To summarize this particular move, if you happen to be rocking to Internet Explorer 8 or earlier on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer, you must perform a software update in order to be on the receiving end of security and support updates – which are extremely crucial if you do have sensitive and critical data on your computer, whether it is on a personal or corporate level. If you so happen to have a newer version of Windows installed instead, you will have to run Internet Explorer 11.
The clamping down on support for Internet Explorer 8 and earlier will not translate to folks avoid using this version of the browser though, as history has shown that the halted support for Windows XP continued to see a number of people failing to upgrade the operating system to something newer. [Press Release]