I have run into a few cases where IE10, with Document and Browser Modes set to IE8, is unable to reproduce bugs observed in a genuine copy of IE8 on a co-worker's computer. For most IE version-specific problems, switching IE10 to IE8 mode allows me to recreate them just fine, but more than once I've had version-specific problems that only genuine IE8 can reproduce.
Is there any reasonably easy way to get IE8 on my computer without losing my IE10 installation?
(A "No" answer is better than a convoluted solution)
A "No" answer is better than a convoluted solution
Well, in that case, a "No" answer is what you shall get.
No. You can't.
Just for completeness, the "convoluted" solution:
Use a VM (Virtual Machine). This is the standard solution for testing with old IE versions.
You can download pre-configured VMs for testing every IE version from Microsoft's site http://modern.ie/
Alternatively, you might want to try out http://browserstack.com/, which is an online VM provider; same VMs as you can get from modern.ie, but running on their servers via your browser, rather than running it yourself on your own hardware. It's a paid service, but extremely convenient (oh, and you can get a free 3 month subscription from modern.ie)
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When I browse to a local site on IIS using Chrome I get intermittent slow performance.
It doesn't seem to matter whether the request is a full page request or an ajax request, it happens a significant percentage of the time, enough to slow down my development or make me use a different browser. Browsing to the same site in the live environment runs fine. Firefox and IE are running fine, just seems to be Chrome.
The network tab is showing the delay on the Blocking phase on my machine so I don't think it's a problem with DNS and disabling IPv6 didn't help me. Could it be something to do with the application or session cookies? I'm running Windows 8.1 with IIS 8.5 and the general performance of the machine is good.
Very frustrating because I prefer Chrome tools to the dev tools in other browsers and I've not had this issue on other dev machines where I've used Chrome.
Clear all your data (cookies, history and cache) if that doesn't work, reboot your PC, if that doesn't work, reinstall Chrome.
I hope it helps
Recently i installed Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Preview Ultimate on Windows 7. Everything went smoothly except now i can't access www.microsoft.com and www.skype.com anymore. Tried latest IE10 and FireFox, both show blank page when accessing the above mentioned web sites. Firefox in its left bottom corner shows that it is waiting for ajax.aspnetcdn.com.
I'd really like not to reinstall OS on my machine, so i'd appreciate any idea how to fix this. For myself i tried to stop Firewall service and disable MS Security Essentials runtime protection, neither helped.
PS: I can access www.microsoft.com and www.skype.com from another machine in the same local network
UPDATE: i am using tfs.visulstudio.com as my TFS server and it opens fine if i am not signed in. But once i am trying to log in it opens blank, like browser is waiting for something (the same as for microsoft.com and skype.com). Something related to live ID?
Don't think this is the website to post this kind of question but try uninstalling VS2013 preview because you think that's causing the problem. Search in Google for people getting similar problem. I also don't think it is VS2013 because I can't think of anyway of how VS2013 would somehow disable you from going to a certain website. Make sure the sites weren't down at the time or if you're having something kind of Internet server issues.
skype is owned by microsoft, so you can't enter both microsoft pages. This could be related with some kind of ISP (Internet Service Provider) and not with VS2013, or you can try rebooting your router. Last thing i would do is traceroute both address and see where they fall.
I wanted to write this as a comment but I don't have enough reputation yet. Anyway, obviously trying to uninstall the program and trying again would be a good start as already mentioned, but you should also look inside your hosts file for any weird redirections some virus of malware might have set up. It's located at "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc" and you can open this inside notepad (might require notepad to be run as an administrator). Check to see if skype.com or microsoft.com are in there and are pointing to a different IP address. If they are you can just remove them and save the file (might require a restart to take effect). If still no luck you should try a livecd of a linux distro to make sure the problem is definitely inside your windows somewhere.
Let us know how it goes.
I have been searching for the answer for this for 2 days. We have an application that uses ReportViewer 9. However, clicking on the print button in IE10 causes the browser to stop working (with the "Debug" or "Close Program" buttons). Everything else seems to work fine.
We tried using ReportViewer 10 but we get the same issue.
We are using Visual Studio 2010, Windows 7, IE 10, and targeting .NET 4.0. The crashes happen in the IDE and through IIS.
EDIT: Things I Have Tried:
I have tried adding my website to Trusted Sites, lowered the security setting, and I think I've tried every possible combination of checkboxes in the "custom" security box.
I've tried enabling Protected Mode and Enhanced Protected Mode, with a variety of check box combinations from Custom security level that sounded promising.
I've tried forcing IE10 to run in 64-bit mode (including the tabs), but our app forces the tab to run in 32-bit anyway.
