# IE 5.something . . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-something/32158>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 5, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-something/32158 "2000-09-05T23:59:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-something/32158/1 "2000-09-05T23:59:38Z")

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    - Does anybody know somewhere that I can get IE5 on a CD, such as a computer magazine that comes with a CD? Some newsstand magazines have CDs every month but I can’t afford to buy them all just to check. I need to have it to update Vis Studio, and I ain’t even gonna try to stay online for the ten or twelve hours to download it. - MC

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-something/32158/2 "2000-09-06T00:04:02Z")

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You might try one of the ubiquitous AOL installation disks that are floating around everywhere. You may be able to simply install IE without turning AOL loose on your system.

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**Author:** ![JonF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JonF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonF)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-something/32158/3 "2000-09-06T00:46:00Z")

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Lord, don’t use one of those AOL disks! $10 at [Order the Internet Explorer 5.5 CD Online](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/offers/default.asp)

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**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-something/32158/4 "2000-09-06T07:28:48Z")

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Don’t use any ISP CD for that matter. They’ll take over your computer, even if you just wanted to install the browser off the CD.