When I return to work, it may be to a shitstorm

[Papa_Complex]

Apparently Microsoft will be pushing updates to the latest available version of IE to users, whether they want them or not. This will break access for maybe 50% of our users, to two significant secure online systems.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/201...oft_2011-12-20

[Rangerscott]

O hell. People get used to using the same thing over and over for years. I feel your pain.

[Gas Man]

Who cares.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

O hell. People get used to using the same thing over and over for years. I feel your pain.

It's more than them just getting used to it. There are some web applications that simply don't work properly in IE9. Compatibility Mode isn't a guaranteed fix, either, but we'll somehow have to code for its use.

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Who cares.

Apparently you cared enough to post.

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

It's more than them just getting used to it. There are some web applications that simply don't work properly in IE9. Compatibility Mode isn't a guaranteed fix, either, but we'll somehow have to code for its use.



Apparently you cared enough to post.

It's the love that counts.


Yea it sucks when something new comes out and gives something else the middle finger. W7 has been pretty good to me so far on old stuff. The only thing I haven't been able to do is hook my xbox360 HD-DVD player to my PC and have it work with W7. Someone made a driver for WinXP, but W7 has no codes or something for HD-DVD. Sucks because there's a shit load of them out there and they look just as good or better than a bunch of Blurays that are out.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

It's the love that counts.


Yea it sucks when something new comes out and gives something else the middle finger. W7 has been pretty good to me so far on old stuff. The only thing I haven't been able to do is hook my xbox360 HD-DVD player to my PC and have it work with W7. Someone made a driver for WinXP, but W7 has no codes or something for HD-DVD. Sucks because there's a shit load of them out there and they look just as good or better than a bunch of Blurays that are out.

You could try getting it to work in the WinXP virtual machine, for Win7. It's a bitch for memory though. Works best if you've got Win7 64 bit and a shitload of memory, from what I'm told.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

[dReWpY]

Egatbis this Windows you speak of?

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by dReWpY

Egatbis this Windows you speak of?

It's the operating system that more than 80% of the world's computer using population, including a good chunk of Mac users, has on their PCs.

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

You could try getting it to work in the WinXP virtual machine, for Win7. It's a bitch for memory though. Works best if you've got Win7 64 bit and a shitload of memory, from what I'm told.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

Tried. It doesnt work like a full copy of XP.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Tried. It doesnt work like a full copy of XP.

That sucks. My only other possible suggestion would be VMWare, but that's like killing a fly with 10 Kg of C4.