Download IE8 Beta 2 Wave 2 for Vista SP1 and XP SP3
17 September 2008
By: Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor
Download IE8 Beta 2 Wave 2 for Vista SP1 and XP SP3
In no less than 21 languages
On August 27, 2008, Microsoft made available for download the second Beta of Internet
Explorer 8. At that time, the browser came in four flavors, namely English, Japanese,
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Chinese (Simplified), and German. On September 16, the Redmond company went live with
the second wave of IE8 Beta 2 releases, offering the browser in no less than 21 localized
versions. The fresh IE8 Beta 2 releases covering 21 additional languages on top of the
original four are supported only on the 32-bit versions of Windows Vista RTM and Service
Pack 1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2008.
"The IE team is pleased to announce the availability of Internet Explorer Beta 2 in 21
additional languages. The languages released today are fully localized versions of the IE8
English Beta 2. The Complete List of IE8 Beta 2 Languages: Arabic, Chinese (Hong Kong),
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,
German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish,
Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish,"
explained Vishwac Sena Kannan, International Program Manager.
Microsoft is currently gearing up for the availability of the gold build of Internet Explorer 8.
The Redmond giant has not confirmed a deadline, except to say that it expects to deliver
the final IE8 two years after the general availability of Internet Explorer 7 considered by the
company to be January 30, 2007, the Windows Vista launch day. However, all indications
point to a November release of IE8 final, including the fact that Microsoft is only offering
support for the Beta 2 build of Internet Explorer 8 until the end of October.
"When installing localized versions of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 on XP or Windows Server
2003 please remember that the base language of the operating system must match the IE8
language you are trying to install; otherwise the Setup Wizard will display an error. For
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the base language of Windows does not need to
match the Internet Explorer 8 language version in order for a successful install. When your
user active language matches the Internet Explorer 8 language you installed, then IE8 will
appear in the desired language. You will still be able to use IE8 in all other scenarios, but it
will appear in English as a fall back version," Kannan added.
All 25 language versions of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 2 are available for download via
this link.
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