RE: Flash, Glitz, Images Off

Thanks, Spike.  I'm not a network admin, only a technician, and I couldn't
find the proper wording for that one.  I have never installed IE 4.0 in a
network environment for the reasons you cite below.  Either the companies
are sticking with IE 3, or going to NN 4.

Brian Sinclair
Senior Assistant Webmaster
Self-Help & Psychology Magazine
http://www.cybertowers.com/selfhelp/
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Member HTML Writers Guild, International Webmasters Association,
Association of Internet Professionals

>What most of us that DON'T use MSIE 4.x are talking about is at the 
>system or operating level. Do a normal install of Win95 and MSIE 3.x, 
>and take a snapshot of all the DLL's and other little code bits that 
>control your computer. Now install " just the browser" for MSIE 
>4.x and compare. Basically, it just took over the code calls at the 
>API level or equivalent. If you are in a corporate environment or 
>other area concerned with security type measures, you just blew a 
>large hole in your LAN. Active-X enablers, Java enablers, all not 
>obvious. 
>Spike Whiting
>Network Administrator
>Ceres LLC
>http://www.ceres-sf.com
>Spike(at)ceres-sf.com
>
>

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