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Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Arie, 2013/03/04.

  1. 2013/03/04
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    At the end of February Microsoft released Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7.

    Some new features include support for hardware acceleration using Direct2D and DirectWrite and a "Do Not Track" feature intended to reduce the ability of companies to track user behavior online (enabled by default).

    Also included is a spell check with auto-correct. Benchmarks suggests Internet Explorer 10 is some 30-40% faster than Internet Explorer 9.

    You can download Internet Explorer 10 here

    View the Release Notes
     
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    MrBill

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    Downloaded it last week and have had no problems with it. It is faster. I only use IE and have FF installed incase something happens to IE at least I will be able to get on the internet.
     
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    BobbyScot

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    I too downloaded new issue of IE10. Installing IE10 displayed that it was not compatible with my Windows 7 32/64 bit installed.
     
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    MrBill

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    I had no problems. I have both 32 and 64 bit. Works fine on both of the machines.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    You have to match the download to your version of Windows. There isn't a 32/64 version. It's one or the other.
     
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    JSS3rd Lifetime Subscription

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    I couldn't get IE10 to display images on my 64-bit Win 7 Pro SP1 system, and went back to IE9. See this thread for the particulars.
     
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    Evan Omo

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    I am having no problems running IE10 on my Windows 7 64-bit system. Have already installed it on a few computers for clients, and webpages seem to load significantly quicker than before. I also like the built in spell checker.
     
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    BobbyScot

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    I noticed on my first attempt to download and install IE10, that file showed as Windows6.IE 10. A second attempt download is shown as Windows7.IIE.10, this new version has installed correctly and working properly. Install chooses the 32 -64 bit automatically to suit previous version of Windows 7 IE 9.
     
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    Where did you get it? The MS download site still shows three versions: IE10-Windows6.1-x64-en-us.exe, IE10-Windows6.1-x86-en-us.exe, and the Windows Server 2008 version, which is the same as the x64 version.
     

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    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    Since Windows 7.1 doesn't exist yet, I highly doubt this is correct.

    As Jim stated, the download is either:

    • IE10-Windows6.1-x86-xx-xx.exe
    • IE10-Windows6.1-x64-xx-xx.exe

    where xx-xx is the language code.
     
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    BobbyScot

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    My final download and install of IE10 was initiated by Windows 7 Update.
    Microsoft web site, displayed as Windows6IE10 that caused the trouble to me installing. That was my experience in updating IE10. Why the reference Windows6?
     
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    JSS3rd Lifetime Subscription

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    Windows 7's version number is Windows 6.1. Windows 8's is version 6.2. See here.
     
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    BobbyScot

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    OK thanks, point noted.
     
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    mickzer

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    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    Because they are dumb? I left them a note about that nearly a week ago... they don't care.

    As you can see from the download site, you can only choose Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 versions.
     
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    mickzer

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    Hi,
    Confusing:confused::confused::confused:
    Thanks Arie,

    mickzer.
     
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  18. 2013/03/07
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    Nope, not really. You can't download IE10 for Windows 8. It is included with that OS.
     
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    mickzer

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    Oh! Right. I hadn't realised that.
    I'm still learning.:D

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