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- -----------------------------------------------------------
- README for
- Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools
- November 1999
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1999
-
-
- This document provides complementary or late-breaking informa-
- tion to supplement the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Internet Explorer
- and Internet Tools documentation. You can also see the Microsoft
- Web site for the latest information.
-
- If you're looking for information about a specific program or
- component, try searching for it in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
- at http://support.microsoft.com.
-
-
- ------------------------
- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
- ------------------------
-
- To view IE.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.
-
- To print IE.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor,
- and then use the Print command on the File menu.
-
-
- CONTENTS
- ========
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Disk-Space Requirements for Internet Explorer 5.01 Installation
- Installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4
- SETUP
- Installing Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools
- Running Internet Explorer 5.01 on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Packs
- Over Internet Explorer 5.01
- Installing over Windows 2000 Releases
- Running Internet Explorer 5.01 on a Dual-Boot Operating System
- Installing or Upgrading the Windows Desktop Update
- Installing over Localized Windows 98 Arabic and Hebrew Releases
- Installing Outlook Express 5 on Windows Terminal Server
- Installing Internet Explorer 5.01 with
- Norton Protected Recycle Bin Enabled
- Installing on Windows 98 with Novell IPX/IP client
- Uninstalling Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools
- Uninstall for Internet Explorer 4.x Unavailable
- ADDITIONAL ISSUES
- APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY
-
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- ===================
-
- To run Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools, your system
- must meet the following minimum requirements:
-
- - A 486 with a 66 MHz processor (Pentium processor recommended)
-
- - For Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98:
- 16 MB (megabytes) of RAM minimum
-
- For Microsoft Windows NT(R) 4.0:
- 32 MB of RAM minimum
-
- - For Microsoft Windows NT 4.0:
- You must be running Service Pack 3 (or higher)
-
- - Minimal install (browser-only):
- Required for install: 45 MB
- Required to run: 27 MB after restart
- Typical install:
- Required for install: 70 MB
- Required to run: 55 MB after restart
- Full install:
- Required for install: 111 MB
- Required to run: 80 MB after restart
-
- - Mouse
-
- - Modem or Internet connection
-
- - CD-ROM drive (if installation is done from a CD-ROM)
-
- - Some components may require additional system resources
- not outlined above.
-
- Disk-Space Requirements for Internet Explorer 5.01 Installation
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools Setup installs the
- majority of its files to the drive where the Windows operating
- system is installed, regardless of the installation location you
- chose. To free up space on your hard disk in order to meet the
- Internet Explorer 5.01 disk-space installation requirements,
- you must free up space on the drive where the Windows operating
- system is installed.
-
- Installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4
- ----------------------------------------
- After you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 but before you
- install Internet Explorer 5.01, you may see a message recommend-
- ing that you install one or both of the following Service Packs
- to resolve known Year 2000 issues:
-
- - Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
- - Microsoft Data Access Components 2.0 Service Pack 1
-
- Internet Explorer 5.01 resolves the Year 2000 issues addressed in
- these Service Packs.
-
-
- SETUP
- =====
-
- Installing Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools
- ----------------------------------------------------
- Whether you choose to install over the network or download the
- installation files to your hard disk, some or all of the Setup
- files are copied to your hard disk. This allows you to reinstall
- more quickly if necessary. If you want to reclaim the disk space,
- you can remove the Setup directory by double-clicking the
- Add/Remove Programs icon in Control Panel and then clicking
- Internet Explorer 5.01. In the Microsoft Internet Explorer Setup
- dialog box, click the Advanced button, and then click "Remove the
- folder containing Internet Explorer setup files."
-
- You cannot install Internet Explorer 5.01 to or run it from a
- network drive. However, you can download it to a network drive.
- To do this, you must map the network drive to a drive letter on
- your computer. You cannot download Internet Explorer 5.01 to a
- UNC path.
-
- Running Internet Explorer 5.01 on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- ----------------------------------------------------------
- NOTE: You must have administrative privileges to install
- and uninstall this program on Windows NT. This includes
- having administrative privileges the first time you
- start your computer after installing or uninstalling.
-
- You must restart your computer after installing Internet
- Explorer 5.01. This is also true for some add-on components.
