what am I running IE8 or ?

Hi everyone,

I am a newbie to the forum....
I am using Wxp, but for some reason a lot of webpage tell me it would look better with IE8. The thing is i am running IE8, well at least that what it says when I click on help and then properties.

Does anyone have suggestions as to what I need to do?

thanks,

Boss

 

Hi Boss, welcome to WindowsBBS

An example of a webpage which tells you this?

Updating windows may also help, additionally...

We encourage all members to enter their system details, it could help resolving this and any future issues you may have.

 

Is it - "Best viewed in Internet Explorer 8.0 and above" kind of statement ?

Don't worry, its static text & the web site is NOT detecting or doing anything with your browser.

 

Hi Bossdog55,

Welcome to Windowsbbs. Your problem has not been very well described. You need to be a bit more descriptive or problem specific.

Webpage is just letting you know which browser may work best when viewing his or her site based on the code the page was written for. Doesn't mean you are obligated or restricted to just that browser or version. Is your problem more broad than just a site courtesy notice?

 

Hi all,

I am am sorry for not describing the situation more precise.
ok, when I visit anysite it says best viewed with ie8, click to download ie8.
another site dang I can't remember right off hand but it directly says you are running
ie6, would you like to upgrade to ie8..I want to say that whenI go to Miscrosoft that site also tells me I am running IE6...today I will get the specific message and websites then resubmitt my question with more details.
Thanks guys.

Boss

 

Keep us informed but I'm a little curious, in your initial post you indicate that you're clicking on properties. Now I'll admit I don't use IE that often but as far as I know there is no properties option in the help menu

 

There is NO properties in Help in IE8.
There is a Properties in File and that is the only place.

Don't have an earlier version of IE, but I don't remember there being one in Help.

 

Boss, Click on Help/About Internet Explorer and it will tell you what version you have.
You need to finish filling out your System Details.

What version of Windows are you running?