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Join Date: May 2007
Vista Ultimate
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Location: Fremantle, Western Australia
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As of today Microsoft officially launched IE8 Beta!!
To download IE8 Beta 1 Internet Explorer 8 Beta: Home Page Virtual PC HD Image - Thanks pdeprez A hd image containing pre-activated Windows XP/Vista and IE6, IE7 or IE8. Download details: IE App Compat VHD Internet Explorer addon IE7Pro - The Ultimate Add-On for Internet Explorer Last edited by dmex; 03-21-2008 at 09:11 PM. Reason: Added links |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
XP Pro 32bit
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dmex, your avatar is spot on. IE=BARF
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Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs) Memory: 3326MB RAM Hard Drive: 984 GB 2x500GB RAID 0 Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Monitor: SyncMaster 2220WM(Digital) Sound Card: SigmaTel High Definition Audio Operating System: Windows XP™ Pro 32bit |
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Uber Geek & Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Vista x32 SP1 R2
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Location: Boiling Springs, SC USA
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03-06-2008
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1
Posts: 12,929
Location: Texas, USA
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Everything looks better in IE8 Beta, but good luck with highlighting items on a webpage.
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There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. Please post feedback to help others.
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Plays with his WEI
Join Date: Dec 2007
Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Posts: 170
Location: Nooooo Joizeee
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It constantly crashes for me. Firefox Beta 3 is superior by far at this point.
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Q6600 SLACR @ 3.2Ghz (8 multi, 400 FSB)
DFI LP UT P35 T2R LGA 775 Mobo 8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T EVGA 8800 GTX OC2 1TB Seagate 7200.11 HDD OCZ 900MXS PSU Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1/Nakamichi SoundSpace 8.5 CoolerMaster Stacker 835 Zalman PS9500 AT cooler Vista Ultimate x64 SP-1 "I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately." General Kurt Von Hammerstein-Equord, Truppenführung, 1933 |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Vista x64 Ultimate SP1
Posts: 12,929
Location: Texas, USA
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Scotteq,
I noticed that on my IE8, the DEP was enabled for it. When I disabled DEP in IE8, it stopped crashing on me. Maybe it will to for you. See the bottom section in this tutorial for DEP and IE7. It's the same procedure. DEP - Enable or Disable Shawn |
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There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. Please post feedback to help others.
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03-07-2008
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Plays with his WEI
Join Date: Dec 2007
Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Posts: 170
Location: Nooooo Joizeee
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Shawn,
I'm sure you can see the irony of a Microsoft written product running afoul of Microsoft's own security implementation of DEP...  I hope the situation amuses you as much as it does me. Cos I laughed.Thank you very much for the link. I will have to consider whether or not I wish to disable DEP in order to play with IE8. At the moment though, it's a little hard to justify weakening security in order to play with a first release beta for nothing more than personal amusement. Especially when IE/Windows is *the* target for hackers/viruses (or is that "Viri"??). So I'm leaning strongly towards not. If it crashes, then so what: So far it doesn't seem to affect anything else, and at least the auto recovery feature will get a workout.  My thoughts after using 8 for the evening: I can understand it's a beta and ignore the stability/compatibility issues. But for the life of me I still don't understand how it is that "Some Random Kid On The Internet" can create a more attractive, more customizable, and more usable interface with Firefox than professional developers at MSFT can do with Explorer. Why should users still have to go to 3rd party products and/or spend a good chunk of time to force Explorer to have something that could be considered as approaching what FF delivers for free. And with what... 1/3rd less code???? Why does IE still look like a kludgy afterthought when MSFT have put so much effort into cleaning and prettying up the OS for Vista?? |
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Q6600 SLACR @ 3.2Ghz (8 multi, 400 FSB)
DFI LP UT P35 T2R LGA 775 Mobo 8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T EVGA 8800 GTX OC2 1TB Seagate 7200.11 HDD OCZ 900MXS PSU Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1/Nakamichi SoundSpace 8.5 CoolerMaster Stacker 835 Zalman PS9500 AT cooler Vista Ultimate x64 SP-1 "I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately." General Kurt Von Hammerstein-Equord, Truppenführung, 1933 |
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