-
- For corporate deployment on computers running Windows NT 4.0,
- make sure you have the following free registry space:
-
- - If you are upgrading from Internet Explorer 2.0 or
- Internet Explorer 3.x: at least 4 MB
- - If you are upgrading from Internet Explorer 4.x:
- at least 2.5 MB
-
- If you're running Internet Explorer 5.01 on Windows NT 4.0,
- you must set user permissions to Full Control for the Temporary
- Internet Files folder (cache). The user must have write
- permission so that files can be stored in the Temporary
- Internet Files folder.
-
- If you must reinstall Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
- after you install Internet Explorer 5.01, you must specify
- when prompted that you do not want it to overwrite any files
- that are newer. After SP3 is reinstalled, carry out the
- following steps to update the registry:
-
- 1. Click the Start button, and then click Run.
- 2. Type the following: regsvr32 rsabase.dll
- 3. Click OK.
-
- Installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Packs
- Over Internet Explorer 5.01
- ---------------------------------------
- If you reinstall a Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack after Internet
- Explorer 5.01 is installed on your computer, some components
- will need to be re-registered. To do this, carry out the
- following steps:
-
- 1. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
- 2. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.
- 3. Click Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools,
- and then click the Add/Remove button.
- 4. Click Repair Internet Explorer, and then click OK.
- 5. After the repair operation is complete, restart your computer.
-
- Installing Over Windows 2000 Releases
- -------------------------------------
- This is not a supported configuration. Setup will appear to run,
- but it will update the name of the browser without updating the
- components. You cannot do a full installation of Microsoft
- Internet Explorer 5.01 components over Windows 2000 releases.
-
- Running Internet Explorer 5.01 on a Dual-Boot Operating System
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- If you are running Internet Explorer 5.01 on a computer that is
- set up to dual boot between two operating systems on the same
- partition (for example, Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0), and you
- have configured the computer to share a single Program Files
- folder, you may have problems with add-on components. Also, when
- you uninstall an add-on component from either copy of Internet
- Explorer 5.01, it will be removed from both of them without
- updating the other operating system's installed components
- information. These problems are because the add-on files are
- all stored in the shared Program Files folder, but information
- about installed add-on components is stored elsewhere.
-
- Installing or Upgrading the Windows Desktop Update
- --------------------------------------------------
- To install or upgrade the Windows Desktop Update, you must
- install Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2 before you install
- Internet Explorer 5.01.
-
- If you have already installed Internet Explorer 5.01 and would
- like to install the Windows Desktop Update, carry out the
- following steps:
-
- 1. Uninstall Internet Explorer 5.01.
- 2. If Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2 is not already installed on
- your computer, install it.
- 3. Install the Windows Desktop Update.
- 4. Reinstall Internet Explorer 5.01.
-
- Installing Over Localized Windows 98 Arabic and Hebrew Releases
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Windows 98 Arabic and Hebrew require the corresponding localized
- version of Internet Explorer 5.01. It is not possible to install
- the English version of Internet Explorer over the localized
- version of Windows 98. This restriction does not apply to
- localized versions of Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0. You cannot
- install localized Arabic/Hebrew Internet Explorer 5.01 on top of
- localized Windows 95 (only English is supported).
-
- Installing Outlook Express 5 on Windows Terminal Server
- -------------------------------------------------------
- Before installing Outlook Express 5 on Windows Terminal
- Server, the administrator needs to set a compatibility flag
- in the registry for the Outlook Express 5 setup program to
- work correctly. To do this, carry out the following steps:
-
- 1. Create this registry key:
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\
- Terminal Server\Compatibility\Applications\setup50
-
- 2. Set the following value under the new setup50 key (this value
- should be of type REG_DWORD):
-
- Flags = 0x108
-
- Installing Internet Explorer 5.01
- with Norton Protected Recycle Bin Enabled
- -----------------------------------------
- It is recommended that you disable the Norton Protected
- Recycle Bin while you install Internet Explorer 5.01, and
- that you empty the Norton Protected Recycle Bin before you
- run Setup. Before you empty the Norton Protected Recycle
- Bin, be sure you review its contents in case it contains
- any items you want to recover safely. You can re-enable
- this feature after Internet Explorer 5 Setup is complete.
