Internet Explorer 10

Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) is the tenth and penultimate version of the Internet Explorer web browser and the successor to Internet Explorer 9, released by Microsoft on September 4, 2012. It is the default browser on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, and was later made available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It drops support for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and earlier versions, and CPUs without the NX bit instruction set. It is the last version of Internet Explorer that supports 64-bit processors without the CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW and LAHF/SAHF instructions. IE10 expands on Internet Explorer 9 functionality with regard to CSS3 support, hardware acceleration, and HTML5 support. It is divided into two editions with different user interfaces: a Metro app that does not support plug-ins and a traditional desktop application that retains plug-in support. On 64-bit computers, the Metro edition runs in 64-bit mode by default. The desktop edition can be run in 64-bit mode by enabling Enhanced Protected Mode.