FYI, the HTML style filters (for example, "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=2)") are a Microsoft extension to HTML. They have been a part of Internet Explorer since version 4.0. They do not require any Active-X controls or any other type of add-on (definitely not Java) - they are directly a part of Internet Explorer. They should work on any version of Windows.
If you find them not working (which I have seen), it isn't because they don't work on a particular version of Windows. Rather it would indicate a problem with that actual installation of Windows, of Internet Explorer, or both.