{"id":1047,"date":"2010-11-29T21:40:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T04:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2010-12-04T21:56:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T04:56:04","slug":"you-can-download-and-test-drive-internet-explorer-9-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/you-can-download-and-test-drive-internet-explorer-9-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Download and Test Drive Internet Explorer 9 Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is still in the testing stages with their latest version of Internet Explorer 9, but you if you feel brave and want to give it a shot, simply go here:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ie.microsoft.com\/testdrive\/\" target=\"new\">Download and Test Drive Internet Explorer 9 Beta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although I still prefer and suggest that you use Firefox (get it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getfirefox.com\" target=\"new\">here<\/a>) because all of the spyware programs and browser hijacking targets Internet Explorer since most people use it for their Internet browser.  So 9 times out of 10, Firefox goes unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>If after you install Internet Explorer 9 Beta, you feel it is not for you and would like to go back to using the previous version you were using before, do this:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Close all programs<\/li>\n<li>Click Start, and then click Control Panel<\/li>\n<li>Click Uninstall a Program under the Programs category<\/li>\n<li>In the Tasks pane, click View installed updates<\/li>\n<li>In the list of installed updates, double-click Windows Internet Explorer 9<\/li>\n<li>In the Uninstall an update dialog box, click Yes<\/li>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.<\/p>\n<li>Follow the instructions to uninstall Internet Explorer 9<\/li>\n<li>When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer<\/li>\n<li>After you restart your computer, open Internet Explorer<\/li>\n<li>Click About Internet Explorer on the Help menu. If Internet Explorer 7 or 8 appears in the About Internet Explorerdialog box, then you have successfully completed the uninstall.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b><font color=\"red\">NOTE:<\/font><\/b> I would only suggest installing a beta version of any program if you are an intermediate to advanced Windows user.  Install at your own risk.  I have not tried it yet.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/services\/\">Los Angeles Computer Repair<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/services\/\">Los Angeles Computer Tech<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/services\/\">Computer Repair Services<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is still in the testing stages with their latest version of Internet Explorer 9, but you if you feel brave and want to give it a shot, simply go here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,336,11,184],"tags":[337],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-beta-testing","category-software","category-windows-7","tag-internet-explorer-9-beta-download"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ianbrown.cc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}