Both will live on in Windows 10, Microsoft confirms

May 12, 2015 11:43 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft enthusiasts have most likely heard that their favorite company is making some pretty big changes with the release of Windows 10, and prepares to discontinue Internet Explorer (and bring out a completely new browser for PCs, tablets, and smartphones) and to kill Patch Tuesday, the monthly rollout that provides us with security fixes for software developed by the Redmond firm.

Needless to say, many were happy with such news, especially because both Internet Explorer and Patch Tuesday have been criticized a lot in the last decade - the former for its lack of features, poor security and slow speed, and the latter for bringing out too many botched updates that broke down our computers.

But despite these announcements, neither Internet Explorer nor Patch Tuesday will get the axe in Windows 10, and while Microsoft is indeed rethinking its strategy for the upcoming operating system, both will continue to be up and running for a little bit longer.

Internet Explorer will be the backup browser

Many have called Windows 10 the final frontier for Internet Explorer, as Microsoft is bringing out Edge, a completely new browser that features extension support, works on phones, PCs, and tablets, and comes with a revamped UI that makes it a better rival to Chrome and Firefox.

But Internet Explorer will continue to be available as the backup browser, so in case something goes wrong with Edge and you cannot access a website or a company app is not rendered properly, IE is always there to help you. So Microsoft isn’t killing it, or at least not now. IE will be phased out eventually, but for the moment, it’ll be there in Windows 10 when RTM is reached.

As far as Patch Tuesday is concerned, it’s believed that the rolling release that Microsoft is working to embrace with Windows 10 and that will bring out updates at a faster pace would also kill Patch Tuesday, but that’s not the case. A company spokesperson has told us that Patch Tuesday will live on and customers can still receive security updates on the second Tuesday of each month.

So there you go, Windows 10 will indeed be a major overhaul for each and every one of us, but some things won’t change. At least not now.