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          README for Internet Explorer 5.0 Developer Preview

                              June 1998      

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               (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1998





This document provides complementary or late-breaking information 

to supplement the Microsoft Internet Explorer documentation. You 

can also look at the Microsoft(R) Web site for the latest information.



If you're looking for information about a specific program or 

component, try searching for it in the Microsoft Knowledge Base 

at http://support.microsoft.com/support/c.asp?FR=0



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CONTENTS

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

SETUP

  Installing Internet Explorer 5.0

  Running Internet Explorer 5.0 on Windows NT

  Running Internet Explorer 5.0 on a Dual-Boot Operating System

  Uninstalling Internet Explorer 5.0

  Adding or Removing the Windows Desktop Update

  Backward Compatibility with Internet Explorer 4.0



KNOWN ISSUES

APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY

 



SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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To run Internet Explorer 5.0, your system must meet the following 

minimum requirements:



- A 486 with a 66 MHz processor (Pentium processor recommended)



- For Microsoft Windows 95:

  12 MB of RAM minimum



  For Microsoft Windows NT:

  16 MB of RAM minimum



- For Microsoft Windows NT: 

  You must be running Service Pack 3 (or higher)



- 45 to 70 MB of hard-disk space (depending on installation type) 



- Mouse



- Modem



- CD-ROM (if installation is done from a CD-ROM)





SETUP

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Installing Internet Explorer 5.0

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Whether you choose to install over the network or to download the 

installation files to your hard disk, the Setup files are copied to 

your hard disk. This is so you can reinstall more quickly if you need 

to. If you want to reclaim the disk space, you can remove the Setup 

directory by double-clicking the Add/Remove Programs icon in Control 

Panel and then clicking Internet Explorer 5.0 Setup Files.



You cannot install Internet Explorer 5.0 to or run it from a 

network drive. However, you can download it to a network drive. 

To do this, you must map the network drive to a drive letter on 

your computer. You cannot download Internet Explorer 5.0 to a 

UNC path.





Running Internet Explorer 5.0 on Windows NT

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NOTE: You must have administrative privileges to install and 

uninstall this program on Windows NT. This includes having 

administrative privileges the first time you start your computer 

after installing or uninstalling.



You must restart your computer after installing Internet Explorer 

5.0. This is also true for some add-on components.



If you're running Internet Explorer 5.0 on Windows NT, you must 

set user permissions to Full Control for the Temporary Internet 

Files folder (cache). The user must have write permission in order 

for files to be stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder.



If you must reinstall Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) after 

you install Internet Explorer 5.0; you must specify when prompted 

that you do not want it to overwrite any files that are newer. 

After SP3 is reinstalled, carry out the following steps to update 

the registry:



1. Click the Start button, and then click Run.

2. Type the following: regsvr32 rsabase.dll

3. Click OK.





Running Internet Explorer 5.0 on a Dual-Boot Operating System

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If you dual boot between two operating systems that are configured

to share a Program Files folder, and you uninstall an add-on

component from one of your Internet Explorer 5.0 installations,

it will be removed from both of them. This is because the add-on

files are stored in the Program Files folder.





Uninstalling Internet Explorer 5.0

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You can uninstall Internet Explorer 5.0 by carrying out the 

following steps:



1. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

2. Click Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, and then click Add/Remove.

3. Follow the instructions on your screen.





Adding or Removing the Windows Desktop Update

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The Active Desktop is not available for users who install Internet

Explorer 5.0 on a system that does not already have Internet Explorer

4.0 with the Windows Desktop Update (Active Desktop) installed. If you

want to use the Windows Desktop Update, it must be installed prior to

installing Internet Explorer 5.0. This can be done by installing Internet

Explorer 4.0 and then installing Internet Explorer 5.0.



If you are experiencing difficulties with the Windows Desktop Update,

you can restore Internet Explorer 4.0 by using Add/Remove Programs in

Control Panel. Click Internet Explorer 5.0, click Add/Remove, and then

follow the instructions on the screen.



Once Internet Explorer 4.0 is restored, you can remove the Windows Desktop

Update by clicking the Start Menu and then clicking Run.  Then type: 

	Rundll32.exe, setupwbv.dll, IE4Maintenance

You will then see an option to remove the Windows Desktop Update.





KNOWN ISSUES

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Customized Proxy Settings Per Connection 

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Internet Explorer 5.0 provides added functionality enabling users to

configure proxy settings for each dial-up connection. When upgrading

Internet Explorer with the previous proxy setting enabled; Internet

Explorer 5.0 applies that setting to all existing dial-up connections.

This causes your existing dial-up connection to stop working properly

if that connection did not require a proxy server. 



To fix this, click the View menu in the browser, and then click Internet

Options. On the Connection tab, click the dial-up connection in the list

of available connections. Click the Settings button, and clear the Use A

Proxy Server check box. 





