XP & IE8 at work

time to ask the experts as IT at work cant help (and its not really a work issue)

my hospital work computer is only 1 of 3 computers in our hospital still using XP
all the other 5000+ computers have been updated to Windows 7

my computer is used for a digital xray digitizer that wont work on anything above XP
due to this im still running Internet Explorer 8

problem im having is as every month goes by another forum wont work with IE8
computer next to me has windows 7 and the forums open fine but its another colleagues computer and in use all day.
on one forum all im getting is page not found. on another one it has a banner saying not supported with IE8 and upgrade to post but at least i can read that one but for how long i dont know.

at least NBR is not affected

its defo not a restricted site or affected by the secure network.

so any idea of a work around
thanks
DJ

 

I have an old XP computer at work, with no admin privileges (also meaning I can't even update adobe flash), so what I do is install chrome portable from portable apps. It's stand-alone so it extracts and runs from a folder without install. I like this approach because chrome has its own built-in flash plugin, and can display pdf's. When a new version of chrome comes out you just download the new installer again and run to update its files.

 

brill, thanks for that S.Prime.
ive never used chrome but will give it a go.
much appreciated.

 

dalm, even with admin rights chrome portable is still blocked.