Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>
> Now I want to
> know why I would need MSIE 5.5 just to perform a simple routine that any
> old DOS 386 can easily handle by running a program small enough to fit on a
> single floppy. The correct answer of course is that Bill Gates is trying
> to pull the wool over the eyes of the ignorant consumers.
Hi Sam;
I'm just providing moral support before someone else comes up with a detailed
technical answer.
All the bad news you got is true, except I think IE4.5 will do it (or was it
NS 4.5) ? This time it isn't Billygoat, it's the system.
All the old security certificates expired at the end of the last century.
NS and IE both use security certificates supplied by an independant company
(RSA Data Security) that isn't interested in our problems.
It IS true that any old '386 can handle the security issue, it just can't
handle the new bloatware. Your only solutions are (as far as I know):
Stop using the online banking service.
Find the earliest version of NS or IE that still has a valid certificate.
Mortgage the house, swallow your self-respect, and buy the latest Window
crap box.
Go postal. oops. Scratch THAT.
- Clarence Verge
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