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Discussions about Internet Explorer retirement on WindowsForum.com cover the ongoing impact of Microsoft ending support for IE11, including how enterprises and users are adapting to the shift toward modern browsers like Edge. Topics also touch on related legacy technologies, such as the JScript engine, which was tied to Internet Explorer and has been updated for security in Windows 11. The retirement is part of a broader Windows modernization trend, with some users migrating to Linux or adopting new hardware. These threads explore compatibility challenges, security improvements, and the evolving Windows ecosystem post-IE.
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    Windows Modernizes: IE Retirement, Edge Mode, and Linux Migrations

    Nearly four years after Microsoft began steering users away from its once-ubiquitous blue "e," the ripples of Internet Explorer’s retirement are still reshaping the Windows ecosystem — and the landscape around it. In the span of a few headlines last week we saw the anniversary-style eulogies for...
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    Microsoft Replaces Legacy JScript with JScript9Legacy in Windows 11: Enhanced Security & Compatibility

    For nearly three decades, Microsoft's proprietary JScript engine has been a silent, persistent presence across multiple generations of Windows. Born during the days of Internet Explorer 3.0, JScript—Microsoft's own dialect compatible (at varying degrees) with ECMAScript/JavaScript—served...
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