There are 2 things about Internet Explorer which you might remember! First, Microsoft released Final version of Internet Explorer 9.0 which can be downloaded using this link. And second, there are rumors that Windows 8 will come with IE10 pre-installed:
[Rumor] Windows 8 Will Come with Internet Explorer 10
Now you might be thinking, why are we putting these things together? Because our reader "Baku" has found out an interesting thing in a system file of IE9 using our favorite tool "Resource Hacker".
"Baku" was investigating various IE 9.0 files using Resource Hacker and when he opened "ieframe.dll.mui" in Resource Hacker, he found a secret dialog box which shows a message that IE 10 is available for upgrade:
It means Microsoft has already started working on IE10 and that's why they have put this dialog box resource in IE9 which will be shown once IE10 is released. It also makes the rumor strong that Windows 8 will come with IE10 pre-installed.
If you want to check it yourself, do as following:
1. Launch Resource Hacker and open "%windir%\System32\en-US\ieframe.dll.mui" file.
NOTE: Here %windir% means "Windows" directory. To know more about it, visit this link. Also if you are using any other language version of Windows, replace en-US with your language code.
2. Go to Dialog -> 54528 and you'll see the above mentioned dialog box.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Internet Explorer.
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Greg
thats a cool find. thnx baku and VG
Spammie
intersting i like IE i may be one of the few who actually like IE :)
Kyle
WTF!!!!!???????????? IEX IS NOT OUT YET!!!!
Robero
Wow, this is very nice to know ! Thanks for the info VG and of course Baku ! Quick question if VG see's or if anyone else can answer ? Will Resource Hacker install and run on Win 7 Home 64-bit edition without problems ? In otherwards is it compatiable ? Thanks in advance for your answer ! Cheers Mate !
EzTutorialz1
Hopefully in windows 8 we can unistall ie.
arj
is it possible to uprade it to IE 10 now?
leomate
Wow, thats mean IE10 will got faster development
gizmodo
Haha that's the thing with tech. IE 9 was the hype before its release. Now finally when its out, people start speculating about IE 10. When IE 10 releases, they'll start going crazy about IE 11. It's a never ending cycle my friend ;P
nikhil
why so excited about ie10.... no one use ie these days
VG
@arj
IE10 is not available yet.
@EzTutorialz1
You can uninstall IE in Windows 7 as well.
@Robero
I have not tested as I dont have 64-bit Windows but Resource Hacker Beta version is claimed to have 64-bit support:
http://www.askvg.com/download-new-updated-resource-hacker-3-5-beta-with-64-bit-and-png-file-support/