Someone suggested that it might be a Kill Bit issue, so I tried editing the registry to ignore kill bits just to see if it would work (it didn't).
Also, I'm pretty sure I've tried just about every permutation of all the variables I've already mentioned. (I'm a little burnt out at this point, so I might have missed 1 :S)
This thread seemed promising but I could not get it to work. It is talking about Win8 but I thought I might be able to apply them to my situation.
I found a suggestion changing the BuildProvider assembly to type="Microsoft.Reporting.RdlBuildProvider, Microsoft.ReportViewer.WEBFORMS ..." (instead of Common), but so far that is not working either.
Tried installing Report Viewer 11, and installing a very old version of our application. Both give me the same result.
Aha! OK, so it turns out that my issue is NOT with ReportViewer, but rather with RSClientPrint. Once I did a google search for that I quickly found that the answer is: Upgrade to Sql Server 2008 R2 SERVICE PACK 2.
The version of RsClientPrint you get with R2/SP2 is 10.50.4000, while the version I had was 10.50.1600.
In conclusion, it appears that RSClientPrint 10.50.1600 is NOT COMPATIBLE with IE10, but version 10.50.4000 IS.
I REALLY hope this helps someone else!!
I'm having a performance problem on my company's web site using a specific version of IE 8 to load a page using https. Here's what I know.
Server:
Virtual machine running on VMWare ESX
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP 2
Tomcat 6.0.16
Client:
Windows XP and Window 7
Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385IC
Page loads/refreshes in under 1 second using HTTP.
Page loads/refreshes in 15-16 seconds in HTTPS using this version of IE.
Problem reproduced on multiple client machines with same IE version.
Problem reproduced on multiple client machines with different Windows versions (XP and 7).
No performance problem using Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Safari from same machine.
No performance problem using other versions of IE 8 on other machines.
Slow load causes virtually no CPU, memory, or I/O spike on server or client machine.
No performance problem on other sites using HTTPS on same client machine.
The pages in question use JavaScript and innerHTML to replace the contents of div elements to create a collapsible menu, and an iframe to display some content. A couple of the div elements contain images. If I remove the iframe and the JavaScript, the performance issues go away. However, rewriting the entire site to make these changes would be very time consuming. We're in the process of replacing the whole site, but it may be 2-3 months before we do so and we really cannot live with this slowdown that long. I've already looked at several IE tuning options, such as disabling add ons, running IE-rereg, and resetting IE, with no luck.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
The version you mention is the version that shows in Windows 7, is it not (i.e., in Windows XP, it should show like 8.0.6001.18904)? Have you applied all recent patches? More particularly, have you applied the KB980182 security patch?
That particular patch was an "out of band" patch, which means it has been brought to the public in haste and outside of the normal upgrade cycle. It came out April 22, 2010, or about. If you have installed the patch (either automatically, or by hand), try uninstalling or rollback using the Backup and Restore Center and select the restore point that mentions that fix.
While KB980182 caused quite some trouble and weird behaviors, you may try the same approach with other patches if rolling back to before KB980182 didn't help: rollback using Backup and Restore Center to an earlier moment in time, and check if the problem goes away.
This type of testing is a nuisance, I know, but I'm afraid there's little else you can do.
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Running Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on the same machine
I am looking for a tool that can allow me to run Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 (and Internet Explorer 8 if possible) on my machine. I found something on the Internet like this and some other interesting solutions, but I need your opinion based on experience. Which is the best choice for running multiple Internet Explorer instances from the point of view of a web-developer?
Edit: thank you for the help, I installed some of the tools you suggested, and I decided to stick to those two: IETester and IE Collection - easy to install, intuitive UI and fast response time.
The others:
xenocode just crashed or I
couldn't install it properly.
Multiple IE wanted me to
install Microsoft .NET which took
eternity and at the end,
surprise...nothing worked. Then
again it's probably my poor
installing skills
IE Application
Compatibility VPC Image seems to
be the most professional approach to
the issue but I just liked IETester
and IE Collection better.
Microsoft provides VPC virtual hard drives with various OS images and IE versions for just this purpose:
Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image
Note that the OS installs are time-bombed so you have to periodically download new images from MS.
If you're on Windows you can try the new SuperPreview tool: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/8/568F0D28-0434-4794-B7FC-FB293BCC98FB/SuperPreview_Trial_en.exe
I've used this:
http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
This will get IE 6 going and earlier versions if that's a priority. Then you can just install IE 8 because it allows you to use IE7 "compatibility mode" so you can effectively mimic IE7.
You can install multiple versions of IE using this installer: http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm
Use IETester. It's "for free" and follow its updates.
I've had fairly good results using Xenocode for browser testing