Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 for Windows 95 Available

ID: Q140649

The information in this article applies to:

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 for Windows 95. Version 2.0 of Internet Explorer includes the following features:

Table support (including features not found in other browsers)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security
In-line video
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) news reading and posting
Background sounds
Client pull
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) cookie support
Improved user interface
RealAudio player included
Greatly increased speed
Ready to display Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) worlds, either full-screen or embedded in Web pages

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Msie20.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from
               Online Services

To install Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0, use the following steps:

1. Download the Msie20.exe file from one of the online services listed

   below into an empty folder.

2. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, double-click the Msie20.exe file

   you downloaded in step 1.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

For more information about Microsoft Internet Explorer, see the following Web page:

   http://www.microsoft.com/ie/

Note that Microsoft has also released this add-on as part of Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1.

For information about Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q142794
   TITLE     : Availability of Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1

KBCategory: kbtool kbfile KBSubcategory: msiew95 Additional reference words: 2.00 servicepack1

Keywords          : msiew95 
Version           : 2.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: December 9, 1998