Internet Explorer 9 Released

Ermmm ... oh OK. I just hope it doesn't frag my sidebar on the laptop this time!

 

Where is Protected Mode in IE 9?
I don't see it listed and it isn't showing in the task bar.
Windows 7 Pro x64.

 

IE9 does not show that information any more. To be sure you're running IE9 with Protected Mode enabled you'd need something like Process Explorer (change its columns settings to show integrity levels).

 

It's pointless information to the average user, Chrome doesn't show it either. There is no reason it should ever not be in Protected Mode, short of the "program opening a browser" discussion earier.

 

OK. Thanks for the help.

 

For some reason after installing it, it fails to open (I have said previously that IE9 is my second browser, so i rarely open it)
But yesterday i decided to use it to check my mails but i couldn't open it

 

Have you tried uninstalling & re-installing Noob? I hope this IE release isn't going to be problematical. I'm just glad I very rarely use it.

 

What were you expecting? It felt rejected.

Take a peek at Event Viewer and see what errors may have appeared at the moment you opened IE9.

 

Bah, screw it, i'll do a restore and re install it again

 

lol moon good one. IE9 didn't work because it was jealous of Chrome

 

This jealousy thing is no joke. I help a friend whose desktop computer was the very model of a problem free computer until she bought a new laptop and booted it up in the presence of the desktop. Ever since that moment the desktop is a veritable cornucopia of neuroses. No network or syncing involved, apparently just sheer raw jealousy.

Off topic, I know. Sorry

 

Can anyone manage Adobe Flash Player settings with IE9? The flash content doesn't load, at all. Does it happen with you too? (I updated to newest version 10.2.153.1)

I actually first tried with Chromium, and it loads, but then it won't let me modify any settings. And, I may be wrong, but I think settings I had defined before, are back to default values

I then tried with IE9, but it happens what I explained above.

 

Hi m00nbl00d,

I had a similar issue in beta, I had to go to add remove programs uninstall Flash player, run CCleaner (not sure if it clears anything), downloaded the latest version and installed - I've had no major issues since.

It could also be that your Active-X filtering is enabled and is blocking flash content for the site your on, to the right of the address bar there may be a blue circle with a line through it, this indicates that Tracking Protection or Active-X protection is active for that site. If you click the blue circle and turn off Active-X filtering this may resolve your issue if my first suggestion didn't work.

radial.

 

I actually did that, but haven't tried again with IE9.

But, the same still happens with Chromium - Adobe Flash Player settings load fine, but I can't modify any? I wonder if it's a problem with Chromium.

No, I didn't have Active-X filtering enabled when I opened Flash Player settings page. Thanks for remembering me about it, though.

 

Hi Hugger,

If you go to Internet Options>select the Security tab - Protected mode will show as either ticked or not ticked at the bottom of the tab - however I'm not sure if this is a true indication that it is running in protected mode or not.

radial

 

Hi m00nbl00d,

do you have any extensions enabled in chromium such as flash block - do you have the same problems with your extensions disabled?

I'm not really familiar with chromium so may not be of help

May be worth starting a new thread

radial

 

I have found that it's not an indication that it's running in protected mode. I had that option ticked in IE8 which carried over with IE9 install. It didn't become official until I enabled it through one of IE9's security popup dialogs

 

No, no extensions blocking flash/anything in Chromium. I only have click to play enabled, so that flash content only plays when I want, and what I want. I thought it could be some problem with that, but I tried it with it disabled, but the same occured.

Anyway, I do not wish to go off-topic.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

The version offered on March 14 (9.0.8112.16421) was a RTM.

After the March 21-Fiasco (IE9 supposed to come via Windows Updates on March 21), what's Next?

 

I don't really want IE 9 anyway.

 

Me either. I've used it off an on for a bit..and it just to me feels like the same old browser to me. It's got acceleration, yes, but so do the others, and hardware acceleration is having its own problems. It has tabs on top, so do the others. It has better security...well hell, they didn't have much of a choice did they, after the years of verbal beating they took for it? It took some buttons away..so did the rest. It lacks decent extensions, even Opera has them now. It sped up javascript..well, that seems to be the thing browser devs focus most of their time on. In my opinion, IE has gone from a "why bother?" browser to a "me too" browser.

 

Well that's progress at least.

 

I can't argue with that

 

The great 'expectations' and 'excitement' about IE9 blew out quickly.

As far as the usual MS "supporters", they are whistling...away...

-IE9 release via Windows Update. Exactly WHEN?

 

I didn't quote all but think you made a decent appraisal of it. About the acceleration, for me it did seem faster to start with but by the time I got everything enabled and set back up, it now doesn't seem noticeably faster.