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IE 5.5 or 5.1 which is better?

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Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
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I`ve just switched back to 5.1 ,I was getting random lockups with IE 5.5 (had to hard reboot) on Win98 OS1 after awhile anyway 5.1 seems more stable to me no lockups what about you guys what are you using?
:)
 

JellyBaby

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Apr 21, 2000
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After hearing about problems with 5.5, I'm sticking with 5.01 until M$ forces me to upgrade (which they always manage to do somehow). Hopefully, though, M$ skips to 5.6 or something and fixes any and all buggies first.
 

Ladi

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Apr 21, 2000
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IE5.5 has been absolutely flawless for me on both machines (older NT4 - k6-2/233, 128; newer 2Kpro - celly550, 256)...

~Ladi
 

optoman

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Nov 15, 1999
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I went up to 5.5 and my suspend no longer worked on my monitor and the whole system just hung. Went back to 5.1 and all is well. Don't know what causes the problem but there is a conflict with 5.5 and something in my computer. I am also using win2k.
 

BCYL

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Jun 7, 2000
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Still using IE 5.1... heard a lot of problems with it so I am not switching yet...
 

snow patrol

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Jan 24, 2000
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No problems here with 5.5 on Win98 SE. I'm not quite sure of the differences, but it certainly seems stable and quick.
 

prodigy

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I'm just sticking with 5.1. It's working fine, and I believe in "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
 

Blayze

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Feb 22, 2000
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5.1

I have problems with 5.5. Main reason I hate Windows ME (even though I have it installed :))
 

Heretik

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Jan 12, 2000
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I know what u mean about WinME....love/hate relationship.....5.5 locks up on me randomly and gets real annoying at times. Make for real fun when trying to snipe at auctions....hehe
 

slicksilver

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Mar 14, 2000
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same here....i hate ME too...I reverted back to win98se which is by far the best OS for me....5.1 wins hands down coz. it is much more stable

Raj
 

xtreme2k

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Jun 3, 2000
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i have heard there are a few people who have scrolling-speed issues on IE5.5 when a page has flash and u wana scroll that page

it is slow as hell