Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed. VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script or ...

My old supervisor (since departed) created a software install package (files and folders) and a VBS install script which has worked fine in XP for years. (Yes, my company is still using XP, but we are ...

Microsoft, from time to time, kills off various features in its apps. The company explained in detail earlier this year how this is good for users. Likewise, VBScript removal has also been on ...

Microsoft announced this week that it's deprecating the timeworn VBScript — bad news for cybercriminals, for whom it's a favorite tool. In future releases of Windows, VBScript will be available only ...

In a nutshell: VBScript is an active scripting language that's been part of Windows history since Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, and Windows CE. Now, after 25 years on the market, the ...

If you’re a fan of VBScript, we have some bad news, as Microsoft has announced that future releases of Windows won’t feature the scripting language, which will now only be available on demand.