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Section 4: General Subject: IE 10? Msg# 853302
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I have a 64 bit machine, but here's the rub--with IE9 you couldn't use the 64 bit version as the default, and I don't know why. So the 32 bit version would open and run if you clicked on a link that opened a web site and IE was your default browser. I had both versions and had to open the 64 bit version manually to use it.
With IE10, Help/About doesn't identify the browser as 32 or 64 bit, and there are no longer two versions installed. I would guess you're right about how it works, but I'm going to have to read up on IE10 as I can't find out anything otherwise. It's not important but I'm curious. I agree IE10 is faster. The thing that impressed me most tho was that this was the first time they made installing a new browser effortless--it looks identical to IE9 and it set itself up exactly like I had IE9 set-up. Bravo Microsoft. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I expect IE 10 installs as 32 bit on a 32 bit machine and as 64 bit on a 64 bit machine. For starters, you can't run 64 bit program on 32 bit machine. I'm still on 32 bit. However, nearly every new computer sold in the last few years only comes as 64 bit. 64 bit machine will run 32 bit programs, but would would anyone want to do that if a 64 bit version is available. I think IE 10 is faster. |
