Internet explorer 9 on windows xp with resource hacker

[Jakob99]

Does anybody know how to use resource hacker to get IE 9 on windows xp such as editing the install file you get when you download it? Any help is appreciated and credit will be given to whomever can solve it.

[Jakob99]

I just downloaded IE 8 for xp and am gonna copy that files contents to a text document and then repllace to IE 9 contents with IE 8'sbut edit it so it looks like it's IE 8 being installed.

[Jakob99]

Copying files over did not work as planned.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

The ie 9 files have dependency of Vista services and files built in.

Edited September 15, 2015 by Kelsenellenelvian

[dencorso]

IE9 cannot be installed on XP. But it can be spoofed. Just merge this reg in addition to a clean IE8 install, anf there you are:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent][-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent][-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]@=""[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent]@=""[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent]@=""[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]@="""Version"="MSIE 9.0"

[Jody Thornton]

When you say "spoofed" is that more like a user agent identifier, or can you now run IE9 in XP by doing this?

[jaclaz]

@JodyT

No, IE9 won't run or install, the "spoofing" is exactly what you said, simply a change of the user agent, what will be running will still be IE8, faking that it is IE9.

@Jakob99

I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/quotes?item=qt0282091

 

Direct2D

BTW last time this word was provided as an answer connected to IE9, here, by our friend MagicAndre:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie9-windows_other/ie9-for-xp-why-doesnt-internet-explorer-9-work-on/e8113f20-b149-4763-b4d4-562d1da524b6?page=1

it started a nice flamewar, that we may hopefully avoid repeating here.

 

jaclaz