How to get IE9 on Windows XP

How to get IE9 on Windows XP

March 21, 2011 2:47 am 7 comments

As of right now there’s no way to run IE9 on a Windows XP machine. For me that’s not a problem because I develop all of my websites on my Windows 7 machine. If I need to fall back to windows XP with IE6, IR7 or IE8 I have a laptop with all of them installed for testing. I don’t need IE9 on that laptop.

I have been using IE9 off and on since it’s been in Alpha and I have to say that I’m impressed with the Internet Explorer teams attention to Web Standards as well as their support for HTML5 and CSS3.

I am more impressed that the team has left XP users by the wayside this time in hopes of advancing the web in general. Thank you Microsoft! If  other browsers would do the same the web could move past an operating system that’s over 10 years old, filled with security holes and lacking support.

Of course they have a more important goal here, to control the web. The company that has the largest browser share will control the flow of information. Microsoft is definitely interested in that, who wouldn’t be?

If you are using Windows 7 and don’t know which version of Internet Explorer you are using you should definitely check out IE9.

Good job IE9 team, you rule!

 

 

  • John

    meh… as developers we all agree, but sometimes the machine clients have us on are windows XP. The last thing i want is to read some generic post by some guy who;s looking to get more traffic to his blog by using a misleading title.

    but im glad its not a problem for you

    • http://www.wilwaldon.com William Waldon

      Sorry about misleading you. I thought I made it clear in the first paragraph that it’s not possible to run it natively on xp. Actually, you can run it on XP if you are running a VM.

  • Lissetteganoza

    But if you ‘re a developer and doesn’t have a Windows 7 .. how can I testing for IE9?? I need a solution ASAP :(  

    • http://www.wilwaldon.com William Waldon

      Your best bet would be to use a VM and Windows 7. Or you can always buy a cheap netbook to test with. Right now there’s no way to run windows xp and ie9.

  • Dfsdsf

    what a stupid article

    • http://www.wilwaldon.com William Waldon

      Awesome comment ;)

  • Bloggin Tom

    Why should WinXP users upgrade to Win7, if they’re happy with their over 10 years old OS? What are the benefits of Win7 compared to WinXP? I don’t see any.
    I’m not sure, if Win7 hasn’t more security holes than WinXP. The most security holes in WinXP are fixed with SP3, but not in Win7.
    If MS stops supporting IE for WinXP, this could backfire, people who like their WinXP could change to other good (maybe better) browsers like Opera or FireFox.

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