Is this classic Microsoft or what...they know millions of machines are still running XP. Yet they release a new version of I.E. that isn't compatible!
So the choice is buying a new copy of Win7 and installing it on all of the XP machines OR just using Firefox or Chrome. And they think we will buy Win7? What marketing genius!
Some people will follow where the herd is being driven, but given the options, more will choose otherwise. Given new hardware, running XP in a VM [virtual machine container] is very doable, and gives new life to your XP license on fresh hardware.
I can't complain about IE - between that and Microsoft patches, they the most consistent part of our managed services revenue the last 6 years. We have also gotten several new clients through eradicating network infections over the years. Most of it tracks back to poor security practices, IE [has been] the attackers tool of choice.
Yeah, ain't Microsoft great! Indy loves them like gastroenterologists love the nonsteroidal makers, and cardiologists love McDonalds. Great for business, but unfortunately at the expense of the public.
We have given up on strong words and a hardline about the dangers of IE; I suspect similar to a PCP harping on McDonalds to someone who eat there every day. Instead, we ask the client what level of protection they want, and then we implement managed services based on our best practices. It is easier to get buy-in for what they want than the individual elements.
An example of that is install AV(with central monitoring), scan machine, [clear infections], setup limited user accounts, change admin passwords, remove IE shortcut, install FireFox, install plugins. We have methods for how we allow selective IE usage of certain retro sites.
