IE 4.0 in win 95 with painful script errors

**old hickory** · 07-14-2005, 08:51 PM

I have old laptop with win 95 that I would like to use sparingly....surf net primarily. Problem: irritating script errors.

Is there an easy fix? microsoft.com no longer has upgrades for ie except the bigger ones made for more powerful computers.

Should I throw this puti in the trash can? uprgrade to win98 or win98 se?? can win 98 be bought?

"an error occurred in the script on this page.......do you want to continue running scripts on this page?"

**UncleMacro** · 07-14-2005, 11:54 PM

As I recall (this was quite some time ago) those scripting errors happened to me all the time when I was running IE 4. Unfortunately Microsoft orphaned Win95 users a long time ago. You might be able to make the messages go away by going into the security options and disabling the ActiveX or java scripting. But as I recall, that also results in lots of other messages which are basically there to nag you into enabling them again (at least for ActiveX). You can try disabling the scripting options one at a time to see if you can disable the kind of scripting which is causing the problem. But I think (again very old memories) that the errors came from javascript and that's hard to live without.

As far as other browsers go, FireFox only claims support down to windows 98. Win98 and Win95 are very similar especially if you're running Win95 SR2 so there's some chance it might work under Win95 SR2 but there's a much larger chance that it won't. There may be some other alternate browser which works for Win95. If you could get IE 5, that would probably work okay but I don't think you can download it for Win95 anymore. I found a version for Windows ME but Microsoft doesn't seem to provide a version for older versions of Windows. It used to appear on lots of CDs (not as much as AOL but almost that bad) so you may actually have a CD laying around which has that browser. But you'd still have to deal with the fact that they don't really support it very well anymore so you could have serious security problems while surfing.

You can get Win98, Win98SE, WinME CDs on EBAY but they're not cheap. And they're soon to be orphaned too.

Stu_computer · 07-15-2005, 02:42 AM

I do believe you can do this in IE4 with...

Click the following...

Tools (menu)
Internet Options (sub menu)
Advanced (end tab)

Under Browsing, do check/uncheck as shown....

[x] Disable script debugging. (checked)
[ ] Display a notification about every script error (Unchecked)

okay

**old hickory** · 07-15-2005, 12:37 PM

Stu, I tried your suggestion already and it didn't work. however, thanks

Uncle Macro...great idea...I will look for old discs etc that might have ie for win95 only higher than my 4.0. The machine i''m on right now is win95 with ie 5.5 and it works great...no scripting errors. thanks

Old Hick

Stu_computer · 07-15-2005, 03:49 PM

You can get an old version of IE5.5 SP2 Win9x or just about any other browser at this website

Stu_computer · 07-15-2005, 06:07 PM

The IE5.5 SP2 Win9x link above is to the wrong page use this one.

**old hickory** · 07-16-2005, 01:15 AM

Hi Stu,

On the site you posted do I download the big 84.1 meg file or the zipped file or...both? I downloaded the big one on another computer then tried to copy to cd then load on win95 machine....it didn't work too good.

Old Hickory

Stu_computer · 07-16-2005, 06:13 AM

The zip e55sp2_nt.zip appears to be for Win NT use only (contains dll files, this is not a full package ).

You may need a download manager to ensure that the download does not get corrupted. 84 meg is a lot of data to transfer.

**old hickory** · 07-16-2005, 10:55 AM

How about mozilla 1.7.8? Do you think that could work okay under win95?

Old Hick

Stu_computer · 07-16-2005, 12:07 PM

Yep, it supports win95

Do you have the minimum hardware requirements?

