IE10 for Windows 7 Released

[Dch48]

It has been released today. I updated from IE9 and all the issues I had with the preview version seem to have been resolved. My saved cookies through CCleaner now work correctly and do not get deleted like they did in the preview. The browser does seem to be a little faster as well. It will be pushed through Windows Update but if you don't want to wait you can get it from two different official sites.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/download-ie

or

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36806&WT.mc_id

I used the second one and it worked perfectly. The first one gives you a self extracting CAB file that probably ultimately gives you the .exe that you can download from the second link.

[CraigB]

This should really have been posted in the updates thread.

[DavidR]

The second link is for Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Edition, so if you have win7 32bit versions this isn't for you.

I don't know if there is 32bit OS version, perhaps better to use the first link and have MS detect your OS version.

[Dch48]

I don't know if there's a 32 bit version either to be honest.

[DavidR]

Presumably there are as when you visit the first link it detects you Operating System, I tested using XP also. With my win7 starter edition 32bit on my netbook, it offered a download link (declined Bing and MSN).

The file downloaded was EIE10_EN-US_WOL_Win7.EXE is 24.1MB, much smaller than the IE10-Windows6.1-x64-en-us.exe file at 42MB.


and the file

[essexboy]

It is in todays windows updates offering

[Dch48]

Yes, if you go to this site to download it----- http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-10/worldwide-languages --- you are given the option to choose 32 or 64 bit. I remember now from the article about the preview version that the 32 bit version is much more limited in new features than the 64 bit one.

I just checked Windows Update and no updates at all for anything were available yet. 

[essexboy]

Having said that I did have the pre release version on my system

[Dch48]

Having said that I did have the pre release version on my system

It did say that it would be pushed first to those running the preview version. That's probably why you see it.

This discussion is the reason why I did not post this in the UPDATES thread where discussions are discouraged. 

[DavidR]

Yes I checked WU and IE10 wasn't offered only a Platform Update for win7 SP1.

[Dch48]

Yes I checked WU and IE10 wasn't offered only a Platform Update for win7 SP1.

I'm not even seeing that yet.

[drummerman]

Automatically re-enables JAVA. Worth knowing

regards

[DavidR]

What re-enables JAVA - hard time re-enabling something which isn't installed though.

[!Donovan]

I love how Microsoft gives IE10 to Windows 7 but doesn't give IE9 to Windows XP. Great logic there.

[drummerman]

I did disable Oracle in IE9 add-ons.

After installing IE10 they were enabled.

regards