Internet Explorer 10 - Enable 32-bit or 64-bit IE10 in Windows 7

Brink · Mar 20, 2013

TBoyd said:
Protected mode is already checked in my Security tab in the Internet Zone, Brink. It is not checked in the Trusted Sites Zone. I checked it, restarted, but it didn't help.

I saw "google crash handler" running in the Process Explorer & thought it might have something to do with the problem. I uninstalled everything Google & cleaned the registry of all Google entries. It still made no difference!

Well, so much for that idea as a cause for you. LOL

Just as a test, see if completely resetting IE10 to disable all add-ons and toolbars may help. You'll have to enable Enhanced Protected Mode again afterwards.

Night Hawk · Mar 20, 2013

I have to suspect an addon or some other 3rd party source is why the #32 item next to iexplorer.exe is being seen in the TM. I went into each zone as well as the Advanced and unchecked each protected mode box, closed IE up, and then checked the TM again. Then I went back and re-entered them all to watch the TM some more and just two IE items in the processes. I would recommend looking over any IE addons as well as any 3rd party items that deploy IE in some way.

snadge · Mar 20, 2013

uninstall - reinstall - no joy?

Iam exact same as Tboyd, tried everything - i dont have any add-ons installed.

TBoyd · Mar 20, 2013

Thanks, Brink & NightHawk. I did a complete reset of IE10 & restarted Win7. I even disabled two add-ons that were enabled by default - Adobe Shockwave Flash & Silverlight, so all add-ons were disabled. I enabled Enhanced Protection & restarted Win7 again. Still have the same results - 32 bit tabs.

Brink · Mar 20, 2013

Odd. I must admit that I'm not sure why you guys are still getting 32-bit tabs in IE10 while Enhanced Protection has been turned. I just can't reproduce what you guys are getting.

Was your Windows 7 installed clean or an upgrade?

TBoyd · Mar 20, 2013

Brink said:
Odd. I must admit that I'm not sure why you guys are still getting 32-bit tabs in IE10 while Enhanced Protection has been turned. I just can't reproduce what you guys are getting.

Was your Windows 7 installed clean or an upgrade?

It was a clean install. The OS was later cloned to my M4 SSD.

UsernameIssues · Mar 21, 2013

Just for fun - try to force the Enhanced Protected Mode via the Local Group Policy Editor:
Force Enhanced Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 10 | Windows 7 Library

Night Hawk · Mar 21, 2013

That may be worth a try there! Another thing when mentioning 3rd party apps would be looking over anything you have on now not previously seen or even the system protections inplace like a network filter of some type the av or firewall program uses!

When the update to upgrade download was available for the 2010 VIPRE Antivirus Premium Home for the VIPRE Internet Security 2012 build the IE connection was lost due to a similar network filter issue! GFI was able to get that corrected while the key was looking in the Device Manager under Network Adapter and removing everything followed by a restart to see only the default adapter then listed and connection restored immediately.

With the system protections you have on there something like that could be why you are running into the extra 32bit items in the processes. Just a thought of where to look.

TBoyd · Mar 21, 2013

UsernameIssues said:
Just for fun - try to force the Enhanced Protected Mode via the Local Group Policy Editor:
Force Enhanced Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 10 | Windows 7 Library

That looked like a great idea, which it was! But it didn't change things. Nice try!

I even tried unchecking "Disable 3rd Party Browser Extensions". That didn't help.

BTW - My anti-virus is MSE.

UsernameIssues · Mar 21, 2013

The "force" part is really about forcing the user (not the OS) to use EPM... but I was still hoping.

InsidiousChaos · Mar 22, 2013

Hey guys. I wasn't going to sign up but I've gotten lots of help from this site so thought I'd chip in.

I was having problems like some of the users in this thread.

For users not getting 64bit Tabs in IE10 even though Protected Mode is enabled:

It seems to be the EnableLUA option in the Registry needs to be set to '1'.

If you know the registry you can go to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] ---> look for 'EnableLUA' right-click on it and modify it to '1'.

If you don't know the registry I'm sure you can go to Start -> type 'user' and click 'User Accounts' in the Control Panel Section. Then click: "Change User account Control Settings" Drag the slide bar all the way to the bottom so it reads "Never notify". Click OK.

