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To: mr.mark who wrote (14071)	12/15/2000 9:25:10 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Mark It's in 5.5 and works if you put a new toolbar for favs within the toolbar at the bottom of ie tc

To: mr.mark who wrote (14071)	12/15/2000 9:26:58 PM
From: bosquedog	Respond to of 110652

<GGG> Oh no, another difference in operating system discussions<G> You need to get a Mac also and really confuse us.<g> I actually had never seen that box before so it probably is a new feature in IR. Bob

To: mr.mark who wrote (14071)	12/15/2000 9:32:07 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Respond to of 110652

Mark and all Thought this to be interesting and I just installed IE 5.01 SP1 over the top of IE 5.5 SP1 using the method laid out below.It's from an email written by Scott Finnie of WinMag. I had no browser under 5.5 as I did a clean reformat and install of Windows ME and 5.5 comes imbedded.I wanted to go back to 5.01 but didn't know how until now. Question: I have IE 5.5 SP1, which works well. I like the print preview feature, although overall I don't see no other significant benefits from the upgrade. While trying to download and save the older IE 5.01 SP1 (per your advice), I am unable to run the IE5SETUP.EXE without getting an error message that says "A newer version of IE is already installed." Is there a way to trick the download into running? I am NOT installing, just downloading. By the way, I especially agree with your concerns for how Microsoft is abandoning experienced users for corporate and newbie types. --Stephen Kobsa Answer: Hmmmm. Good point, Stephen. I sometimes forget that Insider Labs has about a dozen PCs configured with every version of Windows, and all are connected to a high-speed Internet connection. So I never have the problem you mention. I can always download IE from a PC with an older version. Try this for me, and please report back whether it works: Open System Registry Editor. In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE navigate to: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer On the right pane and double-click the Version icon. Copy and save the string of data there into a text file. You can revert this back after the download. DO NOT INSTALL ANY VERSION OF IE BEFORE YOU REVERT. Now, in this string data field, insert this text: 5.00.2919.6307 Click OK, and exit RegEdit. Try downloading again. --S.F.