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January 2009 - Posts

IEAK 8, RC1 has shipped and is available for download and testing!

Hey Folks! The RC1 build of IEAK 8 can be found Here . Please download and test this version of the IEAK and report any issues, or potential bugs. We aren’t getting a ton of feedback on the IEAK and it’s unlikely that we will catch every issue that crops Read More...
Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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More information about Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View

You might remember a blog we posted back in December regarding Compatibility View in IE8. Well, we’ve come across some more interesting details and it directly effects the RC1 build. If you’ve read the IE Dev Blog regarding Compatibility View, then you Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 1 Comments
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Attachment(s): IE8 RC1 Compatibility View list.xls

FIX IT FOR ME blog site - check it out!

Hi everyone! Take a gander at this blog site available from Microsoft.  Below is their mission statement and a link to the site: Have you ever come across a Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article or been presented with a Windows Error Reporting (WER) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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RC1 of Internet Explorer 8 is now available for download!

Hi Everyone - Just wanted to send out a quick blog letting you know that RC1 (Release Candidate 1) is out and available for your testing pleasure! You can get RC1 using the below links: Windows XP Windows XP 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Windows Vista Read More...
Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 2:30 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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What does Internet Explorer have to do with the “Logon as a Batch Job” Local Policy?

Hello everyone! This blog outlines and interesting issue that just came through the IE Support Team.  A customer contacted Microsoft recently when he noticed that user accounts were being added to the “Logon as a Batch Job” local policy.  This Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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Issues with Microsoft File Transfer Manager..

Lately we’ve had to field some customer issues regarding failures when attempting to use FTM. I wanted to clarify that FTM is not part of Internet Explorer – it’s a separate download, located here . This tool has no formal support mechanism through CSS, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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Current list of IE8 Group Policies now available!

Please take a look at this “not-yet-complete” listing of IE8 Group Policies. Keep in mind that this is a work-in-progress as IE8 is still in beta and content within the XLS file could (and probably will) change without notice. Something that I really Read More...
Posted Friday, January 16, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): IE8 Group Policy Settings.xlsx

Internet Explorer 8 and HTML 5 Test Cases

As we on the support teams gear up for Internet Explorer 8, we will try to keep you (our customers) up to date on any new information that becomes available. As part of this initiative, I would like to present some test cases for HTML 5 domstorage and Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 2 Comments
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Internet Explorer – Deadlocked!

This story starts off with a tricky little deadlock issue that I worked on recently. Let me set the stage by explaining the surface level symptom, and then we will get to the good stuff. Randomly when users running Vista would attempt to launch Internet Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 2 Comments
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Just an FYI for those of you using Fiddler to trouble shoot Internet Explorer

The Microsoft Firewall client for Microsoft ISA Server has an option that can (and will by default), automatically configure Internet Explorer connection settings using settings obtained from the ISA Server. Unfortunately, this setting can cause Internet Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:24 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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IE8 Blocker Toolkit is now Available!

IE8 will be available for users of the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, and Windows Server 2008. For Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the update will be listed as Important. For Windows XP and Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:12 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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