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Ant wrote on 2016/01/06:


> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> IE9 was the highest version
>> you could install in Windows XP.  So you should update from IE8 to IE9.
> 
> Uh, IE9 didn't work on Windows XP.

My bad.  I thought IE9 could be installed on Windows XP.  According to:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie-9/system-requi
rements

Nope, IE9 won't install (if that's what you mean by "didn't work) on
Windows XP according to Microsoft.

> But there is no IE9 for Windows XP.

Yep, so you won't have the TLS protocols in your web browser that are
required by that site (and many others that dropped SSL and switched to
TLS).  So you are stuck with a decision: get blocked by sites that
require safer connects via HTTPS or, as mentioned, "Switch to a better
web browser that supports TLS and other security methods when connecting
to web sites; e.g., Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome (or their
variants)."

A few years ago, many sites refused to let IE6 users connect.  Not a
secure web browser and long unsupported.  Then it was IE8.  Since you
cannot get IE9 on Windows XP, you have to use some other web browser on
Windows XP.
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