Microsoft has posted some partial timeline plans for the depreciation of the VBScript language. It will start by making the language one of the features on demand (FODs) for Windows 11 24H2.
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In 2023, Microsoft dropped support for 18 different Windows 10 and 11 features. Here is a recap of everything Microsoft deprecated, including Windows Mixed Reality, Cortana, WordPad, and more.
Microsoft has quietly revealed it will retire the VBScript language from future versions of Windows. It will still be available for now as a feature on demand for developers who still need it.
The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly is filled to the brim with news about the latest major update to Windows 11, "Moment 2", a reference to Windows 12, and updates to services like Windows 365.
Microsoft recently deprecated MSDT to make Windows 11 more secure, because threat actors exploited it for nefarious reasons. Following that, the company is now adding an option to uninstall VBScipt.
A malicious email that claims to be an employee termination letter is doing the rounds on the internet. This email is actually a Dridex malware attack and hopes to trick its potential victims.
Today, Microsoft announced that beginning with the August 13 cumulative updates, VBScript will be disabled by default in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.
In a separate announcement, Microsoft confirmed that today's Windows 10 for PCs Insider Preview build in the Fast ring, build 16237, will disable VBScript in Internet Explorer 11 by default.
