for various reasons I cant upgrade to SP1, so I am on IE8.
I need to upgrade the browser. So the professionals who have helped others... Can you tell me if it is possible to upgrade to any other version of IE on a Windows 7 machine WITHOUT upgrading to SP1?
thank
According to Microsoft's support articles, it is possible to install IE9 on Windows 7 without SP1. But IE10 and IE11 require SP1.
System Requirements and Prerequisites
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/11531/internet-explorer-system-requirements
I'm not a professional of any kind but I highly recommend installing SP-1.
Windows 7 is not complete and much less secure without SP-1.
Jack
I would first look why you can't install SP1 at all. That's a good idea to do regardless of the browser. Not of utmost importance actually, but a nice upgrade, and many MS software blindly requires it to even install.
Also consider switching to a better browser altogether. IE8 is totally inadecuate for the current web, and IE9 is not much better. There are far better "non-IE" options out there.
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