Re: FTM2006

CM Research Services wrote: 
FTM2005 claimed that it would run on Win98, but when push came to
shove (or more accurately, when CD came to insertion) it actually
only runs with specific versions of IE (and above).

Does anyone know if the same (petty?) restrictions are in place for
FTM2006?

If you'd bothered to look at the FTM2006 web site you would have found:
System Requirements
Component Minimum Requirements
• Windows 98/ME/XP
• For Windows 98/ME; a 300 MHz Pentium, or compatible, processor and 32 MB of memory (RAM)
• For Windows XP; a 333 MHz Pentium, or compatible processor, and 128 MB of memory (RAM)
• Super VGA (800 x 600) video adapter (1024x768 recommended)
• Hi-Color (16-bit) color quality
• A CD-ROM drive (for installation only; to use the CD back up features, a CDR/CDRW is required.)
• 150 MB disk space
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later. (A full install package for IE 6 is provided if your system does not already have it.)

I suspect it just uses some of the IE components, as do many other programs. When you eventually upgrade to XP you will be stuck with IE components on your PC whether you like it or not.

You can remove the IE icon so no one can use it and continue to use Firefox.
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