how to upgrade IE 5.0 to 5.5

[Khoshravan]

REcently I reinstalled windows2000 in my laptop which is old and cant bear
windows XP. IE version is 5.0 for this OS. Now I have problem installing
Adobe Acrobat Reader and my modem and it requires me to upgrade my IE to at
least 5.5.
(Although I cant understand the relation between Adobe Acrobat Reader and
Modem installation and version of IE).

I searched Internet but I couldnt find any solution on how to upgrade my IE
5.0.
Another problem is that, same problem arises for installing my modem so I
can not connect my laptop to Internet. I have to download the requred stuff
in other computer and copy them to my laptop. Is there any solution to
install Acrobat Reader to my old laptop?
--
Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Khoshravan" <khoshravan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:22FAF366-5499-4829-86A5-6B38EFFA715B@microsoft.com...
> REcently I reinstalled windows2000 in my laptop which is old and cant bear
> windows XP. IE version is 5.0 for this OS. Now I have problem installing
> Adobe Acrobat Reader and my modem and it requires me to upgrade my IE to
> at
> least 5.5.
> (Although I cant understand the relation between Adobe Acrobat Reader and
> Modem installation and version of IE).
>
> I searched Internet but I couldnt find any solution on how to upgrade my
> IE
> 5.0.
> Another problem is that, same problem arises for installing my modem so I
> can not connect my laptop to Internet. I have to download the requred
> stuff
> in other computer and copy them to my laptop. Is there any solution to
> install Acrobat Reader to my old laptop?
> --
> Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
> Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

IE 5.5. has come and gone. You should download and install IE6.

 

[David Webb]

You can download older versions from this web site:

Old Versions Available of Internet Explorer
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=msie

Note: DO NOT download v7.0 for your Win2K system since it's not compatible.

"Khoshravan" <khoshravan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:22FAF366-5499-4829-86A5-6B38EFFA715B@microsoft.com...
> REcently I reinstalled windows2000 in my laptop which is old and cant bear
> windows XP. IE version is 5.0 for this OS. Now I have problem installing
> Adobe Acrobat Reader and my modem and it requires me to upgrade my IE to at
> least 5.5.
> (Although I cant understand the relation between Adobe Acrobat Reader and
> Modem installation and version of IE).
>
> I searched Internet but I couldnt find any solution on how to upgrade my IE
> 5.0.
> Another problem is that, same problem arises for installing my modem so I
> can not connect my laptop to Internet. I have to download the requred stuff
> in other computer and copy them to my laptop. Is there any solution to
> install Acrobat Reader to my old laptop?
> --
> Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
> Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

 

[Khoshravan]

Thanks for your replies.
I have ver 5.0. Isn't it possible to download only the upgrade. ver 6 is
76.7 MB and very big for my slow Internet connection.
--
Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan


"David Webb" wrote:

> You can download older versions from this web site:
>
> Old Versions Available of Internet Explorer
> http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=msie
>
> Note: DO NOT download v7.0 for your Win2K system since it's not compatible.
>
> "Khoshravan" <khoshravan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:22FAF366-5499-4829-86A5-6B38EFFA715B@microsoft.com...
> > REcently I reinstalled windows2000 in my laptop which is old and cant bear
> > windows XP. IE version is 5.0 for this OS. Now I have problem installing
> > Adobe Acrobat Reader and my modem and it requires me to upgrade my IE to at
> > least 5.5.
> > (Although I cant understand the relation between Adobe Acrobat Reader and
> > Modem installation and version of IE).
> >
> > I searched Internet but I couldnt find any solution on how to upgrade my IE
> > 5.0.
> > Another problem is that, same problem arises for installing my modem so I
> > can not connect my laptop to Internet. I have to download the requred stuff
> > in other computer and copy them to my laptop. Is there any solution to
> > install Acrobat Reader to my old laptop?
> > --
> > Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
> > Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
>
>
>

 

[John John]

76.7 MB is the complete IE package for all Windows versions. The IE6
package for Windows 2000 is about 12MB. You can download only the
packgage for Windows 2000: http://www.compu-docs.com/ieadmininstall.htm
or you can ugrade it online and it will only download the needed files
and components for your Windows version.

IE 5.5 (and others) are also available for download here:
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit

John

Khoshravan wrote:
> Thanks for your replies.
> I have ver 5.0. Isn't it possible to download only the upgrade. ver 6 is
> 76.7 MB and very big for my slow Internet connection.

