Downgrade IE10 to IE8 on windows server 2008

Hi,
I have installed Window server 2008 R2. I think the default IE i.e IE8 is upgraded and showing IE10 now.
My application doesn't support IE10, so i need to downgrade IE 10 to IE8.
I have searched in "Installed Updates", but didn't find IE10 under Installed Updates.
Can someone please suggest the steps how to downgrade to IE8.
Thanks
Krishna

Hi,
Have you checked the IE version on the newly installed Windows Server 2008 R2?
Which version of Internet Explorer am I using?
If we have IE 10 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 and want IE 8 back, please uninstall IE 10 in
Programs-> Uninstall a Program ->View installed updates.
And if IE 9 is also installed before, we need to uninstall it as well.
Besides, you might want to take a look at the below link:
Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 10
Hope this may help
Best regards
Michael
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