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jpervect · Post by **jpervect** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:21 am

What exactly do I need to do to get IE (any version) set up and running using Wine? I would like to be able to use plug-ins from third parties with IE as well, so if you know of any special configurations for that, please include them. Keep in mind that I am a total NEWBIE and don't know much about Linux, so please put it on a very simple level. Thanks in advance for your help.

tdockery97 · Post by **tdockery97** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:33 am

You'll never have it work well because it is certainly not meant to. That said, here is the method from WineHQ: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=469.

jesica · Post by **jesica** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:10 am

so what is a plug-in and what do you use it for

Dave68 · Post by **Dave68** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:21 am

jesica wrote:so what is a plug-in and what do you use it for

In computing, a plug-in (or plugin) is a set of software components that adds specific capabilities to a larger software application. If supported, plug-ins enable customizing the functionality of an application. For example, plug-ins are commonly used in web browsers to play video, scan for viruses, and display new file types. Well-known plug-ins examples include Adobe Flash Player and QuickTime.

This being the case, why would you not just use Firefox? It has a large number of Plug-ins available, but I'm not exactly sure what type of plug-in you are trying to use?

Good Luck,
Dave

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:08 am

Sometimes the Firefox User Agent Switcher add-on can be useful.....

craig10x · Post by **craig10x** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:24 pm

Why not just use Google Chrome or Chromium instead? It's a great web browser, is fast, has excellent rendering and much more secure then Internet Explorer and seems to be compatible with all the sites that internet explorer can access...

ronandiver · Post by **ronandiver** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:46 pm

Wouldn't touch IE with a barge pole.....Chromium in the package manager is the way to go !!

jesica · Post by **jesica** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:39 am

Yes Google Chrome works for me, it is nice and fast also

jpervect · Post by **jpervect** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:02 am

First, thanks for all the input. I will give all suggestions a try that I haven't tried already.

Second: I have tried the User Agent Switcher for what I want to do and it didn't help there.

Exactly what I want to do: Fancast through Comcast does not support Linux and there are many movies and tv shows on there that I want to watch. They only support Mac and Window$. I want to know how to set up IE on Wine to see if it will be a work-around for this. I am hoping that it will. If it does, maybe it will work for Netflix as well.

Habitual · Post by **Habitual** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:59 am

jpervect wrote:First, thanks for all the input. I will give all suggestions a try that I haven't tried already.

Second: I have tried the User Agent Switcher for what I want to do and it didn't help there.

Exactly what I want to do: Fancast through Comcast does not support Linux and there are many movies and tv shows on there that I want to watch. They only support Mac and Window$. I want to know how to set up IE on Wine to see if it will be a work-around for this. I am hoping that it will. If it does, maybe it will work for Netflix as well.

Netflix requires the MS product SilverlIght, so maybe a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) with WinTendo and then get the "seemless" mode on the VM working.
That should produce a watch-able full screen video in a suitable environment on your Linux computer.

"You can also watch instantly on your PC or Mac!" says Netflix.
Now you know that's not accurate.

Elisa · Post by **Elisa** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:27 am

jpervect wrote:First, thanks for all the input. I will give all suggestions a try that I haven't tried already.

Second: I have tried the User Agent Switcher for what I want to do and it didn't help there.

Exactly what I want to do: Fancast through Comcast does not support Linux and there are many movies and tv shows on there that I want to watch. They only support Mac and Window$. I want to know how to set up IE on Wine to see if it will be a work-around for this. I am hoping that it will. If it does, maybe it will work for Netflix as well.

Try to install this plug-in to FF - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... etrenderer

Then restart FF and try to open that stupid sick

page, maybe it'll help...

Also u can combine above plug-in with agent switcher

Post by **Pierre** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:22 am

have a look at cx10 from
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/

their latest offering has even better support for M$ie7

( you probably won't get M$ie8 working under 'nix)

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