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    • LakshmanaL
      Lakshmana @Dashrender
      last edited by

      @Dashrender I am trying to install the IE 8 in Windows 8.My senior is saying that IE8 will able to install in Windows 8.So only trying on it??

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @Lakshmana
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        @Lakshmana said:

        Yes the IE8 is installed in the test machine

        What OS is your test machine?

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        • LakshmanaL
          Lakshmana
          last edited by

          Sorry the test machine with the Windows 7 OS

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
            last edited by

            @Lakshmana said:

            Sorry the test machine with the Windows 7 OS

            LOL, well that's where IE8 is from. Not much of a test.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
              last edited by Dashrender

              @scottalanmiller said:

              @Lakshmana said:

              Sorry the test machine with the Windows 7 OS

              LOL, well that's where IE8 is from. Not much of a test.

              Exactly - your test is completely invalid. IE 8 came with Windows 7. Meaning you can install IE 8 on Windows 8. You can not install IE 8 on Windows 8.

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              • LakshmanaL
                Lakshmana
                last edited by

                The windows 8 machine is tried with uninstalling by regedit,host entry,system32 any other method

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender
                  last edited by

                  You're not understanding - you can't install IE 8 directly on Windows 8 or 8.1 it can't be done.

                  You do have a few choices.

                  As I mentioned before you should try compatibility mode first - google it, there are tons of options.

                  additionally, you could install VirtualBox and install Windows 7 inside that, and the default that it comes with is IE 8 - and you're done.

                  of course legally, you'll need to purchase another Windows license to do this.

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                  • LakshmanaL
                    Lakshmana
                    last edited by

                    But the user needs here to install in it for his URL access.He is informing us to do that now

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
                      last edited by

                      @Lakshmana said:

                      The windows 8 machine is tried with uninstalling by regedit,host entry,system32 any other method

                      Uninstalling isn't the issue. It's installing IE8 that is the hard part.

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                      • tonyshowoffT
                        tonyshowoff
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                        This is essentially what we did for testing purposes for our web sites:

                        http://www.howtogeek.com/102261/how-to-run-internet-explorer-7-8-and-9-at-the-same-time-using-virtual-machines/

                        We used to use the multiple IE installer, but AFAIK that only goes up to IE6 or 7. This may work, though it's clunky as heck and unless it's an IT-centred user, they'll probably hate it in some way.

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                        • LakshmanaL
                          Lakshmana
                          last edited by

                          The user is convinced to downgrade Windows 8 to Win7 machine.Will see what happens tommorrow???

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
                            last edited by

                            @Lakshmana said:

                            The user is convinced to downgrade Windows 8 to Win7 machine.Will see what happens tommorrow???

                            Who told him that that was even an option?

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                            • tonyshowoffT
                              tonyshowoff @Lakshmana
                              last edited by

                              @Lakshmana said:

                              The user is convinced to downgrade Windows 8 to Win7 machine.Will see what happens tommorrow???

                              😑

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                              • LakshmanaL
                                Lakshmana @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller Our Senior said to do that.But not confirmed the result?

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
                                  last edited by

                                  @Lakshmana said:

                                  @scottalanmiller Our Senior said to do that.But not confirmed the result?

                                  My guess is that he just made something up. But we will see.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender
                                    last edited by

                                    LOL - so you're going to reduce his whole security profile and roll him back to Windows 7 to solve a problem for one website.

                                    Yeah that seams like a smart thing to do /sarcasm

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                                    • art_of_shredA
                                      art_of_shred Banned
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                                      /facepalm

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