Congrats on the IE 11 install, Adrian!

 

I was hoping to get to it this week-end, but some other things came up that
had to take precedence.

 

My ttemporary solution is to make Firefox as my default internet browser,
and to relegate Internet Explorer to the status of my  back-up browser.

 

Hopefully, I can get the IE 11 install taken care of here at some point
soon.

 

Just very busy now with the start of yet another University teaching
semester.

 

Tom Behler

 

 

From: Adrian Spratt [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 3:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: IE11 installed

 

Because several people have asked about my IE11 saga, I can report that IE11
is now reinstalled on my machine. How my investment broker's tech support
managed it is mostly a mystery to me. They started by installing something
called System Update Readiness Tool, and then they attempted another install
of IE11 in order to get an error code number. MS fails to supply such an
obvious error detection tool with Windows. Eventually, they determined that
certain files needed to open before IE11 installation could succeed. I had
these files on my system, but they didn't automatically open when the IE11
installation began. I wish I could be more specific. 

 

Morals of the story:

 

1.       Remember, I originally had IE11 on my Windows 7 system and was
encouraged to revert to IE10 before I discovered that IE10 would no longer
be supported as of tomorrow, Tuesday. I doubt that people who never had IE11
on their systems in the first place will encounter my problems.

 

2.       To reiterate, all you have to lose if you try to install IE11 is
time. The process is completely accessible, except for a very long reboot
without any auditory indication of what's going on. If the installation
fails, your current IE installation will not be affected.

 

3.       Beware of Microsoft Accessibility support. They were ready to do a
Windows repair, followed if need be by a Windows reinstall. That would have
been a nightmare. I'm completely at a loss why they couldn't have done what
my investment tech support guys did, other than that they must operate by
rote with a very limited play list.



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