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IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

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IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/07/ie11_for_windows_7_final/
As the only actual users who have it at the present are those with Win 8.1 I would be interested in comments
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

As 10 broke my W7 I would hope for better things with 11 Undecided
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

I am still on 9 on W7 64 bit - mind you I don't use it
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

IE10 here on W7x64, no problems. IE11 on W8.1 similarly fine.
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

Downloaded and attempted an install of 11 64bit and it failed with the message box shown in the link.
Did a roll-back and everything is fine back with 9 but I use Waterfox anyway.
Skype won't work for me with anything higher than 9.
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

I tried Win 8.1 for a week and IE 11 seemed pretty good, a lot better then IE 10 which seems to only open 80% of web pages on my PC, (the other 20% just time out and maybe after 3 or 4 attempts they finally open). I would go to IE 11 in a shot over IE 10 but Microsoft in their wisdom have deemed Win 8 users are not entitled to a IE 11 upgrade. I know some will say " well why don't you just upgrade to the free win 8.1" .I personally don't like operating system upgrades, I only want fresh installs. Maybe this is a bit OTT but it is how I do things to keep my PC as fast as the first day I installed it and not cluttered with old OS files.
If I was still using Win 7, I would definitely try IE 11. I don't like the auto upgrade bit though, I have my update settings to let me choose whether to  download and install, so I can uncheck anything I don't want and hide it so it never shows again, unless I choose to restore hidden updates. So unless people have install updates automatically, I can't see how they can force it on you.
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

Installed and seems very snappy - first impressions is that it is faster than Firefox although it may be a side effect of the reboot (I normally only reboot when there is a Windows update - I use sleep instead)
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

I've installed it off Windows Update and again it doesn't work, opening and immediately closing.
Interestingly Skype, which auto-starts with windows works ok but if I shut down and restart Skype it fails to work properly.
I guess my ultimate solution is a Windows trash and reinstall, something I hate but it cleans out the accumulated crud.
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

I've installed it on the laptop and it seems OK. I rarely use it preferring FF but it is useful at times.
If all remains stable then I'll install on main PC.

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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

After several weeks of no issues on the laptop I installed IE11 on my PC.
After a reboot FF 25.0.1 failed to start except in Safe Mode. If I turned off hardware acceleration then it started without issue.
FF is now updating so the latest version may have resolved this issue.
Edit: FF26 and Hardware acceleration back on and all seems ok now.

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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

A friend was having trouble with IE 11 BF4 battlelog  Sad he change to Firefox  Cheesy no problems  Wink
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Re: IE11 for Windows 7 Automatic Update - Is it a good idea

I've been using IE11 for 10 days now (on two PCs) with no problems at all.