OFF97: Installing IE 3.02a and Ie302y2k.exe Included in SR-2

This article contains information about Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a and the Ie302y2k.exe patch. These programs are included with the CD-ROM version of Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

NOTE: The information contained in this article applies only to Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a. If you have installed a version of Microsoft Internet Explorer later than 3.02a (for example, version 4.0), please disregard this article.

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Versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a and earlier that have not been patched contain some minor Year 2000-related issues:

• If a web site uses a cookie with a 2-digit year of "00", Microsoft Internet Explorer will recognize the cookie as expired. In this case, the browser will behave at that web site as if no cookie support is enabled. Cookies with 4-digit expiration dates, or expiration dates before and after the year 2000 work correctly.
  
  
• If a web server communicates a 2-digit year of "00" in its HTTP/1.0 header, Internet Explorer will recognize pages on that site as expired and will not cache them locally. If you browse to the site while connected to the Internet, the site will function normally, but it will not be available for offline browsing. HTTP/1.1 headers, headers with a 4-digit year, or headers containing 2-digit years before and after the year 2000 function correctly.

Before You Install the Ie302y2k.exe Patch

Before you can install the patch, you must have already installed Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a on your computer. To install Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a, double-click the Msie302.exe file located in the Valupack\IExplore folder on your Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 compact disc. NOTE: Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a is not available for download from the Microsoft web site. You can only install it from the Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 compact disc.
If you attempt to run the Ie302y2k.exe patch when Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a is not installed on your computer, you may receive the following error message:

Installing the Ie302y2k.exe Patch

Once you have installed Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02a, run the Ie302y2k.exe patch. To do this, double-click the Ie302y2k.exe file located in the Valupack\IExplore folder on the Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 compact disc.