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    Possible to downgrade to IE 6.0 in Vista?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Arla, Jun 20, 2007.

  1. Arla

    Arla Notebook Deity

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    Anyone done this,

    For work reasons I need IE 6.0 not 7.0 (don't try to persuade me otherwise) is it possible to downgrade?

    Thanks
     
    Arla, Jun 20, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I do not believe so...

    You might have to resort to running XP in a virtual machine to get IE6...though I'm surprised that work would stick you with Vista already.
     
    Greg, Jun 20, 2007
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  3. kewlguy

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    nopes.. Vista cannot have anything lower than IE 7
     
    kewlguy, Jun 20, 2007
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  4. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    But you can have something better: Firefox V2. With the User Agent Switcher add-on it can tell websites that it is IE6.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Jun 20, 2007
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  5. Arla

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    Yeah, while I can "force" my way past the IE check, there is a reason that they don't support firefox, it doesn't work (the application that is, not firefox itself).

    Unfortunately it's a contractor who is required to provide his own machine (and his died recently, so had to get a new one, and ended up with a Vista machine and IE 7).

    I'll get something....
     
    Arla, Jun 20, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    A contractor, eh? Well at least the time spent figuring it out will be billable!
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Jun 20, 2007
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    qhn, Jun 20, 2007
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  8. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Sounds like it's time to get some competent web developers on your in-house application, rather than tying it to a buggy piece of crap like Internet Explorer (any version).
     
    Pitabred, Jun 20, 2007
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