraded to IE3 to still use the previous version, because the installation renamed the old version (incorporating the old version number) and stored it in the same directory.[16]
| Market share history snapshot for October 2008[17] |
|---|
| IE4: 0.01% |
| IE5: 0.20% |
| IE6: 37.01% |
| IE7: 35.81% |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, released on September 22, 1997, deepened the level of integration between the web browser and the underlying operating system. Installing version 4 on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 and choosingWindows Desktop Update would result in the traditional Windows Explorer being replaced by a version more akin to a web browser interface, as well as the Windows desktop itself being web-enabled viaActive Desktop. The integration with Windows, however, was subject to numerous packaging criticisms (seeUnited States v. Microsoft). This option was no longer available with the installers for later versions of Internet Explorer, but was not removed from the system if already installed. It introduced support forGroup Policy, allowing companies to configure and lock down many aspects of the browser's configuration as well as support for offline browsing.[18] Internet Mail and News was replaced withOutlook Express, andMicrosoft Chat and an improved NetMeeting were also included. This version was also included withWindows 98. New features that allowed users to save and retrieve posts in comment forms were added, but they are not used today. Internet Explorer 4.5 offered new features such as easier 128-bit encryption. It also offered a dramatic stability improvement over prior versions, particularly the68k version, which was especially prone to freezing.[19][20][21]
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, launched on March 18, 1999, and subsequently included withWindows 98 Second Edition and bundled withOffice 2000, was another significant release that supportedbi-directional text,ruby characters,XML,XSLT, and the ability to save web pages inMHTML format. IE5 was bundled withOutlook Express 5. Also, with the release of Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft released the first version ofXMLHttpRequest, giving birth toAjax (even though the term "Ajax" was not coined until years later). It was the last with a 16-bit version. Internet Explorer 5.01, a bug fix version included inWindows 2000, was released in December 1999 and it is the last version of Internet Explorer to run onWindows 3.1x andWindows NT 3.51. Internet Explorer 5.5 followed in June 2000, improving its print preview capabilities, CSS and HTML standards support, and developer APIs; this version was bundled withWindows ME. However, version 5 was the last version forMac andUNIX. Version 5.5 was the last to haveCompatibility Mode, which allowedInternet Explorer 4[22] to be run side by side with the 5.x series.[7][23] The IE team consisted of over 1,000 people by 1999, with funding on the order ofUS$100 million per year.[9][14] Version 5.5 is also the last version of Internet Explorer to run onWindows 95 andWindows NT 4.0 SP3–SP6.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 was released on August 24, 2001, a few months beforeWindows XP. This version included DHTML enhancements, content restricted inline frames, and partial support of CSS level 1,DOM level 1, andSMIL 2.0.[24] TheMSXML engine was also updated to version 3.0. Other new features included a new version of theInternet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK), Media bar,Windows Messenger integration, fault collection, automatic image resizing,P3P, and a new look-and-feel that was in line with theLuna visual style of Windows XP, when used in Windows XP. Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, which offered several security enhancements, coincided with the Windows XP SP1 patch release and it is the last version of Internet Explorer to supportWindows NT 4.0 SP6a,Windows 98,Windows 2000,Windows Me,Windows XP RTM–SP1 andWindows Server 2003 RTM. In 2002, theGopher protocol was disabled, and support for it was dropped in Internet Explorer 7.[25] Internet Explorer 6.0 SV1[26] came out on August 6, 2004 forWindows XP SP2 and offered various security enhancements and new colour buttons on the user interface. Internet Explorer 6 updated the original 'blue e' logo to a lighter blue and more3D look.[7] Microsoft now considers IE6 to be an obsolete product and recommends that users upgrade to Internet Explorer 8. Some corporate IT users have not upgraded despite this, in part because some still useWindows 2000, which will not run Internet Explorer 7 or above.[27] Microsoft has launched a website,https://web.archive.org/web/20110304205645/http://ie6countdown.com/, with the goal of getting Internet Explorer 6 usage to drop below 1 percent worldwide. Its usage is 6% globally as of October 2012, and now about 6.3% since June 2013, and depending on the country, the usage differs heavily: while the usage in Norway is 0.1%, it is 21.3% in the People's Republic of China.[28] On January 3, 2012, Microsoft announced that usage of IE6 in the United States had dropped below 1%.[29][30]
