Installing and Using IE Tab for Firefox
Try to go to the Windows Update page with Firefox, and you’ll find that you just can’t update your operating system unless you’re “running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later.”
Well Of COURSE Microsoft won’t let you download their update to their Operating System for a browser other than their own!
But there is a quick and tidy solution for this and other IE-dependent web sites: IE Tab for Firefox.
Installation (running version 1.5 or 2.x of Firefox):
1. Go to the IE Tab Add-On Page, and click the Install Now button. A window that looks like this will pop up:
2. Click the Install Now button. A new window will pop up showing a quick install, and then asking you to click a button to Restart Firefox. Click the button. When you’re back in Firefox, it’s ready to go.
How To Use:
3. In Firefox, right-click the tab that you are working in, and you’ll see the following pull-down menu:
4. Left click Switch rendering engine, and the page will re-draw using the Internet Explorer engine! You’ll know your page is being rendered by IE by the little icon in the tab:
Now, try re-loading the Win Update page, and you’ll see it’ll be perfectly happy working within Firefox.
To switch back to Firefox, simply open a different tab, or do the same steps above; namely, right-click the tab and select Switch rendering engine. You’ll be back, safe and warm at home.
Enjoy!