Installing Internet Explorer 9 Beta on Windows 7
21 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
Last week Microsoft made available Internet Explorer 9 Beta for public availability and it has a host of new features and some of them are interestingly tied to the OS as explained in a previous blog entry.
As it is beta software it is best to install it on non-productive desktops so as to minimize the risk of corrupting the desktop when your important day to day applications are installed and vital data is there.
I thought to give it a try on my Windows 7 computer but as soon as the download finished I was redirected to this website http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2399238 and asked to install a couple of updates.
This has not been mentioned before you download the application and I wonder why this is so. So to be on the safe side, I installed it on Windows 2008 R2 hosted in Oracle Virtual Box. but strangely enough I was not redirected to this KB article even though there is an update for Windows Server 2008 R2. Wonder what is going on.