Pentium 233 MHz
64 MB RAM
52 MB hard drive space

**old hickory** · 07-16-2005, 01:02 PM

yipper....I downloaded and it seems to be okay. Now I will work on the email...I think there's a mozilla suite....cool
thanks Stu ....maybe I can keep that thing out of the trash for a while

Old Hick

07-14-2005, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
old hickory I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 39 OS: XP PRO	IE 4.0 in win 95 with painful script errors I have old laptop with win 95 that I would like to use sparingly....surf net primarily. Problem: irritating script errors. Is there an easy fix? microsoft.com no longer has upgrades for ie except the bigger ones made for more powerful computers. Should I throw this puti in the trash can? uprgrade to win98 or win98 se?? can win 98 be bought? "an error occurred in the script on this page.......do you want to continue running scripts on this page?"

07-15-2005, 02:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Stu_computer Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,460 OS: Windows	I do believe you can do this in IE4 with... Click the following... Tools (menu) Internet Options (sub menu) Advanced (end tab) Under Browsing, do check/uncheck as shown.... [x] Disable script debugging. (checked) [ ] Display a notification about every script error (Unchecked) okay __________________

07-15-2005, 03:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stu_computer Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,460 OS: Windows	You can get an old version of IE5.5 SP2 Win9x or just about any other browser at this website __________________

07-15-2005, 06:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Stu_computer Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,460 OS: Windows	oops The IE5.5 SP2 Win9x link above is to the wrong page use this one. __________________

07-16-2005, 06:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
Stu_computer Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,460 OS: Windows	The zip e55sp2_nt.zip appears to be for Win NT use only (contains dll files, this is not a full package ). You may need a download manager to ensure that the download does not get corrupted. 84 meg is a lot of data to transfer. __________________

07-14-2005, 11:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
UncleMacro TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,133 OS: Vista SP1 My System	As I recall (this was quite some time ago) those scripting errors happened to me all the time when I was running IE 4. Unfortunately Microsoft orphaned Win95 users a long time ago. You might be able to make the messages go away by going into the security options and disabling the ActiveX or java scripting. But as I recall, that also results in lots of other messages which are basically there to nag you into enabling them again (at least for ActiveX). You can try disabling the scripting options one at a time to see if you can disable the kind of scripting which is causing the problem. But I think (again very old memories) that the errors came from javascript and that's hard to live without. As far as other browsers go, FireFox only claims support down to windows 98. Win98 and Win95 are very similar especially if you're running Win95 SR2 so there's some chance it might work under Win95 SR2 but there's a much larger chance that it won't. There may be some other alternate browser which works for Win95. If you could get IE 5, that would probably work okay but I don't think you can download it for Win95 anymore. I found a version for Windows ME but Microsoft doesn't seem to provide a version for older versions of Windows. It used to appear on lots of CDs (not as much as AOL but almost that bad) so you may actually have a CD laying around which has that browser. But you'd still have to deal with the fact that they don't really support it very well anymore so you could have serious security problems while surfing. You can get Win98, Win98SE, WinME CDs on EBAY but they're not cheap. And they're soon to be orphaned too.

07-15-2005, 12:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
old hickory I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 39 OS: XP PRO	Stu, I tried your suggestion already and it didn't work. however, thanks Uncle Macro...great idea...I will look for old discs etc that might have ie for win95 only higher than my 4.0. The machine i''m on right now is win95 with ie 5.5 and it works great...no scripting errors. thanks Old Hick

07-16-2005, 01:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
old hickory I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 39 OS: XP PRO	Hi Stu, On the site you posted do I download the big 84.1 meg file or the zipped file or...both? I downloaded the big one on another computer then tried to copy to cd then load on win95 machine....it didn't work too good. Old Hickory

07-16-2005, 10:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
old hickory I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 39 OS: XP PRO	How about mozilla 1.7.8? Do you think that could work okay under win95? Old Hick

07-16-2005, 12:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
Stu_computer Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,460 OS: Windows	Yep, it supports win95 Do you have the minimum hardware requirements? Pentium 233 MHz 64 MB RAM 52 MB hard drive space __________________

07-16-2005, 01:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
old hickory I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 39 OS: XP PRO	yipper....I downloaded and it seems to be okay. Now I will work on the email...I think there's a mozilla suite....cool thanks Stu ....maybe I can keep that thing out of the trash for a while Old Hick