How to Upgrade Internet Explorer to the Latest Version Other RHESSI Web Sites How to Update Windows Using Internet Explorer If Internet Explorer is installed on your system, first determine the version that you have: 1. Start Internet Explorer. From the top of the browser tool bar select ' Help'. From the drop down panel select ' About Internet Explorer'. A window will appear displaying the version number. Upgrade instructions for users with Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later versions): All other users, should skip to the instructions for below.
Save your work and close all programs on your PC. Start Internet Explorer. From the top of the browser tool bar select ' Tools'. From the drop down panel select 'Windows Update' which will display the Microsoft Windows Update web page. On the resulting web page click 'Product Updates'. Scroll down the next page and check the box next to the latest version of Internet Explorer.
My Explorer browser is considerably outdated. What's the latest version I can download that will work smoothly with my XP platform? [Original title: Internet Explorer 8]. It first launched in August 1995 and now the latest (and final) version is Internet Explorer 11; released October 2013. Internet Explorer is tightly linked to the Windows Operating System; as such, different versions of Windows can only run certain versions of. How to Update Windows Using Internet Explorer If Internet Explorer is installed on your system, first determine the version that you have: 1. Start Internet Explorer.
Do not check any other boxes on this page. (At the time of this writing, version 5.5 was the latest). Click the blue 'download' arrow.
Confirm your selection on the 'Download Checklist' web page. Click 'Start Download' under Step #3. Click 'Yes' in the 'License Agreement' window that appears. A gray panel entitled 'Microsoft Windows Update' will appear while the setup program is downloading to your hard drive. Once again, a white and blue 'License Agreement' panel will appear. Accept the agreement and click 'Next'. Choose 'Install Now - Typical set of components' and click 'Next'.
At this point an installation progress window will appear while the upgrade proceeds for several minutes. When the upgrade is complete, select 'Yes' to restart your computer.
Instructions for Netscape Users and Internet Explorer 3.0 users (or earlier versions): 1. Save your work and close all programs on your PC. Start your internet browser and go to the URL: 3. Click the blue 'Download Now' button. On the next page click the gray 'Download Now' button. 'ie5setup.exe' to your Desktop. (At the time of this writing, Internet Explorer 5.5 was the latest version).
Close your browser and locate the newly saved file on your PC Desktop. Double click the setup file to begin upgrading. A white and blue 'License Agreement' panel will appear.
Accept the agreement and click 'Next'. Choose 'Install Now - Typical set of components' and click 'Next'. At this point an installation progress window will appear while the upgrade proceeds for several minutes. When the upgrade is complete, select 'Yes' to restart your computer. After rebooting, start Internet Explorer. From the top of the browser tool bar select ' Tools'.
From the drop down panel select 'Windows Update' which will display the Microsoft Windows Update web page. On the resulting web page click 'Product Updates'.
Under the title 'Select Software' click the blue 'Show Installed Updates' button. Scroll down the list and check any applicable critical and security updates.
Do not check the box next to Internet Explorer. Click the blue 'download' arrow. Confirm your selections on the 'Download Checklist' web page. Click 'Start Download' under Step #3. Click 'Yes' in the 'License Agreement' window that appears.
A gray panel entitled 'Microsoft Windows Update' will appear while the update program is downloading to your hard drive. When the update is complete, select 'Yes' to restart your computer.
• • • • • • • • • • • Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series of developed by and included in the line of, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package that year. Later versions were available as free downloads, or in, and included in the (OEM) service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows. The browser is discontinued, but still. Internet Explorer was one of the most widely used web browsers, attaining a peak of about 95% by 2003.
This came after Microsoft used bundling to win the against, which was the dominant browser in the 1990s. Its usage share has since declined with the launch of (2004) and (2008), and with the growing popularity of operating systems such as and that do not run Internet Explorer. Estimates for Internet Explorer's market share or by StatCounter's numbers ranked 6th, while on the only platform it's ever had significant share (i.e. Excluding mobile, and not counting ) it's ranked 3rd at 7.13%, just after Firefox (others place IE 2nd with 11.84% just ahead of), as of January 2018 (browser market share is notoriously difficult to calculate). Microsoft spent over US$100 million per year on Internet Explorer in the late 1990s, with over 1,000 people working on it by 1999. Versions of Internet Explorer for other operating systems have also been produced, including an version called Internet Explorer for Xbox and for platforms Microsoft no longer supports: and ( and ), and an embedded OEM version called Pocket Internet Explorer, later rebranded made for,, and previously, based on Internet Explorer 7 for. On March 17, 2015, Microsoft announced that would replace Internet Explorer as the default browser on its devices.