-
- This is recommended because Norton Protected Recycle Bin
- will intercept the removal of temporary files that Setup
- is trying to delete, and you could run out of free space
- on your hard disk if your remaining free space is limited.
- This would cause Internet Explorer Setup to appear locked.
- For instructions on disabling and re-enabling the Norton
- Protected Recycle Bin, see the Norton Utilities documentation.
-
- Installing on Windows 98 with Novell IPX/IP client
- --------------------------------------------------
- If you are using Novell IPX/IP client with Windows 98, you may
- experience problems if you install Internet Explorer 5.01 from
- the Internet. If Setup appears to become unresponsive, restart
- your computer. Setup will continue and finish normally. To work
- around this problem, try one of the following options:
-
- - From the Internet, select the Download Only option,
- and then run and install Internet Explorer 5.01 normally.
-
- - Install Internet Explorer 5.01 from a CD-ROM.
-
- Uninstalling Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools
- ------------------------------------------------------
- You can uninstall Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools by
- carrying out the following steps:
-
- 1. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
- 2. Click Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools,
- and then click Add/Remove.
- 3. Select "Restore the previous Windows configuration," then
- click OK.
- 4. Follow the instructions on your screen.
-
- Uninstall for Internet Explorer 4.x Unavailable
- -----------------------------------------------
- Uninstall for Internet Explorer 4.x is unavailable when Internet
- Explorer 5.01 is installed. The backup files for uninstalling
- Version 4.x are replaced by the backup files for version 5.
- You cannot uninstall version 4.X after uninstalling version 5.
-
-
- ADDITIONAL ISSUES
- =================
-
- Work Offline Dialog Box Appears
- If There Is No Internet Connection
- ----------------------------------
- If you do not have an active connection to the Internet and
- the Never Dial A Connection option is selected, when you start
- Internet Explorer you may see the following error message:
- "Web page not available when offline." You will be prompted to
- try again or work offline.
-
- To be prompted to dial a connection:
-
- 1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
- 2. Click the Connections tab.
- 3. Click one of the following options:
- Dial Whenever A Network Connection Is Not Present
- - or -
- Always Dial My Default Connection
- 4. Click OK or Apply.
-
- FTP User Interface and Functionality
- ------------------------------------
- Internet Explorer 5.01 has an improved FTP user interface
- when direct access to an FTP server is available. If you
- discover an issue in the FTP user interface that blocks FTP
- functionality, you can disable this feature on the Advanced
- tab in the Internet Options dialog box.
-
- The following functionality is not supported:
-
- - Internet connection via CERN proxy or Web proxies.
- - Connecting to VAX or VMS FTP servers.
- - Using the browser from within a separate application or
- service.
- - Copying from server to server.
- - Drag and drop or copy/paste functionality from an FTP
- server is supported only on Windows 2000 and later.
-
- Font Display Issues
- -------------------
- If you run a non-Far East language version of Windows NT 4.0
- and you have installed many large fonts, the system's ability
- to use those fonts may be exceeded. If Far East language Web
- pages are not displayed correctly, install Windows NT 4.0 Service
- Pack 5.
-
- Non-English Characters in URLs and Queries
- ------------------------------------------
- Internet Explorer 5.01 uses a new standard to transmit non-
- English addresses (URLs) to the server. URLs are now encoded
- in a character encoding standard named UTF-8. If the server is
- running Microsoft Internet Information Server 4 or later, the
- URLs will work as expected. Many servers cannot process URLs
- encoded in UTF-8. To use non-English characters in URLs with
- these servers, carry out the following steps:
-
- 1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
- 2. Click the Advanced tab.
- 3. Clear the Always Send URLs As UTF-8 check box.
-
- The query part of URLs is transmitted in a form fully compatible
- with Internet Explorer 4.
-
- Internet Explorer 4.x Compatibility Mode
- ----------------------------------------
- The Internet Explorer 4.x compatibility option is useful to
- Web developers who want to view and test their Web sites on
- different versions of Internet Explorer using the same computer.
- You may not be able to change all settings for the browser while
- in this mode. When using the compatibility option, you should
- change Internet Options through Control Panel, not through the
- browser's Internet Options on the Tools menu.