New FTP User Interface and Functionality

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Internet Explorer has an improved FTP user interface when direct access

to an FTP server is available. This feature allows file upload,

drag-and-drop support, file deleting, and the downloading of several

directories. If you discover an issue in the new FTP user interface that

blocks FTP functionality, the feature can be disabled by typing:

	regsvr32.exe /u msieftp.dll

in a command window while in the directory C:\Windows\System

(or C:\Winnt\System32 on Windows NT systems).



The FTP feature is new and has the following outstanding

issues in this release:



1. Progress dialog boxes are not finished for all operations.

2. The Web View HTML is not enabled.

3. The Login As dialog box does not work. Include username and password in

   the URL for now (for example, ftp://user:password@ftp.server.com/dir/).

4. In some cases an empty browser will be displayed during the downloading

   of a file if the file was double-clicked.



If you are unable to see the new FTP user interface, you are probably being

blocked by a CERN type proxy server. You can verify this by trying to connect

to the server by using FTP.exe. You can work around this issue by using a

non-CERN type proxy server, such as Microsoft Remote WinSock. 





Outlook Express Auto Select Feature

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The Auto Select feature, accessed via the Language command on the View menu,

requires that the corresponding language support files are installed on the

system. The language support files can be obtained from the Internet Explorer

5.0 Add-On Components page.





Menu Sound Events May Not Play

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The Menu Popup and Menu Command sound events may not play when you navigate

the Start menu or Favorites menu, if the Internet Explorer 5.0 Developer

Preview is installed over the Windows Desktop Update included with Internet

Explorer 4.0.





Printing HMTL Tables from Web Pages

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Tables that do not explicitly declare <TR> and <TD> tags according to current

HTML specifications may not print correctly.





Using FTP Sites via an Online Service Dial-up Connection

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Web sites that use FTP protocols cannot be accessed or viewed properly

through any online service using dial-up connection. Some FTP sites may

display a directory tree that cannot be opened, or the FTP sites may not

display as expected. Files cannot be downloaded from a Web site.  FTP sites

have also been observed causing the computer to stop responding when they

have been accessed through America Online (AOL).





Active X Controls when Using America Online, CompuServe, or MSN

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Web sites that contain Active X controls might not work properly if you use

America Online (AOL), CompuServe, or The Microsoft Network (MSN). Some controls

may not be able to be downloaded, and when you are specifically using AOL some 

Active X controls may cause the computer to stop responding.





Undo Command Does Not Work for Data <input> Fields

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The Undo command for data <input> fields is not working in this release. 

This will affect your ability to "undo" typed entries if any data

<input> fields are used.





Tab Order for Certain Controls in HTML Forms 

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Tab order for certain INPUT controls (RADIO and BUTTON) are not functioning

correctly in this release. Presing TAB to move to another control causes the 

focus to be sent to menu bands instead of to the next control in the tab order. 





APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY

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Internet Information Server After Installation

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For systems with Internet Information Server, there may be problems with

the server operation on the first restart that is part of installation process

for Internet Explorer 5.0. To resolve this issue, restart the computer after

the installation of Internet Explorer is complete.





Outlook Express Address Book Digital ID with Outlook 98 Installation

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If Outlook 98 and Outlook Express are installed, the address book is shared.

For this release, you are unable to add a digital signature to shared address

book entries. To work around this, open the Address Book, click the Tools

menu, and then click Options. Click Do Not Share. This removes the shared

address book and allows the addition of a digital signature to all address

book entries.





Traditional Chinese Windows 95 (Gold) Users

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There is a known issue when installing the Internet Explorer 5.0 Japanese Language

Pack and IME on Traditional Chinese Windows 95 systems.  Before installing the 

Japanese language support, first install the GDI patch from:

http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/support/download/gdiupd.exe





Visual Interdev 6.0 or Visual J++ 6.0 Beta Releases

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Internet Explorer 5.0 Developer Preview should not be used on the same computer

as beta versions of Visual InterDev 6.0 (March Pre-Release) or Visual J++ 6.0

(Technology Preview 1) or should be used with extreme caution. After upgrading

to Internet Explorer 5.0 Developer Preview, if you open HTML documents or active

server pages in Visual Interdev 6.0 or Visual J++ 6.0, any HTML markup past

approximately the 4,000th byte in the .html or .asp file will be truncated. The page 

will not appear correctly in the preview and editing panes. If you save the page, 

your data will be lost.  Updating to Visual Interdev 6.0 or Visual J++ 6.0 released 

versions will remove this problem. We apologize for this incovenience. For updates, 

please see the Visual Interdev 6.0 FAQ at:

http://microsoft.com/vinterdev/prodinfo/faq.htm 

or the Visual J++ 6.0 FAQ at:

http://microsoft.com/visualj/prodinfo/faq/ 