not taking sides (although I like Microsoft products),
IE 6 & others do much more than act as "browsers"!
And a tip, checkout jaggedonline.com UK, Fresh UI,
free & it'll allow you to separate shell.EXE & explore.EXE.
Far less crashes on the new machine running windows 98 SE.
Machine:
Asus p4s533 motherboard
2GHz Pentium 4
1GB DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)
100 GB Maxtor HD
SoundBlaster Live sound
32MB TNT 2 Pro video (getting ready for TI 4200 128 MB XFX card)
unfortunately some Microsoft setups are integrated, but there's always
(ok, almost always) a workaround. Fresh UI, Fresh diagnose are Good
things, along with Fresh download, free & very usable!
Talladega Greg
> Okay...........thanks to all who helped, thanks Phillip. I got it running
> but still decided that why it was fresh in my mind, I upgraded to XP but
> will hang onto a copy of IE6 in case anyone else runs into this, just
plain
> ridiculous IMO to NEED a certain level of internet browsing to play a
> FREAKIN' GAME !!!!! anyway, enough rant..........thanks again.
> V
> > I just moved and figured to kill some time I'd reformat. Well.....still
> > running win98 I do NOT have a newer version of IE to play F1c. SUCKS
!!!!!
> > Can some PLEEEEASE post a link to a site where I can download a stand
> alone
> > NOT setup version. I do not have online access yet and am using my GF's
PC
> > to get some updated stuff. I want to burn it so I can take it home, but
I
> am
> > on limited time.....thank you sooooo much for any help.
> > V
> > p.s. Am considering a future upgrade to XP as a result now.