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  1. 19 Mar 2009 #1
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    IE8 final release today

    March 19, 2009 (Computerworld)
    Microsoft Corp. will release Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) at 9 a.m. PT today, beating its biggest rival, Mozilla Corp., in the race towards final code.


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    Microsoft launches IE8 final code today

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  2. 19 Mar 2009 #2
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    Re: IE8 final release today

    I think I'll probably wait until it comes down through Windows Update, I know when I was using it in Windows 7 there was a compatibility problem with the payment system of one of the sites I use on a regular basis.

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  3. 19 Mar 2009 #3
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    Re: IE8 final release today

    Yeah...I have to wait too..till one of my work site "catch-up" with IE8 ...
    Whats a bumb...
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    Re: IE8 final release today

    Quote Originally Posted by Joan Archer View Post
    I think I'll probably wait until it comes down through Windows Update, I know when I was using it in Windows 7 there was a compatibility problem with the payment system of one of the sites I use on a regular basis.

    Guess you can wait two weeks if you like or you can download it now

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/int...3-f581977282a8

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  5. 19 Mar 2009 #5
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    Re: IE8 final release today

    Thanks for the info dmex.

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  6. 19 Mar 2009 #6


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    Re: IE8 final release today

    Just got it installed and here are a couple things I encountered:

    1) Upon first use it crashed my Vista Sidebar...going to reboot and see if that solves it.
    2) I had a folder in my favorites list named "links" with a group of similar sites I browse and it somehow thinks this is the "favorites" folder which it is not, it is actually a subfolder in my favorites list. I noticed this issue with the beta version.
    3) I have Vista 64bit and trying to open the IE 64 bit from your start menu causes an IE crash. I guess there is only one usable version of IE now where you could use the 64 bit version but not many pages supported it. Maybe IE 8 for Vista 64 is all inclusive in the one version?

    That is all I found so far but IE8 seems really fast and full of new features to get used to.

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  7. 19 Mar 2009 #7


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    Re: IE8 final release today

    Follow up to my last post:

    IE8 borks the Vista Sidebar. Rebooting only resulted in the sidebar crashing upon reboot without even opening IE at all. Did they even run IE8 on a Vista system with the sidebar active?? I mean how do things like this get past beta testing?

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  8. 19 Mar 2009 #8
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    Re: IE8 final release today

    I have Vista x64 and IE8 runs great. I have had no problems. I am running the sidebar. I was running RC1 and un-installed it before installing the final and have had no problems. I hope you get it worked out. Some of these Vista gurus can help you.

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  9. 19 Mar 2009 #9


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    Re: IE8 final release today

    I uninstalled IE8 and the sidebar was working again. Tried installing IE8 one more time and as soon as PC rebooted as required by IE8 I get the sidebar problems again so it is directly linked to IE8. It sent the information to MS so maybe this will be solved soon and I will run without the sidebar for now.

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    Re: IE8 final release today

    Quote Originally Posted by edilee012 View Post
    I uninstalled IE8 and the sidebar was working again. Tried installing IE8 one more time and as soon as PC rebooted as required by IE8 I get the sidebar problems again so it is directly linked to IE8. It sent the information to MS so maybe this will be solved soon and I will run without the sidebar for now.

    What does the sidebar do after installing ie8?

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