I have noticed recently that with Internet Explorer 8 installed on Windows 7, the Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 downloads do not load. Instead, it freezes and I have to restart the program. Is this a known issue? It says on the download page that the minimum is Internet Explorer 8. 

Thanks for notifying. As I'm working on the MS Edge version of the downloader, MSIE 8 issues will no longer be fixed.

On 2/20/2022 at 10:02 AM, Jan Krohn said:

Thanks for notifying. As I'm working on the MS Edge version of the downloader, MSIE 8 issues will no longer be fixed.

Thank you. I think you should update your website though saying it is for IE 9 and later. Another thing that I found out is that the program works on Windows Vista. Is it supposed to work for Vista or did you add support?

I first need to verify that the downloader no longer works on MSIE8 on a Win 7 vanilla system. It could also be an issue with your installation. If it turns out to be a general problem, I'll change the website.

I know that the downloader works on Vista. I've not advertised it since I don't have the capacity to support it.

23 hours ago, Jan Krohn said:

I first need to verify that the downloader no longer works on MSIE8 on a Win 7 vanilla system. It could also be an issue with your installation. If it turns out to be a general problem, I'll change the website.

I know that the downloader works on Vista. I've not advertised it since I don't have the capacity to support it.

I will quickly install a Windows 7 SP1 Vanilla VM with IE8. I will get back to you soon.

@Jan Krohn This is what it gives me. 

Thanks! Looks like it's broken indeed. Did you apply all available updates for Win 7 and MSIE8?

5 minutes ago, Jan Krohn said:

Thanks! Looks like it's broken indeed. Did you apply all available updates for Win 7 and MSIE8?

Well, it is the vanilla version. If I updated it to EOS, it would install IE11 as well, so I kept it vanilla. I just enabled TLS 1.1 and 1.2 in Internet Options. Other than that, no changes at all.

Edited February 22, 20223 yr by HitchhikerFan

I'll give it another try on the MSIE8 developer VM from MS.

23 hours ago, Jan Krohn said:

I'll give it another try on the MSIE8 developer VM from MS.

Great! I hope to see your findings soon.

@Jan Krohn Any update on this?

I have great difficulties connecting that particular VM to the web, so I couldn't perform the required test to solve this question.

My time is better spent on working on the Edge version instead.