Browser Hell

[Jeff Barr]

For a real adventure, try loading up a machine with NT4 and try
to get its browser up to date. It has IE3 on it, which the Microsoft
site refuses to recognize. So you need to download Nav4, and then
use that to get IE.

Jeff;

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Alan Bolcer" <gbolcer@endeavors.com>
To: "FoRK" <fork@xent.com>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 3:29 PM
Subject: Browser Hell


> I go to look up DLL redistribution policies at the Microsoft site
> at http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/downlevel.htm
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> My usable, but sometimes problematic for reading MS HTML Netscape 6.2.1
> gives the below item.
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> Switching to my very amazing looking IE 6.0, I get the same thing.  So
> unfortunately, not only do you need to have IE 5.0 or later, you have
> to have something in between 5.0 and, but not including, IE 6.0.
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> Greg
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> Welcome to SDK Update
> The Microsoft® Platform SDK site requires Microsoft Internet Explorer
version 5.0 or later. You can download
> the latest Internet Explorer for free.
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> In addition, Microsoft ActiveX® controls are used to install components on
your computer. If you are not
> running Microsoft Windows® or an operating system that is compatible with
ActiveX controls, you cannot install
> the SDK using SDK Update.
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