Windows Internet Explorer 7 was released on October 18, 2006. It includes bug fixes, enhancements to its support for web standards,tabbed browsing with tab preview and management, a multiple-engine search box, a web feeds reader,Internationalized Domain Name support (IDN),Extended Validation Certificate support, and an anti-phishing filter. With IE7, Internet Explorer has been decoupled from the Windows Shell—unlike previous versions, the Internet ExplorerActiveX control is not hosted in the Windows Explorer process, but rather runs in a separate Internet Explorer process. It is included with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and is available for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later, and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and later. Internet Explorer 7 is the last version of Internet Explorer to supportWindows XP x64 Edition RTM andWindows Server 2003 SP1. The original release of Internet Explorer 7 required the computer to pass aWindows Genuine Advantage validation check prior to installing, but on October 5, 2007,Microsoft removed this requirement. As some statistics show, by mid-2008, Internet Explorer 7 market share exceeded that of Internet Explorer 6 in a number of regions.[31][32]
Windows Internet Explorer 8 was released on March 19, 2009. It is the first version of IE to pass theAcid2 test, and the last of the major browsers to do so (in the laterAcid3 Test, it only scores 24/100.). According to Microsoft, security, ease of use, and improvements inRSS,CSS, andAjax support were its priorities for IE8.[33][34]
Internet Explorer 8 is the last version of Internet Explorer to supportWindows XP SP2–SP3,Windows XP x64 Edition SP2,Windows Server 2003 SP2,Windows Vista RTM–SP1 andWindows Server 2008 RTM.[35][36] Support for Internet Explorer 8 is bound to the lifecycle of the Windows version it is installed on as it is considered an OS component, thus it is unsupported on Windows XP due to theend of extended support for the latter in April 2014. Effective January 12, 2016, Internet Explorer 8 is no longer supported on any client or server version of Windows, due to new policies specifying that only the newest version of IE available for a supported version of Windows will be supported.[37][38] However severalWindows Embedded versions will remain supported until their respectiveEOL, unless otherwise specified.[39]
Windows Internet Explorer 9 was released on March 14, 2011.[40] Development for Internet Explorer 9 began shortly after the release of Internet Explorer 8.[41] Microsoft first announced Internet Explorer 9 atPDC 2009, and spoke mainly about how it takes advantage of hardware acceleration inDirectX to improve the performance ofweb applications and quality ofweb typography. AtMIX 10, Microsoft showed and publicly released the first Platform Preview for Internet Explorer 9, a frame for IE9's engine not containing any UI of the browser.[42] Leading up to the release of the final browser, Microsoft released updated platform previews, each featuring improvedJavaScript compiling (32-bit version), improved scores on theAcid3 test, as well as additionalHTML5 standards support, approximately every six weeks. Ultimately, eight platform previews were released. The first public beta was released at a special event in San Francisco, which was themed around "the beauty of the web". The release candidate was released on February 10, 2011, and featured improved performance, refinements to the UI, and further standards support. The final version was released during theSouth by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, on March 14, 2011.[40]
Internet Explorer 9 is the last version of Internet Explorer to supportWindows Vista SP2,Windows Server 2008 SP2,Windows 7 RTM,Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM andWindows Phone 7.5.[43] It supports severalCSS 3 properties (including border-radius, box-shadow, etc.), and embeddedICC v2 or v4colour profiles support viaWindows Color System. The 32-bit version has fasterJavaScript performance, this being due to a new JavaScript engine called "Chakra".[44] It also featureshardware accelerated graphics rendering usingDirect2D, hardware-accelerated text rendering usingDirectWrite, hardware-accelerated video rendering usingMedia Foundation, imaging support provided byWindows Imaging Component, and high fidelity printing powered by theXPS print pipeline.[45] IE9 also supports theHTML video andaudio tags and theWeb Open Font Format.[46] Internet Explorer 9 initially scored 95/100 on the Acid3 test, but has scored 100/100 since the test was updated in September 2011.[47]
Internet Explorer was to be omitted from Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in Europe, but Microsoft ultimately included it, with a browser option screen allowing users to select any of several web browsers (including Internet Explorer).[48][49][50][51][52]
Internet Explorer is now available onXbox 360 withKinect support, as of October 2012, although this version is extremely limited today.[53]
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Internet Explorer 10 became generally available on October 26, 2012, alongsideWindows 8 andWindows Server 2012, but is by now supported on Windows Server 2012, while Windows Server 2012 R2 only supports Internet Explorer 11. It became available forWindows 7 SP1 on February 26, 2013.[54] Microsoft announced Internet Explorer 10 in April 2011, atMIX 11 in Las Vegas, releasing the first Platform Preview at the same time. At the show, it was said thatInternet Explorer 10 was about three weeks in development.[55] This release further improves upon standards support, including HTML5 Drag & Drop and CSS3 gradients.[56]Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview was also released on the Windows 8 Release Preview platform.
