Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 for Windows 95 Available

Last reviewed: August 29, 1997
Article ID: Q140649

2.00 WINDOWS kbtool kbfile

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 for Windows 95

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

MORE INFORMATION

Installing Internet Explorer 2.0

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

Download the Msie20.exe file from one of the online services listed below into an empty folder.
In My Computer or Windows Explorer, double-click the Msie20.exe file you downloaded in step 1.
Follow the instructions on the screen.

Availability

You can download Msie20.exe, a self-extracting file, from the following online services:

Microsoft's World Wide Web site on the Internet
```
      www.microsoft.com/ie/download/
```

Internet (anonymous FTP)

      ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder
      Get Msie20.exe

Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

      Dial (425) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download Msie20.exe

For additional information about how to download files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

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

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KBSubcategory: msiew95
Additional reference words: 2.00 servicepack1
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Version : 2.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 29, 1997
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