Testing a Website under Multiple IE Versions

When vendors update their web apps, they will often say that IE 10 isn’t supported and we should use another browser. When I test this – I will visit the website and simply press F12 to bring up the developer tools. Then I can cycle through the various versions of IE in order to validate their theory. With the release of IE 10 for Windows 7, this tip is sure to save you some time!!

Here are how the developer tools look:

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Categories: Management, Performance, Troubleshooting Tags: IE

Further Reading
- Who’s on First?
  
  10 Ways to Troubleshoot Group Policy
  
  Understanding the Processing Order for GPSI
  
  Your Hidden Windows 7 Trick (that also applies for Windows 8)
  
  Creating User Accounts with PowerShell
  
  Enabling .NET Framework 3.5 (before and after your install)
  
  A Blazing Fast PowerShell Console
  
  Cleaning Up Home Folders with PowerShell
  
  Adding the TechNet Library to IE
  
  Comparing Security Groups

Command line Tips

getmac | clip Copy my computer's MAC address to the clipboard
netsh advfirewall show allprofiles Check the status of the Windows Firewall
netsh INT IPv4 show addresses Shows the IP address configurations for all interfaces
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”ICMPv4″ protocol=icmpv4:any,any dir=in action=allow Adds a firewall rule that allows ICMP echo requests (ping)
netsh advfirewall reset Resets firewall to default settings
News

Microsoft announced that it has sold 450 million Windows 7 licenses since the launch of two years ago. Windows 7 has an average market share of 40.5% exceeding Windows XP by 2% -
October 2011

With Windows 7 Microsoft made a commitment to work on many more existing PCs by keeping system requirements low and maintaining compatibility. Looking just at Windows 7 customers, there are currently more than 450 million PCs that will be able to run Windows 8, but Microsoft expects that many systems running Windows Vista and even Windows XP will also be eligible -
January 2012

Testing a Website under Multiple IE Versions

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Further Reading

Who’s on First?

10 Ways to Troubleshoot Group Policy

Understanding the Processing Order for GPSI

Your Hidden Windows 7 Trick (that also applies for Windows 8)

Creating User Accounts with PowerShell

Enabling .NET Framework 3.5 (before and after your install)

A Blazing Fast PowerShell Console

Cleaning Up Home Folders with PowerShell

Adding the TechNet Library to IE

Comparing Security Groups

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