Internet Explorer 5.5

[burritonator]

I need to install Internet Explorer 5.5, and several months ago, someone in one of the forums on this site directed me to a website that offered the full install packages for several older browsers. The computer on which I bookmarked the site (and stored the downloaded software) crashed, and I can't remember the name of the site. Can anyone tell me where I can download IE 5.5?

Thanks

 

[wolluf]

try

http://www.winplanet.com/file/11712.htm

(ie6 no use?)

 

[burritonator]

I had located that file and tried it, but it doesn't work. The install fails with the message "unable to download components" or something to that effect. I've had that happen in the past when I tried to use the 500kb setup file. I assume that the failure is due to the fact that MS doesn't offer IE 5.5 for download any longer.

When I ran into this issue several months ago, someone directed to me to a site that had the full install package for IE 5.5, which worked since the installer didn't have to try to download anything from Microsoft.

The reason I need IE 5.5 in the first place is because I just reformatted the HD on one of our older PCs and reinstalled WinNT. The version of IE currently on the system is IE 3.02, which is too old to use the Windows Update website. I can't even properly navigate microsoft.com to try to download IE 6 manually. The way I'd gotten around this problem in the past is to install IE 5.5, and then use it to connect to the Windows Update website and download IE 6.

 

[burritonator]

I found what I was looking for at

http://browsers.evolt.org.

They have an archive containing almost any old browser you could think of, including many I've never heard of.