First, I am not a developer, but this is the only forum I could find for MSXML. If there is a more appropriate venue for these questions please let me know.
I am a network administrator, and I've recently become aware that MS has discontinued support for MSXML 4.0. We have old third-party applications that require it, and we even have one application that also appears to install MSXML 2 and 3, although I understand that the latter is still supported.
Questions:
- Are there risks to having old versions of MSXML installed, particularly 4.0?
- If so, what are the options to mitigate those risks?
- Is there a way to tell which applications require a given version of MSXML?
- Can older MSXML versions be cleanly uninstalled, and if so, how?
Thanks very much for any assistance.