From: Ellen K. 

I let my subscription lapse awhile back.   Will probably reinstate it
when I get ready to start working with .Net.

6, 5.5, same difference, it still installs it without asking where and
based on its assessment of what OS you're running... which is the OS on the
box it's talking to, which in this case is the W95 one, W2K doesn't have a
modem or firewall.

On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 19:49:04 -0400, "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message :

>Don't you have an MSDN subscription?
>
>Anyway, I'd install IE6 if I were you...
>
>- Bob Comer
>
>
>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>news:p1ljruoc8bgoi6u7vdjtjhcg284hbnoc22{at}4ax.com...
>> I can't print from IE (or anything that uses it) on the Dell box (W2K
>> sp2).  I suspect it was corrupted by the practice test CD that came with
>> one of the books I bought for preparing for the SQL Server exam.   (And
>> on top of that, the practice test was kinda useless compared to
>> Transcender.)   I went to the MS site, dutifully clicked everything I
>> was supposed to, and was rewarded with IE being reinstalled on this box
>> (W95), it doesn't give you a choice where to put it.   I see where it
>> put the install files, but it looks like they are W95-specific, so I
>> don't think I wanna copy them to the other box and try installing them.
>>
>> Is there anywhere one can obtain the install files oneself, i.e. where
>> the download site doesn't automagically determine which OS you have and
>> then install it?
>>
>> Possibly alternatively, there is a folder over there under Program
>> Files\Internet Explorer called W2K, which contains a file called
>> expinst.exe -- appears to be IE 5.5 install for W2K... but where do I
>> get SP 2 then?
>>
>> TIA     :)
>

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