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Download Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for Vista, XP

In case you have trouble finding the files, here they are:
Windows XP 32-bitMicrosoft has yet to update the Internet Explorer page, which still invites visitors to download the IE8 Beta. You also won't find it by going to the downloads page and clicking on Internet Explorer. They may be waiting for the full RTM to make those changes, but it seems strange to leave prominent links to the beta version when a release candidate is publicly available.
Server 2003 32-bit
Windows XP and Server 2003 64-bit
Vista and Server 2008 32-bit
Vista and Server 2003 64-bit
And make sure to check out our continuing coverage of Internet Explorer 8 for more information about Microsoft's new browser.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Todd said 4:39PM on 1-26-2009
"...You should have killed me when you had the chance!!!!" - Magneto
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Jash Sayani said 4:40PM on 1-26-2009
Any news about Firefox 3.1 ?? Really need the Private browsing mode and the new feature where you can make a tab into a window and combine windows into tabs in a single window (like Chrome).....
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Tscharli said 4:57PM on 1-26-2009
..>Downloading Internet Explorer
.....-> getting Breast Cancer
........-> receiving aids
...........-> any differences ???????????
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Rocketboy said 9:22AM on 1-28-2009
Nope, all three comment lines were posted by the same idiot.
Rocketboy said 9:22AM on 1-28-2009
three = four.
dp said 5:23PM on 1-26-2009
On XP does it require IE7 to be installed first?
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Mark said 7:32PM on 1-26-2009
No.
3tear said 7:04PM on 1-26-2009
Has anyone made a portable version yet? I'd really like to try it out without having to go through the hassle of intalling/uninstalling.
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Eli Gundry said 7:52PM on 1-26-2009
Am I the only one who finds it somewhat ironic that XP has now seen three versions of IE? Has this happened to any other versions of Windows?
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Mark said 1:56AM on 1-27-2009
Windows NT 4.0 shipped with Internet Explorer 2.0 and supported up to Internet Explorer 6.0 so it lived to see five versions of IE.
Eli Gundry said 6:19AM on 1-27-2009
Ah well there you go. Thanks.
bman400 said 9:08PM on 1-26-2009
Is it the same version as the leaked developer release?
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David said 10:59PM on 1-26-2009
Windows 7?
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Mark said 3:53PM on 1-27-2009
If you are asking if this can be installed on it, nope. Windows 7 already has IE8 built in.