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March 2009 - Posts

How can I run a “Fix IT” silently?

Hi, Axel from the IE Escalation team again with a quick note on how to use a Microsoft Fix IT to remove IE 8 silently . First, I would like to thank the “Fix IT” team for quickly answering my questions about the tools functionality! When I first learned Read More...
Posted Monday, March 30, 2009 9:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 1 Comments

Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Internet Explorer 8 RTM is available for download

Hi everyone!   Just a real quick blog.  The final version of the spreadsheet, containing a detailed break out of group policy settings, is now available for download, here .  This should be used instead of the RC1 version we posted earlier Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:30 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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Using Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration on Terminal Servers

Hi, Axel Rivera again with information about IE Enhanced Security and how it could affect users when browsing from Terminal Servers. As many of you know, when you first install Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers, IE Enhanced security is enabled. Because Internet Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 4 Comments

Internet Explorer may fail to open hyperlinks with Maxthon browser installed on Vista and later with UAC enabled

Hi everyone! Here some interesting details around the Maxthon Browser and Internet Explorer that you may come across… Maxthon 2.5 browser prevents Internet Explorer from opening hyperlinks when you perform the following actions in sequence 1) Install Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:30 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 1 Comments

Compatibility View Button Displays on web pages with X-UA-Compatible Tag in Internet Explorer 8

Hi everyone! I am sure you have noticed Internet Explorer’s Compatibility View button, located on the address bar next to the ‘stop’ and ‘refresh’ buttons. As we discussed in the blog Introducing Compatibility View , the Compatibility View button only Read More...
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 5:30 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 1 Comments

Right floated element in Internet Explorer 8 is positioned differently than Internet Explorer 7

Hi everyone! Here is behavior difference between IE8 and IE7 that we’ve come across. Hopefully will provide some good insight for anyone seeing this behavior today… Right floated elements render differently in Internet Explorer 8 compared to how other Read More...
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 5:20 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 5 Comments
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Understanding Compatibility Modes in Internet Explorer 8

Hi everyone! With the release of IE 8, we felt that providing a little more detail around the different Compatibility Modes might be useful, so here goes! A fundamental problem discussed during each and every Internet Explorer release is balancing new Read More...
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 5:15 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 2 Comments

How to get content rating to work with Internet Information Server 6.0 and Internet Explorer 7 and later

Hi everyone! Shahinur again…  I was working with a content-rating issue recently where we had some difficulties getting content rating to work between IIS6 and IE7. We had enabled content rating on an IIS 6 server and set the rating to zero.  Read More...
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 5:10 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 1 Comments

Microsoft Knowledge Base articles regarding Internet Explorer 8

Hi everyone! We thought it might be a good idea to provide you folks a listing of KB articles relevant to IE 8: How do I uninstall or remove Internet Explorer 8? (KB957700) When you start Internet Explorer 8, it opens and then closes immediately (KB967896) Read More...
Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 6:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 7 Comments

“Open as Web Folder” Not In the Internet Explorer 8 File | Open dialog

Hi everyone! David Conner here.  I am a Senior Escalation Engineer on the IE Core and SDK team in Microsoft Support. If you’ve installed the IE 8 Beta builds or the Released build and tried to open a WebDAV share via the File | Open dialog, you may Read More...
Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 4:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 37 Comments

How to determine which IE tabs goes to which Iexplore.exe process when using Internet Explorer 8

Hi everyone! Here’s an interesting bit of information for those tech geeks out there revolving around some of the changes in IE8 and loosely-coupled IE . Due to the changes in LCIE for IE8, it can be very challenging to determine which IE tabs belong Read More...
Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 10:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 2 Comments

Automated uninstaller for Internet Explorer 8 now available from the Microsoft FixIT team!

Hi everyone! Just in case you run into trouble using IE8, the FixIT team has provided an automated un-installer package to help you remove it from your system. The package is called UninstallIE8.MSI and is available here ! The complete details on this Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 3 Comments
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Internet Explorer 8 release announced!

The time has come – Internet Explorer 8 is slated to ship TODAY!!! Please connect to this link to review the press release information.  Here’s the short response:   Available for Download Internet Explorer 8 will be available for download at Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments

How to solve Internet Explorer 8 installation problems

Hi everyone! Lots of stuff coming out today with the release of IE8 almost upon us. Here’s another FixIT from Microsoft to assist in solving some installation problems with trying to install the new browser. The .MSI package is called ResetSecuritySettingsBackToTheDefaults.MSI Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 3 Comments
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Why is Internet Explorer 8 opening my web page at 125% zoom?

Hi Everyone, This is Bac Hoang with the IE Support Team. Today I want to discuss one of changes in IE8: Page Zoom. Traditionally, many existing web sites are coded to be displayed on a 96-DPI (dots per inch) display device. With fast growing technology, Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 6 Comments
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Closing an IE 8 TAB does not immediately close the spawned iexplore.exe process

Hi everyone! Just a quick blog about another feature of Loosely Coupled IE (LCIE)… When using IE8, you may notice that a tab process does not exit right away when you close the Tab window or when IE navigates away from it (due to changing Mandatory Integrity Read More...
Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 6 Comments

“Open these the next time I use Internet Explorer” no longer an option in IE 8

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to make you aware of a feature in IE7 that is not going to be included in IE 8. This pertains to the options IE7 provides you when closing out a multi-tabbed IE process. These check box options are available when unhidden: Read More...
Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 33 Comments
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Clicking on the blue “e” in taskbar does not launch a new process in IE8

Hi everyone! This is Shahinur continuing our discussion on IE8 changes related to its Loosely Coupled IE design. In previous versions of the browser, when you start a new instance of Internet Explorer (by clicking on the blue e in taskbar, for example) Read More...
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments

What does ielowutil.exe have to do with Internet Explorer 8.0?

Hi everyone!   Let’s start off by providing a little history around the challenges seen with Protected Mode and Internet Explorer (first introduced with Internet Explorer 7).  In Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Internet Explorer 7 runs, by Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 7 Comments
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Opening a New Tab may launch a New Process with Internet Explorer 8.0

Hi everyone! Shahinur again, with an IE8 topic this time… If you have been using IE7, you are probably used to all your tabs opening under the same iexplore.exe process. The only exception is if you are on a Windows Vista machine and you are moving from Read More...
Posted Monday, March 09, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 11 Comments
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Using and trouble-shooting the IE 8 Blocker Toolkit

Hello everyone! Louis Shanks again with some information about the IE 8 Blocker Toolkit along with tips on how to troubleshoot some anticipated issues... What you should know about the IE8 Blocker toolkit: To help our customers become more secure and Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 08, 2009 5:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 2 Comments
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