IE4.01 SP2 won't install 1

[eamc]

I am running IE 4.01 SP1 on a Win95 machine.

I downloaded the ie4sp2setup.exe (7 Mb) and when I run it, it refuses even to list the download sites available to download to c:\Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2 setup\, asking me whether I have a proxy server.

I can download everything else. MS does not offer the 4.01 SP2 on CD-ROM.

What to do??

Edwin

 

[TheLad]

Try using IE5.5 or IE6? These should work on WIn95 without problems. Most websites are written with these in mind anyway!

 

[reghakr]

I'd like to know where you found the link.

reghakr

 

[eamc]

Thank you, TheLad. I thought that IE 5.5 and up required IE4.01 SP2 as a minimum to install over - the very service pack that I cannot get under my belt. Am I wrong?
Edwin

 

[eamc]

Hi reghakr - What link?

 

[reghakr]

The link to download IE4.01.

reghakr

 

[TheLad]

eamc - if you go to

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com,

you can download either IE5.5 or IE6. Don't need any pre-requisites installed as far as I know??

 

[baad]

hi there
can i somehow keep ie5x on my comp & install ie6, to be able to launch any of them, but not get ie6 installed over my previous version?

i downloaded ie6 today & i don't like what this instalation did.. i want ie5 back, but with ie6 staying too..
(reason:for some dhtml checking.. doesn't matter)
(my platform is Win98, i have ie4.5 & ie5.0 (it wasn't me who installed'em..) on Mac; can i have something similar on my PC?) Victor

 

[reghakr]

Simple answer=NO
The main components of IE are DLL's in the c:\windows\system directory.

Complicated answer=maybe. If you save all DLL's, track the installation, then right a batch file to rename the DLL's. Most likely won't work in Windows, you need to directly to DOS.

What exactly did the installtion do?

reghakr

 

[baad]

nothing special, & nothing of criminal; just like i wrote: ie5.0 was replaced by ie6.0, & that is what i'd like to avoid of..

but thanks, i got the answer: NO (i need it working under windows)

i just need as much different (/versions of/)browsers as possible, i wanted all of them on myne, but looks like i would have to install them on different machines...

thanks Victor

 

[reghakr]

The link eamc?

reghakr

 

[eamc]

The link for the Explorer 4.01 SP2 is from windowsupdate - the site mentioned above in earlier correspondence. It creates a folder and installs an .exe but when the latter tries to download, no soap. Does that answer your link question? I still believe you need SP2 to install IE5 and higher - am I wrong?

 

[reghakr]

I sure can't find it.

reghakr