Eploder 5.0 Timebomb
If like me, you downloaded a Beta version of Microsoft's Internet
Explorer 5.0, you may be hit by the expiration timebomb. I must
say that I like IE5.0 very much, but I did not appreciate the
timebomb, which in my opinion was a bit overzealous. Apparently,
in their desire to ensure that you upgrade to the working version
or due to a slipup with the Office 2000 group, a 6 month expiration
was placed in one of the dlls in the Web Folders folder.
I downloaded the beta version 30 Jan 1999, and the released version
18 March 1999. However, apparently in downloading the released version,
I did not include the Web Folders option, whereas I did include it in
the beta version. The result: 1 August 1999, everytime that I opened a
folder, a dialogue box appeared telling me that my beta version of
Office 2000 had expired and that I had to upgrade. Each time I changed the name
of a file, the dialogue box appeared eleven (yes, eleven) times.
To fix this little problem, either change the name or delete the file
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\msonsext.dll" or
download the released version of IE5.0 being sure to include the "Web Folders"
option.
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