This should be it. May need a reboot.

There are two Caveats (of course) being Microsoft.

1.) The UAC now being enabled may prompt you when programs need to make changes on your system. I hope we find a way to block this. It has not happened me yet but I've not really ran programs yet which would make changes.

2.) For me If I run a page which needs to use 32bit addons it will run the tab as 32bit. For instance I login to my Battlefield 3 profile page and it will use two EA plugins and they are listed as 32bit only addons. All my other addons such as: Adobe Flash, MS Silverlight and so on are listed as "32 and 64 bit".

PS - I found solution on another website but don't know if I can post links.

Night Hawk · Mar 22, 2013

TBoyd said:
UsernameIssues said:

Just for fun - try to force the Enhanced Protected Mode via the Local Group Policy Editor:
Force Enhanced Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 10 | Windows 7 Library

Click to expand...

That looked like a great idea, which it was! But it didn't change things. Nice try!

I even tried unchecking "Disable 3rd Party Browser Extensions". That didn't help.

BTW - My anti-virus is MSE.

I can't see where the MS Security Essential would have any effect like that on any version of IE let alone 10. The other thing that comes to mind would be some type of registry error where you have a few leftovers the repeat installs of IE10 failed to see removed. I have to suspect this is why the extra 32bit items are showing up.

snadge · Mar 22, 2013

@ InsidiousChaos - thanks for posting, your post seems to contradict itself slightly? your saying to ENABLE LUA (User Account Control) in the registry then your saying if you dont know your way around the registry then to DISABLE it with 'Never Notify'...?? - mine is currently set too 'Never Notify' and LUA=0

Anyway, I didnt change LUA but U change UAC to ALWAYS NOTIFY and its still the same? - I have latest version of flash installed which supposedly has both 32-bit and 64-bit versions yes? the homepage is MSN and full of flash banners

I have no AV installed (and not had one installed) and this OS is only 3 weeks installed

InsidiousChaos · Mar 22, 2013

snadge said:
@ InsidiousChaos - thanks for posting, your post seems to contradict itself slightly? your saying to ENABLE LUA (User Account Control) in the registry then your saying if you dont know your way around the registry then to DISABLE it with 'Never Notify'...?? - mine is currently set too 'Never Notify' and LUA=0

Apologies for that it's a typo. I have done it the "Never Notify" way. I just read it on another forum. Ironically it was a guide to get IE 10 64bit tabs working in Win8. And it worked perfectly for me.

Why is your LUA still set '0'? That strikes me as odd.

Here is the post: (Paying particular attention to posts #2 & #5)

Code:

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/40761-Solution-How-to-enable-IE10-x64-Mode

I just realised now I already had Windows Update Catalog (32bit) installed so I skipped that step in post #3. Also the Win Update Cat is set to disabled in my Manage Addons area. I don't have a clue what that guy was talking about when he mentioned the 64bit add-in.

However after I did go to my registry and set EnableLUA to '1' and rebooted, my tabs are all 64bit unless I'm using a 32 addon/plugin.

snadge said:
Anyway, I didnt change LUA but U change UAC to ALWAYS NOTIFY and its still the same? - I have latest version of flash installed which supposedly has both 32-bit and 64-bit versions yes? the homepage is MSN and full of flash banners

My registry entry is EnableLUA = '1'
My UAC is set to "Never notify"

UsernameIssues · Mar 23, 2013

InsidiousChaos said:
snadge said:

@ InsidiousChaos - thanks for posting, your post seems to contradict itself slightly? your saying to ENABLE LUA (User Account Control) in the registry then your saying if you dont know your way around the registry then to DISABLE it with 'Never Notify'...?? - mine is currently set too 'Never Notify' and LUA=0

Click to expand...

...I have [never] done it the "Never Notify" way. I just read it on another forum. Ironically it was a guide to get IE 10 64bit tabs working in Win8. And it worked perfectly for me.
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I think that you meant to say that you have never done it the "Never notify" way....

