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  #1  
Old January 2nd 05, 02:56 AM
Gary S. Terhune
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Not that I can think of. I've yet to see any problems with it on 98 systems.
Still, I'm sure some here will have tales to tell. The trick is to see if there
are any underlying constants involved that match your situation.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Eugene Fridman" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win '98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene



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Old January 2nd 05, 03:19 AM
Dan
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With support as in the case of updates already becoming a rare thing from
Microsoft on 98SE, I would have the latest version of IE. You may want to
consider Mozilla Firefox too since it does not have Active X vulnerabilities
of IE but you still must be sure to keep IE up to date.

"Eugene Fridman" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win '98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene




  #3  
Old January 2nd 05, 03:46 AM
Gary S. Terhune
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You don't want ActiveX in IE? Turn it off in Security Settings! Wanting to be
protected from ActiveX is no reason to use Firefox. There may be others, but
that ain't one of them.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Dan" wrote in message
...
With support as in the case of updates already becoming a rare thing from
Microsoft on 98SE, I would have the latest version of IE. You may want to
consider Mozilla Firefox too since it does not have Active X vulnerabilities
of IE but you still must be sure to keep IE up to date.

"Eugene Fridman" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win '98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene





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Old January 2nd 05, 03:49 AM
Eugene Fridman
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Default Win'98SE & IE 6

I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win '98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene


  #5  
Old January 2nd 05, 04:20 AM
Dan
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All right, Gary :

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
You don't want ActiveX in IE? Turn it off in Security Settings! Wanting to

be
protected from ActiveX is no reason to use Firefox. There may be others,

but
that ain't one of them.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Dan" wrote in message
...
With support as in the case of updates already becoming a rare thing

from
Microsoft on 98SE, I would have the latest version of IE. You may want

to
consider Mozilla Firefox too since it does not have Active X

vulnerabilities
of IE but you still must be sure to keep IE up to date.

"Eugene Fridman" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win

'98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene







  #6  
Old January 2nd 05, 04:25 AM
PA Bear
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MS considers IE6 SP1 to be a Critical Update: http://snipurl.com/4bgz. The
author of that post, Anthony Grey, heads up the IE/OE sustained engineering
team at Microsoft.

Upgrading will necessitate two (2) visits to Windows Update: One to install
IE6 SP1 (and reboot), then another to install post-SP1 updates for both IE
and Win98. To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application should be
disabled and all other running processes closed before installing anything,
including Windows Updates.

Early versions of IE6 SP1 proved troublesome for a small minority of Win98
users but such bugs have been addressed and trouble us no more. Don't let
anyone else tell you differently. (And don't believe a word of what
Colorado says! eg)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Eugene Fridman wrote:
I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win '98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene


  #7  
Old January 2nd 05, 07:04 PM
Gary S. Terhune
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"Bill in Co" is a regular here in this NG and, apparently, doesn't like IE 6,
s.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Eugene Fridman" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much for the reply.

(And don't believe a word of what Colorado says! eg)

Please pardon my ignorance, but what the above was supposed to mean?

TIA, Eugene
================================================== =========
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
MS considers IE6 SP1 to be a Critical Update: http://snipurl.com/4bgz.

The
author of that post, Anthony Grey, heads up the IE/OE sustained

engineering
team at Microsoft.

Upgrading will necessitate two (2) visits to Windows Update: One to

install
IE6 SP1 (and reboot), then another to install post-SP1 updates for both IE
and Win98. To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application should

be
disabled and all other running processes closed before installing

anything,
including Windows Updates.

Early versions of IE6 SP1 proved troublesome for a small minority of Win98
users but such bugs have been addressed and trouble us no more. Don't let
anyone else tell you differently. (And don't believe a word of what
Colorado says! eg)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Eugene Fridman wrote:
I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win

'98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene





  #8  
Old January 2nd 05, 07:34 PM
Eugene Fridman
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Thank you very much for the reply.

(And don't believe a word of what Colorado says! eg)

Please pardon my ignorance, but what the above was supposed to mean?

TIA, Eugene
================================================== =========
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
MS considers IE6 SP1 to be a Critical Update: http://snipurl.com/4bgz.

The
author of that post, Anthony Grey, heads up the IE/OE sustained

engineering
team at Microsoft.

