# Internet Explorer 5.5

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 18, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969 "2003-05-18T00:23:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/1 "2003-05-18T00:23:09Z")

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Where can I get a download or a CD ROM of Internet Explorer 5.5? Microsoft no longer provides it and version 6.0 will not work with Windows 95.

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**Author:** ![citybadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@citybadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citybadger)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/2 "2003-05-18T01:02:21Z")

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You’re right, I couldn’t find it the Microsoft site. I still think its there somewhere. Anyways - perhaps an AOL or MSN CD would have it?

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/3 "2003-05-18T01:15:50Z")

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Would [this Sympatico webpage](http://www1.sympatico.ca/help/Software/IE55.html) help? Or try Tucows, perhaps.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/4 "2003-05-18T01:40:51Z")

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[Microsoft says it is not available for download and they will soon stop supporting it alltogether.](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/support/ie55exsupport.asp) You might consider installing WIN98SE which should be pretty compatible with anything you are running under WIN95 and will allow you to run IE6.

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/5 "2003-05-18T03:35:22Z")

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On a similar note, where can I download SP3 for W2K? I’m not talking about the downloader app, i mean the WHOLE BIG SERVICE PACK.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/6 "2003-05-18T03:43:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Muldoon III \*  
> \*\*On a similar note, where can I download SP3 for W2K? I’m not talking about the downloader app, i mean the WHOLE BIG SERVICE PACK. \*\*

[Here](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=687646b3-fdd7-4c6b-b1a9-8441ef2157d4&DisplayLang=en).

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**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/7 "2003-05-18T04:38:58Z")

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[http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/](http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/)

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**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/8 "2003-05-18T04:39:46Z")

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[http://browsers.evolt.org/](http://browsers.evolt.org/)

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-5-5/175969/9 "2003-05-18T20:56:09Z")

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Awesome, thank you