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      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
      last edited by Dashrender

      @scottalanmiller said:

      @Lakshmana said:

      Sorry the test machine with the Windows 7 OS

      LOL, well that's where IE8 is from. Not much of a test.

      Exactly - your test is completely invalid. IE 8 came with Windows 7. Meaning you can install IE 8 on Windows 8. You can not install IE 8 on Windows 8.

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        Lakshmana
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        The windows 8 machine is tried with uninstalling by regedit,host entry,system32 any other method

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          Dashrender
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          You're not understanding - you can't install IE 8 directly on Windows 8 or 8.1 it can't be done.

          You do have a few choices.

          As I mentioned before you should try compatibility mode first - google it, there are tons of options.

          additionally, you could install VirtualBox and install Windows 7 inside that, and the default that it comes with is IE 8 - and you're done.

          of course legally, you'll need to purchase another Windows license to do this.

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            Lakshmana
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            But the user needs here to install in it for his URL access.He is informing us to do that now

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              scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
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              @Lakshmana said:

              The windows 8 machine is tried with uninstalling by regedit,host entry,system32 any other method

              Uninstalling isn't the issue. It's installing IE8 that is the hard part.

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                tonyshowoff
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                This is essentially what we did for testing purposes for our web sites:

                http://www.howtogeek.com/102261/how-to-run-internet-explorer-7-8-and-9-at-the-same-time-using-virtual-machines/

                We used to use the multiple IE installer, but AFAIK that only goes up to IE6 or 7. This may work, though it's clunky as heck and unless it's an IT-centred user, they'll probably hate it in some way.

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                  Lakshmana
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                  The user is convinced to downgrade Windows 8 to Win7 machine.Will see what happens tommorrow???

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                    scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
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                    @Lakshmana said:

                    The user is convinced to downgrade Windows 8 to Win7 machine.Will see what happens tommorrow???

                    Who told him that that was even an option?

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                      tonyshowoff @Lakshmana
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                      @Lakshmana said:

                      The user is convinced to downgrade Windows 8 to Win7 machine.Will see what happens tommorrow???

                      😑

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                        Lakshmana @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller Our Senior said to do that.But not confirmed the result?

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                          scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
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                          @Lakshmana said:

                          @scottalanmiller Our Senior said to do that.But not confirmed the result?

                          My guess is that he just made something up. But we will see.

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                            Dashrender
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                            LOL - so you're going to reduce his whole security profile and roll him back to Windows 7 to solve a problem for one website.

                            Yeah that seams like a smart thing to do /sarcasm

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                              art_of_shred Banned
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                              /facepalm

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