IE10 for Windows 7 Globally Available for Consumers and Businesses

Corrine · Feb 26, 2013

Internet Explorer 10 has been released globally for Windows 7. It is available in 95 languages.

Initially, the update will be available via Windows Update for those running the IE10 release preview, followed in stages for the remaining Windows 7 users. If you would rather not wait to be offered the update, IE10 is available via the links shown below.

Download Links Go here to determine if your PC is running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows.

32-bit (x86): Download Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 from Official Microsoft Download Center
64-bit (x64): Download Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Edition from Official Microsoft Download Center
Worldwide: Download Internet Explorer 10

Additional information and references in my blog post at IE10 for Windows 7 Released.

jcgriff2 · Feb 26, 2013

Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 10

For computers running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the Blocker Toolkit prevents the machine from receiving Internet Explorer 10 via Automatic Updates on the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites.

The Blocker Toolkit will not prevent users from manually installing Internet Explorer 10 from the Microsoft Download Center, or from external media.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36512

LilBambi · Feb 26, 2013

I take it some companies may not be able to upgrade to IE10 for technical reasons with programs they use every day?

jcgriff2 · Feb 26, 2013

Good point.

I did notice that IE10 displays some sites differently (like some forums with years-old skins).

LilBambi · Feb 26, 2013

Ah, even every day, non work related items may be affected.

Well, there is always Firefox and Google Chrome for them.

cluberti · Feb 26, 2013

Given IE10 is pretty darned standards-compliant, messed up sites in IE10 are usually old code doing bad IE detection. It's hard to fix that as a user of course, but using a different browser sort of perpetuates the issues with IE.

LilBambi · Feb 27, 2013

No offense intended. It is just that there are always sites that don't work right in one browser or another, and you have to use another browser if you have another browser installed that you can test it on. They all are pretty darned standards-compliant actually.

niemiro · Feb 28, 2013

IE10...awesome. Shame that ckEditor is not IE10 aware though...it breaks the enter button in the Advanced Editor here and at many other VBulletin forums (and anything else which uses ckEditor). Have to use Compatibility Mode. And for me at the moment, I am getting an absolute ton of crashing when I have open any ChromeFrameHelper page. Close CFH, and the crashing stops, so that is hardly IE10's fault. Still a bit annoying though. Will see if there is an updated version/try a reinstall. Finally, the new spellchecker is epic :)

Anthony N · Feb 28, 2013

I don't use IE period, if this fixes most of the security pits then fine I'll do it. But I'm in love with my FireFox.

Corrine · Mar 3, 2013

In addition to a section on "How we collect, use, and store your information", the Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 privacy statement includes all of the Web browsing features that store data and how to disable those features.

cluberti · Mar 3, 2013

Anthony N said:
I don't use IE period, if this fixes most of the security pits then fine I'll do it. But I'm in love with my FireFox.

Given IE (and even Google Chrome) use Windows' protected mode to run in a sandbox, choosing Firefox over either of these (IE8, IE9, IE10, or Google Chrome) on the basis of security would be foolish. This isn't directed at you specifically (as you didn't mention security was the reason you choose FF over the others), but it is important to point out that IE8 and higher and Chrome (any version) on Windows Vista or higher would be more secure, browser-functionality-wise, than any version of FF on those platforms due to the security in place on the browser at low integrity when UAC is enabled.

jcgriff2 · Mar 7, 2013

cluberti said:
Given IE (and even Google Chrome) use Windows' protected mode to run in a sandbox, choosing Firefox over either of these (IE8, IE9, IE10, or Google Chrome) on the basis of security would be foolish. This isn't directed at you specifically (as you didn't mention security was the reason you choose FF over the others), but it is important to point out that IE8 and higher and Chrome (any version) on Windows Vista or higher would be more secure, browser-functionality-wise, than any version of FF on those platforms due to the security in place on the browser at low integrity when UAC is enabled.

I didn't know that Chrome ran in protected mode - thanks.

Does IE9, IE10 always run in protected mode?

What if IE or Chrome "Run as Admin" - is protected mode then = OFF?
--> Same if using Hidden Admin account?

I remember the "protected mode = ON" in IE8.

Does IE x64 offer any additional protection over IE x86 be design?

cluberti said:
Given IE10 is pretty darned standards-compliant, messed up sites in IE10 are usually old code doing bad IE detection. It's hard to fix that as a user of course, but using a different browser sort of perpetuates the issues with IE.

LilBambi said:
No offense intended. It is just that there are always sites that don't work right in one browser or another, and you have to use another browser if you have another browser installed that you can test it on. They all are pretty darned standards-compliant actually.

