IE 8 doesn't pass Acid 2 test

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:40:21 +0000

Fragment of IEBlog

The news spread on the specialized media: finally, almost two years later than the first browser doing it (which wasn't either iCab, Safari or Konqueror but Opera), Internet Explorer 8 will pass Acid 2 test. The title of the only proof offered by Microsoft (since the browser is not yet available) is conclusive: «Acid 2 test pass complete». The corresponding post on IEBlog doesn't either left any doubt: «IE8 now renders the "Acid2 Face" correctly».

Reloacting system DLLs

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:59:42 +0000

What a week. Microsoft puts its foot in it and then I have to fix it, of course, it's what has to happen.

If this sentences does also sound familiar to you:

Illegal System DLL Relocation The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the DLL C:\Windows\System32\Hhctrl.ocx occupied an address range reserved for Windows system DLLs. The vendor supplying the DLL should be contacted for a new DLL.

Stay calm, it doesn't mean that it's time to format or call your tech-slacky, it's only that Windows has decided to compensate your loyalty with a bug in its latest update. And I'm going to compensate your loyalty as my reader and one of my visitors using Windows (yes, I spy you) telling you how to fix it saving you searching, you only have to install the following patch:

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IE 8 doesn't pass Acid 2 test

Reloacting system DLLs