Wanting to move to Win11 but not sure with Dahua

[Abula]

Hi,

I'm looking for some insight from other Dahua users, I'm an owner of multiple Dahua IP Cameras that i been really happy, but i have reached a dilemma where maybe other Dahua users can tell me if there is a solution for my issue.

Dahua, as many other IP Cameras, use plug ins that don't work on chrome/mozilla (unless you use very old versions), I'm about to upgrade my main PC to Alder lake i9 12900k, but will require me to move to windows 11, thus losing Internet Explorer.

How are you Win11 users entering the setup of your Dahua cameras to configure it or even if you want to see just the live stream, instead of opening BI or any other 3rd party software, if you just want to open a window with the live feed? I usually just chill gaming all nights with multiple monitors having a couple of my cameras displaying on another monitor, i want to keep this functionality, but not sure how with windows 11.

 

[dudemaar]

On my BI pc, BI opens my camera GUI via Microsoft edge. Only way I can do it because my cameras are on a separate network Poe switch with no internet on it.

 

[Mike A.]

Pale Moon 32-bit browser?

I've not tried it with 11 yet.

 

[Futaba]

On my BI server, I turned on Hyper-V and have a separate Windows 10 virtual machine for connecting directly to the my cameras using Internet Explorer. After I am done, I shut down the VM and restore it back to a previous clean checkpoint so if anything was done to the VM it is gone.

 

[IAmATeaf]

Not tried it myself but Edge in W11 can be run in compatibility mode which will run the site in IE11 mode, the article seems to suggest that addons should work, not too sure about plugins?

What is Internet Explorer mode?

Learn how Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge provides access to sites that need Internet Explorer 11 and access to modern sites.

docs.microsoft.com

 

[jack7]

This works for me...

Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Support

Internet Explorer 11 support ended on June 15, 2022. If any site you visit needs Internet Explorer 11, you can open it with Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge.

support.microsoft.com

 

[eeeeesh]

Pale Moon 32-bit browser?

I've not tried it with 11 yet.

That's what I ended up doing.

Installing Win11 over Win10 went without any problems, I have done it on 2 of my computers so far. It does take a little getting use to the new GUI - task bar only at the bottom of the screen (I usually put my on the left) you can't have separate icons for more than one instance of something running, that kind of a thing

 

[Mike A.]

Good to know that it still works with 11. Been wondering whether it would or not. Works better than IE for me for some cams.

 

[Abula]

Thanks all for your comments,

This works for me...

Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Support

Internet Explorer 11 support ended on June 15, 2022. If any site you visit needs Internet Explorer 11, you can open it with Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge.

support.microsoft.com

Thanks for sharing the link, i tried something similar around mid year and didn't work, i tried it again today and it seems to work on my Win10 pc, now im going to do dummy win11 pc to see if it works.

Pale Moon 32-bit browser?

Not sure how you make it work, i just downloaded Palemoon on my win10 pc, installed it and tried to access a my dahua cams with ip and got the msg "The browser does not support plugins. Images cannot be display properly. Please user lower version browser such as IE, Chrome under 42 and Firefox under 52."

 

[Mike A.]

Not sure how you make it work, i just downloaded Palemoon on my win10 pc, installed it and tried to access a my dahua cams with ip and got the msg "The browser does not support plugins. Images cannot be display properly. Please user lower version browser such as IE, Chrome under 42 and Firefox under 52."

Yes, it can vary depending on cam/firmware. Never can tell what it wants until you try whatever combination. Then I'm never all that surprised either when I can't do something like drawing tripwires.

 

[eeeeesh]

I made the mistake of straying to the Win11 forum and came across a thread I'm done with 11 and started reading it. I have been running Win11 since Oct 18th and have to agree with a lot of the negative comments, so on my main computer, I am going back to Win10. Fortunately I made a full Acronis Image before the change, so it will be easy to revert. Win11 works and runs fine, it's just not for me...

 

[Abula]

I assemble a quick setup on my test bench with i9 9900k + Gigabyte Z390 + formatted with Win11Pro, and tested the compatibility mode of Internet Explorer loading on Microsoft Edge (as per jack7 link), and it works great, downloads and allows the installation of the plugins that each of my Dahua cameras asks, i had no issues at all.

I also tried Mozilla Firefox 51, so I have a fail safe in case down the road Microsoft removes this compatibility modes of IE/Edge, and for the most part it works, but not as good as Edge, it always changes to the second stream 10 sec after logging on, and one of my 9 cameras didn't load the plugin saying it was corrupted, all in all its just a fail safe for me, so its fine, just in case I need it.

 

[Flintstone61]

Windows 11 Specs and System Requirements | Microsoft

Find an overview of Windows 11 specs and features from Microsoft. Learn about the device specifications, versions and languages available for Windows 11

www.microsoft.com

Internet Explorer

Microsoft Edge with IE mode replaces the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application in Windows 11. For more information, see Internet Explorer 11 desktop app retirement FAQ.