The site(s) I spoke of have skins >>5 yrs old. Even then, no functionality is lost, rather a few boxes, outlines display a little different.

Corrine said:
In addition to a section on "How we collect, use, and store your information", the Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 privacy statement includes all of the Web browsing features that store data and how to disable those features.

Thanks!

https://www.sysnative.com/forums/web-browsers/5540-internet-explorer-10-web-browsing-features-store-data.html#post41891

cluberti · Mar 7, 2013

jcgriff2 said:
Does IE9, IE10 always run in protected mode?

If UAC is on and you aren't the local (built-in) admin account, yes.

jcgriff2 said:
What if IE or Chrome "Run as Admin" - is protected mode then = OFF?
--> Same if using Hidden Admin account?

If you run a process explicitly with a high token, then it's integrity is set to HIGH, and protected mode is off.

jcgriff2 said:
Does IE x64 offer any additional protection over IE x86 be design?

IE x64 would be generally more protective than x86 by design, but prior to IE10 you paid a javascript performance penalty for doing so. IE10 actually runs the IE process as x64 and tabs as x86, which is done for security reasons, so you don't have to explicitly run the x64 version anymore - it'll do it for you regardless of which one you choose.

Anthony N · Mar 11, 2013

cluberti said:
Anthony N said:

I don't use IE period, if this fixes most of the security pits then fine I'll do it. But I'm in love with my FireFox.

Click to expand...

Given IE (and even Google Chrome) use Windows' protected mode to run in a sandbox, choosing Firefox over either of these (IE8, IE9, IE10, or Google Chrome) on the basis of security would be foolish. This isn't directed at you specifically (as you didn't mention security was the reason you choose FF over the others), but it is important to point out that IE8 and higher and Chrome (any version) on Windows Vista or higher would be more secure, browser-functionality-wise, than any version of FF on those platforms due to the security in place on the browser at low integrity when UAC is enabled.

With my new job I have had forgotten about some threads I posted in.

Anyways, I'm gonna try IE10. My use of FF is for the add-on's I make use of it, for system stability it's making me take a second look.

I'm known to open in excess of 20+ tabs on some sites I use, YouTube being one of them and a few other sites.

Flash is one most unstable things I come across and JavaScript errors.

Ideally I try to find the fastest, non resource hog, stable browser. FF has been the most successful for me.

jcgriff2 · Mar 12, 2013

Does Firefox, Chrome, others have a low integrity cache area like IE's Content.IE5?

%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\low\Content.IE5

Anthony N · Mar 13, 2013

You know, to be honest I'm not even sure. I've moved that appdata folder so much but I'm actually not sure of its contents. I'll I know is if I want to keep my addon's and history for FF that's the place it is.

jcgriff2 · Mar 13, 2013

jcgriff2 said:
Does Firefox, Chrome, others have a low integrity cache area like IE's Content.IE5?

%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\low\Content.IE5

Anthony N said:
..I've moved that appdata folder so much but I'm actually not sure of its contents..

What do you mean by "moved"? Where?

No moving here - I delete the content.ie5 sub-folders.

Whether it is me or my systems, no idea -- but when the IE cache gets filled -- ~0.5 GB or more, strange things start to occur like corrupted zip downloads (<5 mb from a forum other than Sysnative), I delete them usually via batch or VBS scripts.

IE will create the sub-folders under each content.ie5 folder as needed.

I have found IE cache files in %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Virtualized

Also, IE cache & cookies in %tmp% - no idea why.

Anthony N said:
... I'll I know is if I want to keep my addon's and history for FF that's the place it is.

Under %localappdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles] --?

All I have are profiles that look like - vb0w7bmb.default -

Are the bookmarks, add-ons & history in there somewhere?

I never had to back up anything in Firefox before.

Anthony N · Mar 13, 2013

Before I destroy a copy of windows I make sure I backup the appdata folder.

And you are correct. That profile, much like a username login, everything is stored there. It does this because if done correctly through the settings firefox, like the computer can manage different profiles.

Why have a browser do what windows does so well is beyond me, but the feature is there.

GZ · Mar 14, 2013

I have already updated all Windows 7 PCs in my house and 7 client PCs since it was available... And had to remove it on one... (IE 9/10 do not support the Adobe SVG plugin necessary to view Diagrams in SK5).

I have already toyed with the idea of attempting to run two versions of IE side-by-side, but gave up after bricking the OS twice in a test machine...

Anthony N · Mar 15, 2013

I test ran IE 10 with seeing little to no difference to IE 9.

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