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    • LakshmanaL
      Lakshmana
      last edited by

      Yes the IE8 is installed in the test machine

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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
          last edited by

          @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
                                        last edited by

                                        /facepalm

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