Internet Explorer

[me]

ive just rebuilt an old computer and dropped windows 95 on it so its original, do the older versions of internet explorer work fine on 95 or would i be better with the newest version ?

[Jaime Andrés]

I would have thought that with Win 95 and an old spec computer, you would not be doing much internet surfing. Maybe keep everything original :unsure:

[me]

that didnt really help much, i think it was a little sarcastic, not all of us need to race around the internet you will realise this as you get older, we only use it occasionally as my partner has trouble working the keyboard, im sorry if its too much trouble to you fast young people

[Jaime Andrés]

I apologise if my reply was misinterpreted, I recently restored an old pc (286) which runs Win 3 and is just about impossible to do anything on the internet, I just assumed you had another faster PC for everyday use.
A version such as ver. 4.0 IE should work just fine with Win 95.

[locustfurnace]

Not much wrong at all with Windows 95. I also have a system running WFW3.11, and its connected to the internet, does emailing and ICQ.

I would recommend using IE4.5 or IE5. But you should be able to use IE4 without too much trouble. It all depends on how much RAM the box has, and what CPU you have if you want to go higher. I dont think you should jump right on updating IE. Try the stock browser for a few days, see how everything goes. You might want to also consider an alternative browser to IE, which should lower the RAM consumption. You can find many older versions of just about any web browser at http://browsers.evolt.org/

[Pete]

Windows 95 will work with IE version 5.5 or older.
Version 6 requires (at least) Windows 98.
Depending on your computer, an older IE version may be less taxing of your resources.

BTW: Re. Win 3.1,
I had a 486 running Win 3.1 with a 16 bit version of IE 5 that I found on Tucows. It was a little slow and the graphics were less than ideal, but surfing was far from impossible...... My brother surfed with a 386 for years.

[locustfurnace]

Originally posted by Pete@Feb 21 2004, 06:45 PM
My brother surfed with a 386 for years.
I built a 286 laptop, and it had 20 meg harddrive, less than 1 meg RAM, and I put a copy of NEWDEAL OS on it, which consisted of an email client, web browser. It worked. But ended up becoming a terminal station.

[me]

thank you very much for your help, i found a cd with IE 5 on it and it is working ok, perhaps you did not realise some of your visitors were old versions as well. not as fast as you young ones but still going strong.

[liquid boy]

i'm pretty sure mozilla firefox works with 95 - maybe that might be worth looking into... it certianly is a better browser :P

[Tomb]

I run win 95 on an old 33mhz laptop and IE is slow as is Opera 3.62. I now use Lynx if I want to surf using this browser.

What is Newdeal?

[Guest]

What is Newdeal?

a very very old operating system

[locustfurnace]

Originally posted by Guest@May 1 2004, 08:22 AM
What is Newdeal?
a very very old operating system
It was being actively developed a year or so ago, but the website is now gone.
Can read alittle info here about the OS & Office Suite.
NEWDEAL INC & NEW DEAL OFFICE (http://www.southcom.com.au/~pensey/newdeal.htm)
Changes from NewDeal 98 to NewDeal Release 3 (http://www.geos-infobase.de/ND_DOCS/266.HTM)
Available software for download (http://members.aol.com/GUIUSA/GUI_USA.html)

[Jaime Andrés]

Originally posted by me@Feb 21 2004, 08:45 PM
Ive just rebuilt an old computer and dropped windows 95 on it so its original, do the older versions of internet explorer work fine on 95 or would i be better with the newest version ?
This is swings and roundabouts. One of my teenage sons has a fairly old low spec PC with win 98 installed running I.E. 5. I tried to install Norton AV 2004 but it insists on I.E. 5.5 or higher. I keep paying for yearly Norton upgrades to keep my subscription active..... I wonder what Norton would say if I asked for a free downgrade to say Norton AV 2002 :unsure:

[locustfurnace]

Originally posted by Jaime Andrés@May 1 2004, 05:39 PM
I keep paying for yearly Norton upgrades to keep my subscription active.....
Use F-prot, or Bitdefender's free versions. I had a interesting A/V app i was testing, which i have it listed in the anti-virus listing, and it should work fine for you. Anti-Vir Personal Edition (http://www.free-av.com/) - Completely FREE.
If you feel you have to pay for an anti-virus app, thats fine, but there is no real need, as the "free" programs work just as good, and usually don't require as much resources, ram, and wasted time, as the bloated suites of Nortons & McAfee.