Internet Explorer 5.x

"Internet Explorer 5 Companion" -  A great site which is essentially a comprehensive instruction manual on IE5. If you are thinking of upgrading from IE4 or you already have you really need to take this journey. the site is put together by the folks at PC Plus and .net Magazine. It is really superb and the best I've come across yet.

"Take the Internet Explorer 5 Tour" - a link to the offical MS site about IE5

How To Uninstall Internet Explorer 5 - from the Microsoft Knowledge Base. So you've decided to get rid of IE5 or you need to do a reinstall of Windows 98, or you use Office 97. Look at this article first.

Download IE 5.5 the Final version including Outlook Express 5.5 from  the Microsoft download site. Also a link here to the updated Virtual Machine

Changing the Window Title Name I didn't much like seeing an ad for ZDnet. every time I opened IE5 or OLE 5. This link will take you to a page where you can do a simple registry hack to change the name to anything you wish.

Internet Explorer Powertips Homepage - created by tcc2000, this is the beginning of good things to come I believe. The author has provided some solid information about using both IE5 and OLE5

Frequently Asked Questions Internet Explorer 5 - another great site with lots of info about IE5, faqs, tips etc.

"Windows-Help.NET"   Internet Explorer 5 Tips

Err Msg: Setup Was Unable to Install All the Components - this is from the MS Knowledge base. If you are receiving the message : Setup was unable to install all the components. Please close all applications and try running Setup again. Check out this info.

Unable to Uninstall Internet Explorer After Windows 98 Setup - Warning if you run Windows 98 Setup on a computer that is already running Internet Explorer 5 Windows 98 Setup removes the ability to uninstall Internet Explorer version 5 to protect important system files.

IE5 Quick Launch Toolbar Tip - Lim Wing Hoe.  This is an excellent tip for setting up a Start button like command of cascading menus

Cannot Spell Check Messages in Outlook Express 5 - this link is to the MSKB. Thanks goes to Gary Lee Calvert for sending it to me. If you are having problems spell checking you might want to check out this site CompuBridge SpellChecker  

How Do You Clear the Memory In IE5 - Ron Diel gives us a tip on how to clear the autocomplete boxes in IE 5. This can be found in the Newsgroup Archives section

IE 5 Error APITRAP.DLL Missing - Knows98 posts this information about a conflict between CleanSweep and IE 5. This is also posted in the Newsgroup Archives section

Resetting Internet Explorer 5 Web Settings - Mark L. Ferguson gives us an answer to the question around restoring IE as your derfault web browser. this is alos found in the Newsgroup Archives section

Windows Update Site -Blank Page Displayed If Using Internet Explorer 5.0 From the Microsoft Knowledge Base comes instructions on how to deal with this annoynance if you encounter it with IE 5. You may alos want to check the Newsgroup Archives section and look for tips on trouble shooting this one from Mr.Scary