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I resent a company pushing to end IE6 so they can see the buy cycle and upgrade from consumers. Software/media/hardware companies on software design rather than the majority that buys and uses the product. I hated Vista, I've even bought windows 7 for 'someday' but I resent a company making my choices for me and serving It asked if I wanted to install updates, I said NO and unchecked the box, WHAT HAPPENED? it went to business of installing updates. I had Vista on my 2008 laptop and hated the UAC nonsense. I use XP and IE6 and fear I will have regret after upgrading. Loss of fax, Toolbars,etc just leaves me not wanting to support the company that doesn't support me. With loss of user control on Vista, locked down media components, The phoning home, stealth update of installer leaves me with a feeling of Microsoft serving thier interests and not the buyers/users/mine. I might would upgrade if I trusted Microsoft a little more.

Please quit the installer and install on a supported system' in plain English terms, if you will. In this case, is there a way to still get it to run or is this Microsoft's method of saying: 'This product does not run on Vista SP2.' I thought I might add Virtual PC said for Home Edition that it 'wasn't supported', yet it still ran. I thought that I might add I have tried to install this on Windows XP with Service Pack 3 installed, after which I get the message/dialog reading 'Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview does not support any operating system earlier than Windows

Secondly, would Microsoft ever accept porting IE9 to Windows XP-and if not, why? I'm genuinely Windows XP is still a popular OS by usage, though Windows 7 has been widely accepted as the OS of choice, and Windows XP still is an option on most notebooks. Would it be possible to put Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP Home Edition or Professional with Service Pack 3-officially?

Microsoft internet explorer 8 download for xp