ie6 for 98/me/nt4 ?

[powerstation]

I have read that these systems run best with ie5.5 rarther than ie6 is this
true or should I upgrade on my 98se and nt4sp6a systems ?

 

[Dave Massy [MSFT]]

IE5.5 is no longer supported. IE6 SP1 is available for download at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx
You shoudl run a supported version of the product to be sure that critical
updates are available.

I've never heard that IE5.5 runs better than IE6 and I'm not aware of any
evidence to support such a statement.

Thanks
-Dave

 

[C A Upsdell]

IE5.5 is no longer supported. IE6 SP1 is available for download at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx
You shoudl run a supported version of the product to be sure that critical
updates are available.

All the recent security updates I have seen have been for relevant
versions of 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0. For example, 05-054 was for all three,
and 06-004 was for 5.01 only. IE 5.0, OTOH, has not been supported for
a long time.

 

[Richard in AZ]

All the recent security updates I have seen have been for relevant versions of 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0.
For example, 05-054 was for all three, and 06-004 was for 5.01 only. IE 5.0, OTOH, has not been
supported for a long time.

Only Windows 95 cannot handle IE 6. You still need OE 5.5 for Windows 95.

 

[Dave Massy [MSFT]]

You can see the product support lifecycle for IE at
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps/#Internet_Explorer
All support for IE5.5 recently ended and IE5.01 is supported only as part of
extended support for Windows 2000.

Thanks
-Dave

 

[C A Upsdell]

You can see the product support lifecycle for IE at
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps/#Internet_Explorer
All support for IE5.5 recently ended and IE5.01 is supported only as part of
extended support for Windows 2000.

A large number of corporate users still use 5.01. I do not see
Microsoft dropping support altogether -- regardless of its stated policy
-- until the corporate users have moved on.