Part of the confusion is the differences between W7 and Windows 8:
Setting the slider to "Never notify" in W7 will set EnableLUA to 0.
Setting the slider to "Never notify" in Windows 8 will NOT set EnableLUA to 0.
EnableLUA remains at 1 in Windows 8 and UAC remains enabled.

InsidiousChaos said:
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My registry entry is EnableLUA = '1'
My UAC is set to "Never notify"

My guess on how you achieved this is:
At some point, you had the slider set to "Never notify" in W7
Doing that set EnableLUA to 0 AND it sets ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin to 0
As you hinted at in your first post...
...you went into the registry and changed EnableLUA to 1

As far as I know, you cannot achieve the combination of settings that you mentioned without editing the registry; "the slider" won't do it. Any setting above "Never notify" on the slider will change ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin to a non-zero value. You are not as secure with ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin set to 0. The automated installation of malicious apps can occur without you knowing about it (without your consent).

To those that say:

I only visiting safe websites...
"Safe/reputable" website have been compromised.

My anti-virus software says that my computer is clean...
Huntington native wins computer hacking contest - The Herald Dispatch

InsidiousChaos · Mar 23, 2013

UsernameIssues said:
InsidiousChaos said:

~~~~
My registry entry is EnableLUA = '1'
My UAC is set to "Never notify"

Click to expand...

My guess on how you achieved this is:
At some point, you had the slider set to "Never notify" in W7
Doing that set EnableLUA to 0 AND it sets ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin to 0
As you hinted at in your first post...
...you went into the registry and changed EnableLUA to 1

As far as I know, you cannot achieve the combination of settings that you mentioned without editing the registry; "the slider" won't do it. Any setting above "Never notify" on the slider will change ConsentPromptBehaviorAdminto a non-zero value. You are not as secure with ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin set to 0. The automated installation of malicious apps can occur without you knowing about it (without your consent).

To those that say:

I only visiting safe websites...
"Safe/reputable" website have been compromised.

My anti-virus software says that my computer is clean...
Huntington native wins computer hacking contest - The Herald Dispatch

Thanks for the info UsernameIssues.

Can you pls tell me what I should do? Should I leave the EnableLUA at '1'. But lift the slide to set it to some level of notification above "Never notify" in order to prevent auto installation of programs?

Or do I need to have the EnableLUA set to '0' along with the slider setting set anywhere above "Never notify"?

The thing is I can live with moving the slider setting if it makes my pc more safe even though the alerts can be annoying. But setting EnableLUA back to '0' will bring me back to 32bit IE10. Maybe I could just go back to IE9 instead.

TBoyd · Mar 23, 2013

snadge said:
@ InsidiousChaos - thanks for posting, your post seems to contradict itself slightly? your saying to ENABLE LUA (User Account Control) in the registry then your saying if you dont know your way around the registry then to DISABLE it with 'Never Notify'...?? - mine is currently set too 'Never Notify' and LUA=0

Anyway, I didnt change LUA but U change UAC to ALWAYS NOTIFY and its still the same? - I have latest version of flash installed which supposedly has both 32-bit and 64-bit versions yes? the homepage is MSN and full of flash banners

I have no AV installed (and not had one installed) and this OS is only 3 weeks installed

InsidiousChaos has the right answer - at least for me, snadge. I set the EnableLUA to 1 in the registry (it was 0). I already had my UAC set to Never Notify. I restarted after the registry change & checked my UAC setting & it remained at Never Notify.

I now have 64-bit tabs in IE10!

Despite the slight confusion, InsidiousChaos, you found the answer. You've got a rep coming.

UsernameIssues · Mar 23, 2013

InsidiousChaos said:
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Thanks for the info UsernameIssues.

Can you pls tell me what I should do?...

Move the UAC slider back to its default location, restart the computer and then all should work just fine.

By the way, welcome to the Seven Forums and thanks for posting your find.

playwithtoy · May 8, 2013

you guys are awesome!

just did the registry trick and it worked
thanks so much!

snadge · May 10, 2013

i dunno whats happening, but i thought I would try InsidiousChaos trick again and this time it works>>>???

i dont use IE10 , it was just for benchmarking 64-bit, so i can now add it into results

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