 

[David Webb]

Another approach would be to find someone that has the Microsoft CD for IE6 SP1
and borrow it. This CD is still available from Microsoft, but only for delivery
in the U.S. and Canada.

FWIW, here's the link to order the CD:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/ordercd/default.mspx

As an alternative, you may want to consider installing an earlier version of the
Acrobat Reader. I found the system requirements for the standard edition of
version 6.0 specifies Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher, so I assume
that applies to the reader also.

You can download version 6.0 or 6.01 from this site:

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=acrobat

Good Luck!

"Khoshravan" <khoshravan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39430A38-20E7-436A-A317-D6C72030C2A2@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your replies.
> I have ver 5.0. Isn't it possible to download only the upgrade. ver 6 is
> 76.7 MB and very big for my slow Internet connection.
> --
> Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
> Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
>
>
> "David Webb" wrote:
>
> > You can download older versions from this web site:
> >
> > Old Versions Available of Internet Explorer
> > http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=msie
> >
> > Note: DO NOT download v7.0 for your Win2K system since it's not compatible.
> >
> > "Khoshravan" <khoshravan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:22FAF366-5499-4829-86A5-6B38EFFA715B@microsoft.com...
> > > REcently I reinstalled windows2000 in my laptop which is old and cant bear
> > > windows XP. IE version is 5.0 for this OS. Now I have problem installing
> > > Adobe Acrobat Reader and my modem and it requires me to upgrade my IE to
at
> > > least 5.5.
> > > (Although I cant understand the relation between Adobe Acrobat Reader and
> > > Modem installation and version of IE).
> > >
> > > I searched Internet but I couldnt find any solution on how to upgrade my
IE
> > > 5.0.
> > > Another problem is that, same problem arises for installing my modem so I
> > > can not connect my laptop to Internet. I have to download the requred
stuff
> > > in other computer and copy them to my laptop. Is there any solution to
> > > install Acrobat Reader to my old laptop?
> > > --
> > > Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
> > > Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
> >
> >
> >

 

[GO]

Or even another approach could be to use a third-party pdf reader, there are
many out there. I'm using Foxit Reader at the moment, it works very well,
it's free of all the bloat that's become of many Adobe products, and it's
free!
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php


David Webb wrote:
> Another approach would be to find someone that has the Microsoft CD
> for IE6 SP1 and borrow it. This CD is still available from Microsoft,
> but only for delivery in the U.S. and Canada.
>
> FWIW, here's the link to order the CD:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/ordercd/default.mspx
>
> As an alternative, you may want to consider installing an earlier
> version of the Acrobat Reader. I found the system requirements for
> the standard edition of version 6.0 specifies Microsoft Internet
> Explorer 5.01 or higher, so I assume that applies to the reader also.
>
> You can download version 6.0 or 6.01 from this site:
>
> http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=acrobat
>
> Good Luck!
>
> "Khoshravan" <khoshravan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39430A38-20E7-436A-A317-D6C72030C2A2@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks for your replies.
>> I have ver 5.0. Isn't it possible to download only the upgrade. ver
>> 6 is
>> 76.7 MB and very big for my slow Internet connection.
>> --
>> Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
>> Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
>>
>>
>> "David Webb" wrote:
>>
>>> You can download older versions from this web site:
>>>
>>> Old Versions Available of Internet Explorer
>>> http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=msie
>>>
>>> Note: DO NOT download v7.0 for your Win2K system since it's not
>>> compatible.
>>>
>>> "Khoshravan" <khoshravan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:22FAF366-5499-4829-86A5-6B38EFFA715B@microsoft.com...
>>>> REcently I reinstalled windows2000 in my laptop which is old and
>>>> cant bear windows XP. IE version is 5.0 for this OS. Now I have
>>>> problem installing Adobe Acrobat Reader and my modem and it
>>>> requires me to upgrade my IE to at least 5.5.
>>>> (Although I cant understand the relation between Adobe Acrobat
>>>> Reader and Modem installation and version of IE).
>>>>
>>>> I searched Internet but I couldnt find any solution on how to
>>>> upgrade my IE
>>>> 5.0.
>>>> Another problem is that, same problem arises for installing my
>>>> modem so I can not connect my laptop to Internet. I have to
>>>> download the requred stuff in other computer and copy them to my
>>>> laptop. Is there any solution to install Acrobat Reader to my old
>>>> laptop? --
>>>> Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
>>>> Kobe University, Kobe, Japan