both IE7 & 8 can coexist

[albertkao]

My computer has windows XP SP3 and IE7.
May I install IE8 so that both IE7 & 8 can coexist?
If yes, how?

 

[Unknown]

No!

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Running Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer On Single Operating System is
Unsupported
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020599

Also see
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/11/30/ie6-and-ie7-running-on-a-single-machine.aspx
and
http://blogs.msdn.com/anna/archive/...-different-versions-of-internet-explorer.aspx
--
IE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

 

[Terry R.]

On 4/27/2010 9:22 AM On a whim, albertkao pounded out on the keyboard

My computer has windows XP SP3 and IE7.
May I install IE8 so that both IE7& 8 can coexist?
If yes, how?

Hi Albert,

If you need it for testing web compatibility, I installed the MS
Expression Web 3 Superpreview for IE. With IE8 installed (that's the
only way it works), you can also view pages in IE6/IE7 and check for
compatibility issues.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...06-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677&displaylang=en


The only other way would be to use a VM and install XP with the versions
you require.


Terry R.

 

[Terry R.]

On 4/27/2010 9:40 AM On a whim, Unknown pounded out on the keyboard

No!

An emphatically wrong answer...


Terry R.

 

[Unknown]

Go ahead and try it. Be emphatically stupid.

On 4/27/2010 9:40 AM On a whim, Unknown pounded out on the keyboard


An emphatically wrong answer...


Terry R.

 

[Bill in Co.]

There is a special browser archive you can download which allows you to
"test" both IE7 and IE8 on a web page, but it was very limited, as I recall.
I tried it once, and it was just too limited, but I guess it was ok to check
and see if a single page is compatible in both versions (but that was about
all it could do). I don't think there is anyway to have both browsers
FULLY installed (i.e, as complete and fully functioning browsers), short of
(possibly) using a Virtual PC.

 

[Terry R.]

On 4/27/2010 1:27 PM On a whim, Unknown pounded out on the keyboard

Go ahead and try it. Be emphatically stupid.

I gave an example to the OP that allows it. But you can continue
feeling like a know it all.


Terry R.