RE-Installing ie4 -... How???

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2 total messages Started by Ronald John Bartle Thu, 02 Oct 1997 00:00

Author: Ronald John Bartle
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 00:00

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I saw no alternative but to accept the offered active dowload process to
get the ie4 full release.  It was quite impossible to get the german
version to have full functionality.. !  All the available download
servers produced only a trickle or NO data.. and led to the
auto-termination of the download.

Finally I was able to get the us-english version from

www.browsers.com - recommended site.

This should function but with limitations and no desktop update within
the german version of win95 etc...!

It has proved to be largely NON-functional.. just plain nothing seems to
work much at all.

I would like to re.install the version I already have.. it did work the
very first time i used it.. maybe i changed a setting that was critical?

BUT - where is the download file.. where is the ie4install.exe or zip or
whatever....!

I hate such smart-arse protocolized stuff that rob me of control of the
process....!  Once again one sees the result!  Up to now if all else
failed with a new browser installation .. (with netscape at least) on
could go back to the download file and re-install it... !

I have not q u i t e given up on this browser.. partly because I need it
for using the new version 5 of i.phone.. and also cos the first time i
used it the channels were real neat and much much faster than netscape
netcaster!

But now I have spent the best part of one working day trying to get the
thing to _wake-up_ and be useable again.. no success!???

ron b.
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Ron Bartle - Royal Air Force Veteran - Hobby Journalist - 24h wired Bed
& Breakfast in Berlin, Germany. snuffy@berlin.snafu.de +49.30.6884295

Re: RE-Installing ie4 -... How???

Author: Dave Crane
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 00:00

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On Thu, 02 Oct 1997 12:38:37 +0100, Ronald John Bartle
<snuffy@berlin.snafu.de> wrote:

>I saw no alternative but to accept the offered active dowload process to
>get the ie4 full release.  It was quite impossible to get the german
>version to have full functionality.. !  All the available download
>servers produced only a trickle or NO data.. and led to the
>auto-termination of the download.
>
>Finally I was able to get the us-english version from
>www.browsers.com - recommended site.

The brutal facts are that IE4 installation in Win 3.1 is a NIGHTMARE!

1. You need a 1.5 meg "setup" program just to be allowed to DL the
real thing.
2. Trying to DL that setup.exe software with Netscape 2.0x results in
a variety of Java errors.
3. Wading through the multiple selection screens, some of which ask
the same questions that you have already answered, is prima facie
evidence of MS incompetence.
4. Download of setup.exe is indeed a "trickle". Every site in the USA
is virtually useless (4 PM CDT).
5. When you finally get setup.exe, it crashes half way through
execution.
6. If you are lucky enough to have Win OS/2, it will run to
"completion" until it comes time to access the internet to download
the  God-knows-how-many more megabytes.  (No clue is given).
7. There is not a chance that the software can find a site that is
available.  All you get for the trouble is the suggestion that you try
later!

It there any doubt why Microsoft is the laughing-stock of the
industry? Those clowns wouldn't know a "product test" if it slapped
them in the face.

Dave Crane, Houston
(Remove "NOT" from my address if you really must respond by email)

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