Windows Update Fails with IE8 Beta

Iria · Mar 10, 2008, 01:46 AM

According to users and even Microsoft, Windows Update and the recently released Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) beta don't work well together. What you'll see is an error message telling you to install IE5 or later (above, click to enlarge).

It doesn't really surprise me that something like this, as Microsoft indicated that the default mode for IE8 would be "standards-compliant," and that unless developing you should switch to IE7 emulation mode.
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Source: Tech-Ex

BlueMak · Mar 10, 2008, 02:10 AM

This is so funny on so many levels.

I am sure they will fix it, but still funny.

Robert McClelland · Mar 10, 2008, 02:20 AM

I had issue with my netzero to I reset IE then it work

Oh just shut off your addons your IE Update works it so far to me

mkk · Mar 10, 2008, 02:52 AM

Fortunately with Vista one should use wuapp.exe instead of the website. I always found it odd for Microsoft to route the updates through the web browser but now with Vista they finally got it right by handling updates through a separate program.

Matth · Mar 11, 2008, 02:45 PM

Crash and burn!

Also incompatible with XP SP3 RC.

Looks like IE8 should be classed as a "preview" rather than a Beta, mind you, the Beta tag has been so misused over time to mean anything from "danger, Will Robinson, danger!", to "under constant development".

Mar 10, 2008, 01:46 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Windows Update Fails with IE8 Beta According to users and even Microsoft, Windows Update and the recently released Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) beta don't work well together. What you'll see is an error message telling you to install IE5 or later (above, click to enlarge). It doesn't really surprise me that something like this, as Microsoft indicated that the default mode for IE8 would be "standards-compliant," and that unless developing you should switch to IE7 emulation mode. __________ Source: Tech-Ex

Mar 10, 2008, 02:10 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	This is so funny on so many levels. I am sure they will fix it, but still funny. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Mar 10, 2008, 02:20 AM	#3
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,647 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	I had issue with my netzero to I reset IE then it work Oh just shut off your addons your IE Update works it so far to me __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png Last edited by Robert McClelland; Mar 10, 2008 at 02:34 AM.

Mar 11, 2008, 02:45 PM	#5
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Crash and burn! Also incompatible with XP SP3 RC. Looks like IE8 should be classed as a "preview" rather than a Beta, mind you, the Beta tag has been so misused over time to mean anything from "danger, Will Robinson, danger!", to "under constant development". __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Mar 10, 2008, 02:52 AM	#4
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Fortunately with Vista one should use wuapp.exe instead of the website. I always found it odd for Microsoft to route the updates through the web browser but now with Vista they finally got it right by handling updates through a separate program.