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> I beg to differ.
You can beg to differ all you like but what follows is quite unambiguous.
IE5.01 is not a supported browser for any Win 9x system however IE5.01 SP3
& SP4 continue to be supported by Microsoft but only for Win2K. Note that
the 891781 patch is NOT a browser specific patch so the availability of
this patch for Win98/98SE in no way supports your stance that IE5.01 is
still supported in Win 98/98SE but rather confirms the statement below
that critical hotfixes will continue to be provided until June 2006.
See "Product Lifecycle Dates - Windows Product Family"
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifewin. If you read Note 9 this refers
you to "Lifecycle Supported Service Packs"
(http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps) where you will find it stated
that support for IE5.01 SP2 ceased for Win98/98SE on 30 Jun 2003. Support
for IE5.01 continues however _only_ when installed on Win2k. Given this
clear statement you cannot in any way be certain that your problems aren't
the result of running an unsupported browser given that no security
patches for IE5.01 on 98/98SE have been released for some time. Microsoft
will however continue to provide critical security updates until 30 June
2006 (Note 17 in the first document) however these will only be for the
supported browser which for Win98/98SE is IE6 SP1.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com
Chas. <verktygjunk@aol.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your feedback. When I right clicked on the KB891711.EXE
> file and checked the the version tab under properties it said
> 4.10.0.2223 and the companion file Q891711.DLL said 4.10.0.2222.
> Never the less, I experienced many of the same problems reported by
> other users.
>
> Here's the Registry Keys that were installed and uninstalled:
>
> REGISTRY KEY VALUES ADDED: (4)
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{32b1db33-27b9-43b7-8904-d5352decc292} @=Windows 98
> KB891711 Update
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{32b1db33-27b9-43b7-8904-d5352decc292} IsInstalled=1
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{32b1db33-27b9-43b7-8904-d5352decc292} Locale=EN
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{32b1db33-27b9-43b7-8904-d5352decc292} Version=4.10.0.2222
>
> This shows 4.10.0.2222. Hmmm.
>
> Anyway, this system seems to be running normal again after I
> uninstalled the update. As I mentioned I had a few glitches after I
> installed the update but nothing I could pin down until I tried my
> dialup connection when I couldn't connect to Comcast Cable DSL because
> the service was down. I was able to connect to the internet once and
> then everything started acting up, freezing, not shuting down, hanging
> on reboot.
>
>> You mention using IE5.01. This version of Internet Explorer has
>> been unsupported by Microsoft for some years - maybe as many as
>> five, and could well be
> the cause of some of your >problems.
>
> I beg to differ. MS might not be officially supporting IE5.01 but they
> are still providing security updates, here's the latest from Feb 16,
> 2005:
>
> REGISTRY KEYS ADDED: (2)
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{38c91f78-0b74-451c-bcc5-95e5b3131849}
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
>
> REGISTRY KEY VALUES ADDED: (14)
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{38c91f78-0b74-451c-bcc5-95e5b3131849} @=Q891781
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{38c91f78-0b74-451c-bcc5-95e5b3131849} ComponentID=Q891781
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{38c91f78-0b74-451c-bcc5-95e5b3131849} IsInstalled=1
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{38c91f78-0b74-451c-bcc5-95e5b3131849} Version=6,1,0,9231
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> BackupFileName=C:\Program Files\Uninstall
> Information\ieupdate\ieupdate.DAT
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> BackupFileSize=61152
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> BackupPath=C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\ieupdate
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> BackupRegistry=y
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> BackupRegPathName=C:\PROGRA~1\UNINST~1\IEUPDATE\AINF0000
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> BackupRegSize=8192
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> ComponentVersion=6109231
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> InstallINFFile=C:\TEMP\IXP000.TMP\Q891781_d.inf
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Advanced INF Setup\ieupdate
> InstallINFSection=DefaultInstall
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
> UpdateInf=C:\WINDOWS\INF\Q891781.inf
>
> FILES AND DIRECTORIES ADDED: (50)
> c:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\ieupdate
> c:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\ieupdate\AINF0000
> c:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\ieupdate\ieupdate.DAT
> c:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\ieupdate\ieupdate.INI
> c:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
> Explorer\UserData\I1MPW301\oWindowsUpdate[4].xml
> c:\WINDOWS\ieuninst.exe
> c:\WINDOWS\INF\Q891781.inf
> c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\monitor.cat
> c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\msprint3.cat
> c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\Q891781_ME.cat
>
> FILES CHANGED: (32)
> c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TRIEDIT\DHTMLED.OCX
> c:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4\iuhist.xml
> c:\WINDOWS\Windows Update.log
>
> I have updated 6.x on several systems and there are a few thing that I
> don't like about it. I also have Opera, Mozilla and Firefox installed
> on several of my other PCs.
>
> I have 5.01SP2 tweaked and I've rarely had any problems with it other
> than Spyware and Hijack attempts which the later versions are not
> immune to either.
>
> Chas.