-
- Uninstalling Outlook Express 5
- ------------------------------
- If you uninstall Outlook Express 5 and you were previously
- running Internet Mail and News, you would be able to see only
- the messages you received using Internet Mail and News. To
- view Outlook Express 5 messages, reinstall Outlook Express 5.
-
- If you uninstall Outlook Express 5 and you were previously
- running Outlook Express 4, you can view your Outlook Express 5
- messages by using the Import feature. To import your Outlook
- Express messages to Outlook Express 4, carry out the following
- steps:
-
- 1. On the File menu, click Import, and then click Messages.
- 2. On the list of programs, click Microsoft Outlook Express 5.
- 3. Follow the instructions on your screen.
-
- Windows Radio Toolbar
- ---------------------
- Internet Explorer 5.01 includes a Windows Radio toolbar that
- allows streaming radio playback. By default, the toolbar is
- not displayed when the browser is started. To display the
- toolbar whenever the browser is started, carry out the
- following steps:
-
- 1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
- 2. Click the Advanced tab.
- 3. In the Multimedia area, click the Always Show
- Internet Explorer Radio Bar check box.
-
- Changing the Language of Menus and Dialog Boxes
- -----------------------------------------------
- Changing the language used in menus and dialog boxes may not
- work with all display adapters. If you see blank menus or
- dialog boxes after changing the language, try either of the
- following options:
-
- - Change the resolution of your display adapter.
- - Upgrade the driver for your display adapter to a newer
- version. For information about updated drivers, contact
- the manufacturer of your display adapter.
-
- AutoComplete Options
- --------------------
- If you do not want AutoComplete to suggest matches for
- certain sensitive previously entered items, you have several
- options:
-
- - You can delete a specific AutoComplete entry by highlighting
- it in the AutoComplete drop-down list and then pressing DELETE.
- - If you want to delete a user name/password combination on a
- login page, delete the user name; the password will be deleted
- with it.
- - If you want to clear all form or password information, carry
- out the following steps:
-
- 1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click
- the Content tab.
- 2. Click AutoComplete, and then click Clear Forms or
- Clear Passwords.
-
- Microsoft Chat 2.5
- ------------------
- You can no longer install Microsoft Chat 2.5 from the Internet
- Explorer 5.01 installation. If you previously installed Microsoft
- Chat 2.5 and then you upgrade to Internet Explorer 5.01, you will
- be able to continue to use your existing Microsoft Chat 2.5
- client for a limited time on the Microsoft Chat servers. If you
- do not have a Chat client already installed and you would like
- to install one, or if you already have a version of Microsoft
- Chat installed, consider installing the new MSN Chat from
- http://webchat.msn.com.
-
- Microsoft Wallet
- ----------------
- Microsoft Wallet is no longer available for installation in
- Internet Explorer 5.01. If you have previously installed
- Microsoft Wallet and then you upgrade to Internet Explorer 5,
- you can continue to manage your wallet information from Web
- sites that invoke Wallet's interface, such as http://www.microsoft.com/wallet/downloads/manage.asp)
-
- Enhanced Encryption Strength
- ----------------------------
- Internet Explorer 5.01 now ships with standard encryption
- strength of 56-bit and supports the U.S. government standard
- for data encryption (DES). Moreover, the cryptographic modules
- in Internet Explorer 5.01 have been certified to be compliant
- with the Federal Information Standard (FIPS) 140-1. FIPS 140-1
- is a U.S. government standard that specifies best practices
- for implementing cryptographic software.
-
-
- APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY
- =========================
-
- Visual Studio 6.0
- -----------------
- There are some known issues when you have Microsoft Visual
- Studio(R) 6.0 and Internet Explorer 5.01 installed on the
- same computer. These issues are resolved with Microsoft Visual
- Studio 6.0 SP3. If you are running Visual Studio 6.0, it is
- recommended that you upgrade to SP3 at
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/vs6sp3/.
-
- DirecPC 2.0
- -----------
- After you install Internet Explorer 5.01 on a computer running
- DirecPC 2.0, you may receive an error message when starting
- the DirecPC software. To correct this problem, contact Hughes
- Network Systems to obtain an updated version of the DirecPC
- software.
