Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

chronic86 · 19 Nov 2008 at 16:49

hmm i'll give this a try since my ie7 stops responding from time to time, hopefully this version might fix it, which i doubt.. strqnge thing is FF works fine.

ShakenNstirred · 18 Dec 2008 at 03:13

tried to install IE8 today to have a look at it, but it said it couldnt install as im using vista 64bit

mrk · 18 Dec 2008 at 03:14

ShakenNstirred said:
tried to install IE8 today to have a look at it, but it said it couldnt install as im using vista 64bit

It's doing you a favour.

mr.sly · 18 Dec 2008 at 04:52

ShakenNstirred said:
tried to install IE8 today to have a look at it, but it said it couldnt install as im using vista 64bit

Make sure you get the x64 version for Vista.

Direct link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...32-919C-44C0-AB3E-94C5B0ED03D6&displaylang=en

ShakenNstirred · 18 Dec 2008 at 08:41

mr.sly said:
Make sure you get the x64 version for Vista.

Direct link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...32-919C-44C0-AB3E-94C5B0ED03D6&displaylang=en

but is the still like the 64bit IE7 where flash etc still dont work?
i had hoped the 32bit version would have installed as vista 64 bit does have IE7 32 bit

mr.sly · 18 Dec 2008 at 15:35

ShakenNstirred said:
but is the still like the 64bit IE7 where flash etc still dont work?
i had hoped the 32bit version would have installed as vista 64 bit does have IE7 32 bit

Yeah that's still a 32-bit client. It's just for use on Vista x64.