Internet Explorer 5.5 / Outlook Express 5.5 setup files no longer functions. Did Microsoft stop the

[Nate Goulet]

Internet Explorer 5.5 / Outlook Express 5.5 setup files no longer
functions. Did Microsoft stop these from working?

I have two seperate copies of the setup files for IE 5.5. Neither
disk functions anymore. A DOS window quickly apears with a message
that disapears before I can even read it. I managed to get a print
screen of it, but I don't have it handy to post here.

Is Microsoft trying to force everyone to IE 6?

I just reformatted / re-installed Windows 98 and prefer using IE 5.5 /
Outlook 5.5. I keep the critical security updates up to date. Why do
I need to go to 6? It runs slower on an old PC, and i've noticed IE 6
tends to get hacked a lot more, and more updates are constantly
needed. The PC I installed a new hard drive on is a PII 350 mhz with
128 megs of ram. Plenty powerful for the applications i'm running on
it.

Is there a place I can download IE 5.5 somewhere else that still
works? I also want to keep old of the older computers consistant, and
i'm running IE 6 on Windows XP machines.

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Are you trying to update from IE5 to 5.5? Your IE5.5 disks should still
work. See if the error message is here:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#error_install

IE5.5 (setup and all required files) is still available from
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/microsoft/ie/
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit

Running IERadicator from http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html may clear
the way for the IE5.5 install.

Hope this helps,
Don

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Internet Explorer 5.5 / Outlook Express 5.5 setup files no longer
functions. Did Microsoft stop these from working?

I have two seperate copies of the setup files for IE 5.5. Neither
disk functions anymore. A DOS window quickly apears with a message
that disapears before I can even read it. I managed to get a print
screen of it, but I don't have it handy to post here.

Is Microsoft trying to force everyone to IE 6?

I just reformatted / re-installed Windows 98 and prefer using IE 5.5 /
Outlook 5.5. I keep the critical security updates up to date. Why do
I need to go to 6? It runs slower on an old PC, and i've noticed IE 6
tends to get hacked a lot more, and more updates are constantly
needed. The PC I installed a new hard drive on is a PII 350 mhz with
128 megs of ram. Plenty powerful for the applications i'm running on
it.

Is there a place I can download IE 5.5 somewhere else that still
works? I also want to keep old of the older computers consistant, and
i'm running IE 6 on Windows XP machines.

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