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From: Bill Watt on 24 Feb 2007 00:57 Anything wrong with IE 6 SP1 on a 98 SE machine? I don't use IE, only when required and am running into some limitations with IE 5.5 Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
From: philo on 24 Feb 2007 05:39 "Bill Watt" <nobwatt(a)ptd.net> wrote in message news:dnkvt2tmt7p13vdsc370000bvaeud67kgt(a)4ax.com... > > Anything wrong with IE 6 SP1 on a 98 SE machine? > > I don't use IE, only when required and am running into some > limitations with IE 5.5 I install IE6 on all win98 machines that I setup (whether the owner intends to use it or not) Not once has it caused a problem. (IE7 on an XP machine is a whole different story)
From: Brian G on 24 Feb 2007 09:38 Bill Watt wrote: > Anything wrong with IE 6 SP1 on a 98 SE machine? > > I don't use IE, only when required and am running into some > limitations with IE 5.5 > > Regards, > > Bill Watt > Win98 Computer Help & Other Information > http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ None whatsoever Bill, I used it on 98SE from about six months after it came out ( I never download a brand new Microsoft product for at least six months) right up until I changed to XP Home last year (updated it to SP2 and all patches) - and still using it now on XP! Brian G
From: user on 24 Feb 2007 09:42 "Bill Watt" <nobwatt(a)ptd.net> wrote in message news:dnkvt2tmt7p13vdsc370000bvaeud67kgt(a)4ax.com... > > Anything wrong with IE 6 SP1 on a 98 SE machine? > > I don't use IE, only when required and am running into some > limitations with IE 5.5 > > Regards, > > Bill Watt > Win98 Computer Help & Other Information > http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ > By all means install it...but, look out for that prob with deleting a large amount of files in win-explorer.. http://www.frankprovo.com/win98ie6filesproblem.htm
From: Stuart Miller on 24 Feb 2007 13:07
"user" <noemail.com> wrote in message news:45e04f8a$0$9775$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > > "Bill Watt" <nobwatt(a)ptd.net> wrote in message > news:dnkvt2tmt7p13vdsc370000bvaeud67kgt(a)4ax.com... >> >> Anything wrong with IE 6 SP1 on a 98 SE machine? >> >> I don't use IE, only when required and am running into some >> limitations with IE 5.5 >> >> Regards, >> >> Bill Watt >> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information >> http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ >> > > By all means install it...but, > look out for that prob with deleting > a large amount of files in win-explorer.. > http://www.frankprovo.com/win98ie6filesproblem.htm > I find no problem with IE6 and win98SE, but I had forgotten about the delete files problem on windows explorer (which is same program). Whne you have a lot of files to clean up, do not delete them. Move them all to a holding folder on the same drive, when you get them all moved, delete the folder and re-boot immediately. Various IE security updates are a good idea. Stuart |