[Ham-Computers] IE 8

[john]

Yes www.Microsoft.com then support/ then browsers go down to you get to I8 BUT there are several updates to I-8 after that initial install 

Most of the later o/s software is backward compatible BUT after Win XP they changed the file structure from FAT to NTFS which fixed the security issue a great deal, I would strongly recommend you upgrade that machine to Win 7 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Robert Downs via Ham-Computers" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net> 
To: Ham-Computers at mailman.qth.net 
Cc: WA5CAB at cs.com 
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 5:57:27 PM 
Subject: [Ham-Computers] IE 8 

Does anyone know whether or not IE 8 can still be downloaded from the 
Microsoft Update site? 

One of our main machines here still runs XP. One program that I run on it 
frequently is the Stamps.Com software to print postage. The software was 
working OK this morning but all of a sudden quit working mid-afternoon. After 
an hour with their tech support this afternoon, they informed me that their 
software somehow uses IE to connect to their servers. And the problem was 
with the IE 8 installation. They tried first to tell me that I had to 
switch their software to a Windows 8 machine we have that is in another room. 
Then they said I could try reinstalling IE 8 but there was no guarantee that 
that would fix the problem. And have a nice day. 

So I'm going to try uninstalling and reinstalling IE 8 but if I recall 
correctly, XP shipped with either 6 or 7. So I need an installable copy of IE 
8. 

Robert Downs - Houston 
wa5cab dot com (Web Store) 
MVPA 9480 
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