Well both my XP & 2000 boxes say 6.x something so he must have an error
somewhere or is mis-reading the version string.
He could just d/l & re-install IE6 & then worry. Simply put he should be
using FF for everything (if not already) except MS Update if at all
possible esp on 2000 which did not benefit from most of the XP only
security updates to IE.
Tell him to boot to safe mode & run AV, Spybot, & AdAware scans to see
if anything shows up.
dhs wrote:
My older Bro says he uses IE version 6.0 -because- he says:
1. His update history indicates install of critical updates for IE6sp1, and,
2. The opening top blue banner of the IE window shows "Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.02.
But,
When he clicks Help and then About IE with the browser active, he reads the version as
IE v5.5.
His machnes both run Win2Kpro sp4. One is a Sony laptop, the other is a full PC he ordered
from some vendor. To my knowledge he has never removed/replaced the default OS sw
either machine came new with. I recall this as a problem/glitch back in 2002, but have
not seen this since.
Anyone have ideas what is going on here? Could this be some lingering 3rd-party "helper"
app still active from the machine's inception?