Upgrading will necessitate two (2) visits to Windows Update: One to

install
IE6 SP1 (and reboot), then another to install post-SP1 updates for both IE
and Win98. To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application should

be
disabled and all other running processes closed before installing

anything,
including Windows Updates.

Early versions of IE6 SP1 proved troublesome for a small minority of Win98
users but such bugs have been addressed and trouble us no more. Don't let
anyone else tell you differently. (And don't believe a word of what
Colorado says! eg)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Eugene Fridman wrote:
I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win

'98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene




  #9  
Old January 2nd 05, 09:26 PM
Bill in Co.
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LOL!!!

They said "resistance is futile", but they were wrong! As for me, I'm
QUITE CONTENT with IE 5.5 SP2.

There have been some rumors (not created by me) that some people using
Win98SE had some problems with IE 6. I don't know if that is the case -
most people here say it works great. So - if you want the newest model, go
for it!

But as for me, (and just as an aside), I'm still QUITE CONTENT with WMP 6.4
too (just for the record) So there! LOL.


Gary S. Terhune wrote:
"Bill in Co" is a regular here in this NG and, apparently, doesn't like IE

6,
s.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Eugene Fridman" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much for the reply.

(And don't believe a word of what Colorado says! eg)

Please pardon my ignorance, but what the above was supposed to mean?

TIA, Eugene
=================================================
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
MS considers IE6 SP1 to be a Critical Update: http://snipurl.com/4bgz.

The
author of that post, Anthony Grey, heads up the IE/OE sustained

engineering
team at Microsoft.

Upgrading will necessitate two (2) visits to Windows Update: One to

install
IE6 SP1 (and reboot), then another to install post-SP1 updates for both

IE
and Win98. To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application

should be
disabled and all other running processes closed before installing

anything,
including Windows Updates.

Early versions of IE6 SP1 proved troublesome for a small minority of

Win98
users but such bugs have been addressed and trouble us no more. Don't

let
anyone else tell you differently. (And don't believe a word of what
Colorado says! eg)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Eugene Fridman wrote:
I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my Win

'98SE
system.

Are there any reasons not to?

Please share your experience.

TIA, Eugene



  #10  
Old January 2nd 05, 10:52 PM
PCR
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| There have been some rumors (not created by me) that some people using
| Win98SE had some problems with IE 6.

Don't try to drag me into this! I'm not going through all those tests
again!

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
| LOL!!!
|
| They said "resistance is futile", but they were wrong! As for me,
I'm
| QUITE CONTENT with IE 5.5 SP2.
|
| There have been some rumors (not created by me) that some people using
| Win98SE had some problems with IE 6. I don't know if that is the
case -
| most people here say it works great. So - if you want the newest
model, go
| for it!
|
| But as for me, (and just as an aside), I'm still QUITE CONTENT with
WMP 6.4
| too (just for the record) So there! LOL.
|
|
| Gary S. Terhune wrote:
| "Bill in Co" is a regular here in this NG and, apparently, doesn't
like IE
| 6,
| s.
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS MVP Shell/User
|
| "Eugene Fridman" wrote in message
| ...
| Thank you very much for the reply.
|
| (And don't believe a word of what Colorado says! eg)
|
| Please pardon my ignorance, but what the above was supposed to
mean?
|
| TIA, Eugene
| =================================================
| "PA Bear" wrote in message
| ...
| MS considers IE6 SP1 to be a Critical Update:
http://snipurl.com/4bgz.
| The
| author of that post, Anthony Grey, heads up the IE/OE sustained
| engineering
| team at Microsoft.
|
| Upgrading will necessitate two (2) visits to Windows Update: One
to
| install
| IE6 SP1 (and reboot), then another to install post-SP1 updates for
both
| IE
| and Win98. To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application
| should be
| disabled and all other running processes closed before installing
| anything,
| including Windows Updates.
|
| Early versions of IE6 SP1 proved troublesome for a small minority
of
| Win98
| users but such bugs have been addressed and trouble us no more.
Don't
| let
| anyone else tell you differently. (And don't believe a word of
what
| Colorado says! eg)
| --
| ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
| MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
|
|
| Eugene Fridman wrote:
| I'm thinking of upgrading Internet Explorer 5.50 to 6 SP1 on my
Win
| '98SE
| system.
|
| Are there any reasons not to?
|
| Please share your experience.
|
| TIA, Eugene
|
|


 




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