Microsoft finally releases Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7, you can download it now

Enrique February 27, 2013 13

Windows 8 users have been using Internet Explorer 10 since launch, but if you decided to stick with Windows 7 instead of using an OS that is considered “weak, terrible and disappointing,” Microsoft has left you with IE9 — until today.

The company has officially made the latest version of Internet Explorer (IE10) available to all Windows 7 users. Previously, access to the Windows 7 version of IE10 was limited to developers or users with the Release Preview. But now the final release is here, and it brings with it a bunch of improvements: improved JavaScript performance, the latest CSS3 improvements, integrated spell checking and auto-correct within the browser, improved battery life for mobile computers and more.

Microsoft has made IE10 available as an optional download for Windows right now, but you can choose to install it manually. You can also download it right now at the link below!

Internet Explorer 10 download page

[via Microsoft, The Verge]

TAGS » Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 10, Microsoft, news, Windows, Windows 7

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13 Comments »

Tom February 27, 2013 at 5:19 AM (comment permalink) -

Why would a Win7 user move to IE10? Speed? Features? Security? Bloat?

Help us out with some analysis.

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Chuck February 27, 2013 at 5:39 AM (comment permalink) -

[@Tom] Maybe this will help > http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57571231-12/ie-reborn-internet-explorer-10-arrives-on-windows-7/?tag=nl.e415&s_cid=e415&ttag=e415 <
Note:You must be patched to SP1 for installation

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AFPhy6 February 27, 2013 at 6:15 AM (comment permalink) -

I am glad to see that, being an XP user, I won’t have to concern my pretty little head about whether to go to IE10 since it is not available for XP. No matter… I haven’t used IE for over ten years now anyway…

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Hal February 27, 2013 at 9:14 AM (comment permalink) -

[@AFPhy6]

I Totally Agree with you……AAhhhhhhhhhhh

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Tom February 27, 2013 at 2:01 PM (comment permalink) -

[@Chuck] Thanks for the link… I’m not an IE fan, but I’m game to download and check it out.

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KMHamm February 27, 2013 at 2:09 PM (comment permalink) -

Started using Lunascape6 (found it on this site) and doubt I’ll go back to IE.

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Strahd February 27, 2013 at 2:45 PM (comment permalink) -

Awesome, while others may not like IE, I totally do. I have been fortunate to never have experienced IE problems, ever.

Of course I’ll be “knock on wood,” and hope I still dont run into problems.

Thanks for the heads up Ashraf.

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J.L. February 27, 2013 at 6:31 PM (comment permalink) -

Still relevant for those who don’t use Internet Explorer, because many programs that display webpages (other than browsers) use IE’s rendering engine. You can enable Enhanced Protected Mode, ActiveX Filtering, and Tracking Protection to make it more secure.

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Janet February 28, 2013 at 4:05 AM (comment permalink) -

OK. I have installed IE 10. Please help…..

1. The drop-down Tools menu is extremely limited. No Page option. Thus no “Send page by e-mail” or “send page by link” options. Where are all the tools I had in IE 8??

2. All my IE and WLM display fonts have changed to Ariel. Only font setting I can find are for foreign languages.

Any help is appreciated!

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Janet February 28, 2013 at 4:07 AM (comment permalink) -

PS I also stopped getting any/all dottech notices after installing IE 10…:-(….

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David March 1, 2013 at 12:14 AM (comment permalink) -

Some people are struggling to install it.. IE9 installed ok for me, but IE 19 won’t- in both cases the same pattern of failure has been reported by a good number.

The log file first shows failure to download a .cab file, which installs manually from the link in the log file.

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janet March 13, 2013 at 2:34 PM (comment permalink) -

Is anyone here successfully using IE 10 on 64-bit Win 7? It automatically includes a Win 7 SP1 platform update which seems to play havoc with thousands of users (including me)…..Removing the update automatically removes IE 10…:-(….

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RobCr March 13, 2013 at 7:37 PM (comment permalink) -

Don’t rely on MS.
Leave your OS using the version of IE that came with it.
Use FireFox instead (with NoScript).
If ever your OS gets flaky, and you have to do a Repair (Fixes things, but leave all your programs and data intact), the Repair will NOT BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE UPGRADED IE, as it does not know anything about it.
Trust me, don’t trust MS.

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