-
- BackOffice Small Business Server
- --------------------------------
- If you use BackOffice Small Business Server, you must upgrade
- to Small Business Server 4.5 before installing Internet
- Explorer 5.01. Without the upgrade, the SBS management console
- will flicker with each screen transition. Increasing the
- number of colors helps the problem but does not resolve it.
-
- Logitech Internet Keyboard
- --------------------------
- Certain versions of the Key Commander software that ship
- with the Logitech Internet Keyboard are not compatible with
- Internet Explorer 5.01. For more information, contact Logitech
- Customer Support or see the Logitech Web site at
- http://www.logitech.com.
-
- Diamond Video Drivers
- ---------------------
- If you are running Internet Explorer 5.01, then you install
- some Diamond video drivers (downloaded from the Diamond Web
- site or from CDs that come with Diamond video cards), you may
- not be able to restart your computer.
-
- This is because the Diamond video driver installation replaces
- the Windows system file Comctl32.dll. Diamond is aware of this
- problem and is fixing their video driver installers. There are
- two options for addressing this issue:
-
- Before you install these drivers:
-
- 1. Make a backup copy of the file Comctl32.dll found in the
- Windows\System or \Winnt\System32 folder (the system folder).
- 2. Install the Diamond video drivers.
- 3. Restart your computer by using a bootable floppy disk.
- 4. After the restart is complete, copy the backup version of
- Comctl32.dll to the system folder, overwriting the existing
- version of the file.
- 5. Remove the disk from the floppy disk drive, and then restart
- your computer again.
-
- If you have already installed these drivers:
-
- 1. Restart your computer by using a bootable floppy disk.
- 2. At the MS-DOS prompt, change directories to the folder
- containing the Internet Explorer 5.01 files. If these files
- were downloaded, the default location is C:\Windows Update
- Setup Files; or, on the CD-ROM, choose the IE5 folder under
- the correct operating system.
- 3. Extract the Comctl32.dll file by using the following command
- line:
-
- For Window 95 or Windows 98:
- extract /e /l c:\temp setupw95.cab comctl32.dll
-
- For Windows NT:
- extract /e /l c:\temp setupnt.cab comctl32.dll
-
- 4. Copy the extracted Comctl32.dll file from the C:\Temp folder
- into the Windows\System or \Winnt\System32 folder (the system
- folder), overwriting the existing version of the file.
- 5. Remove the disk from the floppy disk drive, and then restart
- your computer again.
-
- Internet Explorer ActiveX Tree and Pop-up Menu Controls
- -------------------------------------------------------
- During the installation of Internet Explorer 5.01, the Setup
- program removes earlier versions of the ActiveX tree control
- and pop-up menu controls due to compatibility issues with this
- version of the browser. Programs that rely on these controls may
- require reinstallation of the controls to restore functionality.
-
- Task Scheduler on Windows NT 4.0
- --------------------------------
- Windows NT 4.0 included an old version of the Schedule service,
- also known as At service (Atsvc.exe). Internet Explorer 5.01
- upgrades it to the new version of the Schedule service, Task
- Scheduler (MSTask.exe) and converts At jobs to Scheduled Tasks.
-
- With the old At service, all At jobs had to run in the same
- account as the service itself. The default account for the
- service was the Local System account, but it could be changed
- to another user account if desired. Some Windows NT 4.0 users
- changed the At service's account because they needed their
- jobs to run in a user account.
-
- With the Task Scheduler, each scheduled task can be configured
- to run in a different account. The Task Scheduler service itself
- has to run in the Local System account.
-
- For backward compatibility, the Task Scheduler allows the user
- to set one account to use when running scheduled tasks that were
- created from At jobs. When Internet Explorer 5.01 is installed,
- this account is set to the Local System account. If you are
- running Windows NT 4.0 and you changed the account that the At
- service ran in to something other than the Local System account,
- then after installing Internet Explorer 5.0 you would need to
- manually re-enter the user name and password for that account.
- To do this, in the Scheduled Tasks folder, click the Advanced
- menu, and then click AT Service Account.
-
- This must be done manually because Internet Explorer 5 Setup
- cannot decrypt the password that was used by the At service.
-
- For more information about At service compatibility, see online
- Help in Task Scheduler.
-