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Re: Windows Update, ie5 update, etc.

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From: Mark Tyndall
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 00:00
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Andy Mabbett wrote:
> 
[...]
> What I want to know is, can I simply upgrade using a version of ie5 for
> a magazine cover disc? How will I know I have the latest version?
> 
I'd go the cover-disc way, now.  PC+ has it, and probably some of the
cheaper mags as well.

> Is there a web site where I can download the 15Mb of files without using
> the update application, so I can do it using a different, leased line,
> account, and save my phone bill? What if I had two or more machines I
> wanted to update?
> 
Erm, possibly/probably someone will have stuck up a page with links to all
the necessary files.  If not, find an ftp mirror site - which will list all
the files.

> I don't want to start another MS is shite/ brilliant war, but what
> possible advantages are there for them in steering us towards working in
> this way?
> 
Well, aren't Micro$oft and NTL buddies now?
</conspiracy theory>

Mark..

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