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I.E. Version Win 98 and Win98SE
A friend of mine recently upgraded their Compuserve Program and it will not
work with Win 98 I.E. 4.0 Ver 4.72.3110. Compuserve instructed her to upgrade to I.E. 5.0 or 6.0. Since she cannot get on line she cannot upgrade through MS site, however she can order the CD. Question is: Will the 6.1 CD upgrade her version of I.E. Also will Win 98SE upgrade the I.E. she has. What version of I.E. comes with Win98SE. Thanks. donvito |
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"Donvito" wrote in message
... A friend of mine recently upgraded their Compuserve Program and it will not work with Win 98 I.E. 4.0 Ver 4.72.3110. Compuserve instructed her to upgrade to I.E. 5.0 or 6.0. Since she cannot get on line she cannot upgrade through MS site, however she can order the CD. Question is: Will the 6.1 CD upgrade her version of I.E. Yes. But further updates will be required once she gets back online. She should immediately go to Windows Updates. Also will Win 98SE upgrade the I.E. she has. What version of I.E. comes with Win98SE. Yes, to v.5.0.2314.1000, I believe. But that version is no longer supported--to be safe, she'd have to update IE to at least v 5.5x. Still, this method would get her back online and able to download v. 6.1. I'd also recommend your friend find a different ISP. Allowing a program to install without the prerequisites in place is irresponsable. If the Compuserve software came on a disk, without including a minimally required version of IE, that, too, is ridiculous. Lastly, rather than wait for a CD from MS (or elsewhere), if you or another friend have a CD burner, you could download a copy for her. This article tells you how: "Downloading Internet Explorer for a Different Operating System" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=174680 As for downloading Internet Explorer 5.5 (which is still somewhat supported and can still be updated, but not for much longer), I know it's possible, I just can't remember the details -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User |
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Gary:
Thank you very much for your assistance. I did get to download 6.1 from MS and will try to load it tomorrow. I think I would rather go that way then to upgrade to 98SE. She is not much of a surfer, only uses the Computer for business purposes and email. She has a Compacq with 96 mb ram, AMD-K6 3d processor. She purchased the computer about 4 to 5 years ago and has never backed up very important financial, business, spreadsheet and word docs. I got her important docs backed up. She did not know what thin ice she was skating on, if she had a HD failure she would be up the creek. If I can't get I.E. going I am going to tell her it is about time to replace the computer with a decent operating system. Thank you again for you assistance, it is very much appreciated. Sam (donvito) On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:18:39 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: "Donvito" wrote in message ... A friend of mine recently upgraded their Compuserve Program and it will not work with Win 98 I.E. 4.0 Ver 4.72.3110. Compuserve instructed her to upgrade to I.E. 5.0 or 6.0. Since she cannot get on line she cannot upgrade through MS site, however she can order the CD. Question is: Will the 6.1 CD upgrade her version of I.E. Yes. But further updates will be required once she gets back online. She should immediately go to Windows Updates. Also will Win 98SE upgrade the I.E. she has. What version of I.E. comes with Win98SE. Yes, to v.5.0.2314.1000, I believe. But that version is no longer supported--to be safe, she'd have to update IE to at least v 5.5x. Still, this method would get her back online and able to download v. 6.1. I'd also recommend your friend find a different ISP. Allowing a program to install without the prerequisites in place is irresponsable. If the Compuserve software came on a disk, without including a minimally required version of IE, that, too, is ridiculous. Lastly, rather than wait for a CD from MS (or elsewhere), if you or another friend have a CD burner, you could download a copy for her. This article tells you how: "Downloading Internet Explorer for a Different Operating System" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=174680 As for downloading Internet Explorer 5.5 (which is still somewhat supported and can still be updated, but not for much longer), I know it's possible, I just can't remember the details |
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Gary S. Terhune wrote in message ... As for downloading Internet Explorer 5.5 (which is still somewhat supported and can still be updated, but not for much longer), I know it's possible, I just can't remember the details This is the download page http://browsers.evolt.org/download.p...P2/ie55sp2.exe It appears that there are no US mirrors left. The page lists 2 sites in the UK and one in OZ. Interesting, no? |
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Hugh Candlin wrote:
Gary S. Terhune wrote in message ... As for downloading Internet Explorer 5.5 (which is still somewhat supported and can still be updated, but not for much longer), I know it's possible, I just can't remember the details This is the download page http://browsers.evolt.org/download.p...P2/ie55sp2.exe It appears that there are no US mirrors left. The page lists 2 sites in the UK and one in OZ. Interesting, no? I find it more disappointing than "interesting". |
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