Internet Explorer 11 is featured in aWindows 8.1 update which was released on October 17, 2013. It includes an incomplete mechanism for syncing tabs. It features a major update to itsdeveloper tools,[57][58] enhanced scaling for high DPI screens,[59]HTML5 prerender and prefetch,[60]hardware-acceleratedJPEG decoding,[61]closed captioning, HTML5 full screen,[62] and is the first Internet Explorer to supportWebGL[63][64][65] and Google's protocolSPDY (starting at v3).[66] This version of IE has features dedicated to Windows 8.1, including cryptography (WebCrypto),[57]adaptive bitrate streaming (Media Source Extensions)[67] andEncrypted Media Extensions.[62]
Internet Explorer 11 was made available forWindows 7 users to download on November 7, 2013, withAutomatic Updates in the following weeks.[68]
Internet Explorer 11'suser agent string now identifies the agent as "Trident" (the underlying browser engine) instead of "MSIE". It also announces compatibility withGecko (the browser engine ofFirefox).
Microsoft claimed that Internet Explorer 11, running the WebKit SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, was the fastest browser as of October 15, 2013.[69]
Since January 12, 2016, only the most recent version of Internet Explorer offered for installation on any given Windows operating system is supported with security updates, lasting until the end of the support lifecycle for that Windows operating system. On Windows 7 and 8.1, only Internet Explorer 11 received security updates until the end of those Windows versions' support lifecycles.[70] Support for Internet Explorer 11 is bound to the lifecycle of the Windows version it is installed on as it is considered an OS component, thus it is unsupported on Windows 7 due to theend of extended support on January 14, 2020. Internet Explorer 11 was made available forWindows Server 2012 andWindows Embedded 8 Standard, the only still supported edition ofWindows 8 in April 2019. It is the only supported version of Internet Explorer on these operating systems since January 31, 2020.[71][72]
Internet Explorer 11 follows the OS component lifecycle,[73] which means it remains supported with technical and security fixes as long as the operating system including it as a component remains supported. This means that Internet Explorer 11 support will end on January 13, 2032, along with the end of Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 support, barring any changes to the support policy.[74][75] On August 17, 2020, Microsoft published a timeline indicating that theMicrosoft Teams product would stop supporting Internet Explorer 11 on November 30, 2020, andMicrosoft 365 products ended support for Internet Explorer 11 on August 17, 2021.[76] In May 2021, Microsoft announced that support for Internet Explorer 11 on editions of Windows 10 that are not in theLong-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) would end on June 15, 2022.[77] Internet Explorer 11 was thought to not be onWindows 11, Windows Server Insider Build 22463 and Windows Server Insider Build 25110 as a separate application - however, a few people managed to access it, through the question mark in the Internet Options window. However, while the browser itself is no longer supported, it is supported as IE mode inEdge, including on Windows 11, Windows Server Insider Build 22463 and Windows Server Insider Build 25110.[78] Microsoft has said that it will maintain support for this feature until 2029 at the earliest, and that it will provide one year's notice before its discontinuation.[79] IE mode uses theTrident MSHTML engine.[80]
Legend: Unsupported version[a] Old version, still maintained[b] Latest version[c]
| Major version | Minor version | Release date | Significant changes | Shipped with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.0 | August 24, 1995 | Initial release. | Plus! for95 |
