Security enhancements include a phishing filter, stronger encryption on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (256-bit from 128-bit in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003), and a "Delete browsing history" button to easily clear private data. New features include tabbed browsing, page zooming, an integrated search box, a feed reader, better internationalization, and improved support for web standards, although it does not pass the Acid2 or Acid3 tests. Some portions of the underlying architecture, including the rendering engine and security framework, have been improved. It is the last version of Internet Explorer to support Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows XP Professional 圆4 Edition below SP2 as the following version, Internet Explorer 8, will only support Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later and Windows XP Professional 圆4 Edition SP2 or later. Internet Explorer 7 requires Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP1 at the minimum. It also does not support Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 or later Windows Versions. It was the default browser in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (later default was Internet Explorer 9), as well as Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 (later default was Internet Explorer 8), and can replace Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but unlike version 6, this version does not support Windows Me, Windows 2000, or earlier versions of Windows.
Internet Explorer 7 is part of a long line of versions of Internet Explorer and was the first major update to the browser since 2001. It was released by Microsoft on October 18, 2006, as the seventh, and by now discontinued, version of Internet Explorer and the successor to Internet Explorer 6. Windows Internet Explorer 7 ( IE7) (codenamed Rincon) is a web browser for Windows.
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, Windows Embedded Compact 7, Windows Embedded Compact 2013