Discussion:
MSIE8 under Windows XP under VPC 7.0.3 for Mac
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c***@officeformac.com
2009-06-13 05:37:52 UTC
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Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

Like several other posters to this forum, I have tried MSIE8 under Windows XP under VPC for Mac 7.0.3 under Leopard 10.5.7, and have run into a "no content displayed" problem. I even started a new VM from the original VPC7 Mac CD and upgraded thru XP SP3 and other updates, lastly MSIE8.

It seems like there's an incompatibility between "the system" and how MSIE8 wants to display content in the window. I really need to solve this because MSIE8 at work shows problems with my wife's web site (I'm the webmaster). My only other recourse is to go buy a new intel-based laptop (Mac or otherwise) to debug the HTML problems, and we really don't need that expense! Please help.
Fred Horvat
2009-06-13 11:28:04 UTC
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I've been trying different things on and off the past couple of weeks. I
even searched other people's issues online with real hardware and tried some
of there suggestions. So far nothing has worked. One place I have not gone
for help yet is to some of the Microsoft Internet Explorer Help Forums. An
obviously place for help. You may want to just look for general Internet
Explorer 8 issues and try some of the remedies suggested there. If you find
a solution please let us know.
Post by c***@officeformac.com
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
Like several other posters to this forum, I have tried MSIE8 under Windows XP
under VPC for Mac 7.0.3 under Leopard 10.5.7, and have run into a "no content
displayed" problem. I even started a new VM from the original VPC7 Mac CD and
upgraded thru XP SP3 and other updates, lastly MSIE8.
It seems like there's an incompatibility between "the system" and how MSIE8
wants to display content in the window. I really need to solve this because
MSIE8 at work shows problems with my wife's web site (I'm the webmaster). My
only other recourse is to go buy a new intel-based laptop (Mac or otherwise)
to debug the HTML problems, and we really don't need that expense! Please
help.
Fred Horvat
2009-07-02 14:34:27 UTC
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It appears that the June 2009 MS Updates corrected the problem. IE8 works
for me now under VPC. Someone else please try it out and report back your
findings.
Post by Fred Horvat
I've been trying different things on and off the past couple of weeks. I
even searched other people's issues online with real hardware and tried some
of there suggestions. So far nothing has worked. One place I have not gone
for help yet is to some of the Microsoft Internet Explorer Help Forums. An
obviously place for help. You may want to just look for general Internet
Explorer 8 issues and try some of the remedies suggested there. If you find
a solution please let us know.
Post by c***@officeformac.com
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
Like several other posters to this forum, I have tried MSIE8 under Windows XP
under VPC for Mac 7.0.3 under Leopard 10.5.7, and have run into a "no content
displayed" problem. I even started a new VM from the original VPC7 Mac CD and
upgraded thru XP SP3 and other updates, lastly MSIE8.
It seems like there's an incompatibility between "the system" and how MSIE8
wants to display content in the window. I really need to solve this because
MSIE8 at work shows problems with my wife's web site (I'm the webmaster). My
only other recourse is to go buy a new intel-based laptop (Mac or otherwise)
to debug the HTML problems, and we really don't need that expense! Please
help.
Fred Horvat
2009-07-02 20:59:17 UTC
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I just tried Vista Ultimate under VPC and IE8 works fine under that also.
Post by Fred Horvat
It appears that the June 2009 MS Updates corrected the problem. IE8 works
for me now under VPC. Someone else please try it out and report back your
findings.
Post by Fred Horvat
I've been trying different things on and off the past couple of weeks. I
even searched other people's issues online with real hardware and tried some
of there suggestions. So far nothing has worked. One place I have not gone
for help yet is to some of the Microsoft Internet Explorer Help Forums. An
obviously place for help. You may want to just look for general Internet
Explorer 8 issues and try some of the remedies suggested there. If you find
a solution please let us know.
Post by c***@officeformac.com
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
Like several other posters to this forum, I have tried MSIE8 under Windows XP
under VPC for Mac 7.0.3 under Leopard 10.5.7, and have run into a "no content
displayed" problem. I even started a new VM from the original VPC7 Mac CD and
upgraded thru XP SP3 and other updates, lastly MSIE8.
It seems like there's an incompatibility between "the system" and how MSIE8
wants to display content in the window. I really need to solve this because
MSIE8 at work shows problems with my wife's web site (I'm the webmaster). My
only other recourse is to go buy a new intel-based laptop (Mac or otherwise)
to debug the HTML problems, and we really don't need that expense! Please
help.
Fred Horvat
2009-07-05 21:49:06 UTC
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Another user contacted me off this list and also go it to work. He stated
that during the installation when the question of "do I want to include
updates" you must answer "YES" to this for IE8 to work in VPC. He tried it
both ways and if answered "NO" it will not work.

So folks install away.
Post by Fred Horvat
I just tried Vista Ultimate under VPC and IE8 works fine under that also.
Post by Fred Horvat
It appears that the June 2009 MS Updates corrected the problem. IE8 works
for me now under VPC. Someone else please try it out and report back your
findings.
Post by Fred Horvat
I've been trying different things on and off the past couple of weeks. I
even searched other people's issues online with real hardware and tried some
of there suggestions. So far nothing has worked. One place I have not gone
for help yet is to some of the Microsoft Internet Explorer Help Forums. An
obviously place for help. You may want to just look for general Internet
Explorer 8 issues and try some of the remedies suggested there. If you find
a solution please let us know.
Post by c***@officeformac.com
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
Like several other posters to this forum, I have tried MSIE8 under Windows XP
under VPC for Mac 7.0.3 under Leopard 10.5.7, and have run into a "no content
displayed" problem. I even started a new VM from the original VPC7 Mac CD and
upgraded thru XP SP3 and other updates, lastly MSIE8.
It seems like there's an incompatibility between "the system" and how MSIE8
wants to display content in the window. I really need to solve this because
MSIE8 at work shows problems with my wife's web site (I'm the webmaster). My
only other recourse is to go buy a new intel-based laptop (Mac or otherwise)
to debug the HTML problems, and we really don't need that expense! Please
help.
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