| 1.5 | January 1996 | Support forHTML tables and other elements. | ||
| 2 | 2.0 | November 22, 1995 | SSL,cookies,VRML, andInternet newsgroups. | 95 OSR1 NT 4.0 |
| 3 | 3.0 | August 13, 1996 | Improved support of HTML tables, frames, and other elements, support ofVBScript andJScript, support ofCSS andJava. | 95 OSR2 |
| 4 | 4.0 | September 22, 1997 | Improved support for HTML, CSS and MicrosoftDOM. | 95 OSR 2.5 98 |
| 5 | 5.0 | March 18, 1999 | Support for new CSS2 features,bi-directional text,ruby character,XML/XSLT and more CSS properties. | 98 SE 2000 |
| 5.5 | June 19, 2000 | Support for more CSS properties. Minor changes to support for frames. | Me | |
| 5.6 | August 18, 2000 | Only released for a preview version of Windows Whistler. | Whistler | |
| 6 | 6.0 | August 24, 2001 | More CSS changes and bug fixes to be moreW3C-compliant. | XP |
| 6.0 SP2 | August 25, 2004 | Vulnerability patch.Popup/ActiveX blocker. Add-on manager. | XP SP2 Server 2003 SP1 | |
| 7 | 7.0 | October 18, 2006 | Support forPNG alpha channel, CSS bug fixes,Tabbed browsing, Support forEV SSL certificate,Phishing filter,Web feeds platform integration, NewGUI, Quick Tabs. | Vista 2008 |
| 8 | 8.0 | March 19, 2009 | CSS 2.1, Contextual Services.Accelerators.Web Slices.Tab isolation andDEP protection enabled by default. Automatic crash recovery. Improved phishing and malware filter (SmartScreen). Uses 6HTTP server connections for improved website responsiveness,InPrivate browsing. Smart address bar. Search suggestions. Tab color grouping. Caret browsing. ImprovedDeveloper Tools. Changes in Compatibility View. Improved Favorites management and other minor changes to UI. Changes toInPrivate browsing and blocking modes. | 7 2008 R2 |
| 9 | 9.0 | March 14, 2011 | Revamped UI with new download manager, new New Tab page, integrated search and address bar, and more. Adds Tracking Protection, ActiveX Filter, and paste-to-navigate. Support for new CSS3 selectors (includingborder-radius property), and new HTML5 and SVG elements,<audio>,<video> and<canvas> tags. Support forWOFF fonts. New JavaScript engine (code nameChakra) withECMAScript5 support. Added support for graphics and web rendering hardware acceleration, using Direct2D and DirectWrite. | |
| 10 | 10.0 | October 26, 2012 | Support for CSS3 multi-column layout, CSS3 grid layout, CSS3 flexible box layout, CSS3 gradients, ES5 strict mode, Positioned Floats, CSS stylesheet limit lifted, CSSOM Floating Point Value support, Improved hit testing APIs, Media Query Listeners, async attribute on script elements, Drag and Drop, File API, Sandbox, Web Workers, some Web Performance APIs, CSS 3D Transforms, CSS Text shadow, SVG Filter Effects, Spellchecking, Autocorrection, local storage with IndexedDB and the HTML5 Application Cache, Web Sockets, HTML5 History, and InPrivate tabs. | 8 Server 2012 |
| 11 | 11.0 | October 17, 2013 | Improved support for HTML5 and CSS3. Support for WebGL and SPDY. New Modern UI-interface and developer tools. | 8.1 Server 2012 R2 |
| 11.0.7 | April 8, 2014 | Enterprise Mode, new Developer Tools, improved support for WebGL and ECMAScript 5.1. | 8.1 Update | |
| 11.0.11 | August 12, 2014 | Improved support for WebGL, new features in Developer Tools, support for WebDriver, adds a search bar to the New Tab page. | ||
| 11.0.15 | December 9, 2014 | Revamped Developer Tool interface, opt-in to block SSL 3.0 fallback. | 10 | |
| 11.0.25 | November 12, 2015 | Improved Enterprise Mode and new support tools | Server 2016 Server 2019 Server 2022 |
When Vista users try to install the IE10 preview, they see a dialog box that reads, "Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview does not support any operating system earlier than Windows 7," after which the installation process terminates.
