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[W.C. Turner]

Hello,

All you computer gurus. Need help with a question. We got this computer in 1998. It's been called a dinosaur by todays standards. I got an email, and I've also had this window pop up on screen, when visiting various websites. The window that dropped down said; "To display this page correctly, you need to download & install the following components;

Vector Graphic Rendering (VML)
Download time; 7Min.

My computer is; Pentium (r) 32.0 MB Ram My Internet Explorer is: Version 5.002919.6307IS
Cipher Strength: 56 Bit (Update Information)
Please let me know if you need more info to answer my question, and I'll try to supply it.

If I click to "X" out of the window, I still get the information anyway, so I was just wondering if I should download this, and if it would it would further slow down my already slow dial up modem, or hurt anything otherwise?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

[Dave Arbuckle]

I remember once upon a time looking up something similar to this, but I don't remember the result.

A suggestion from someone who has played with too many computers (i.e., been my job for 20 years):

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Since the pages you are looking for display properly, there is no particular reason to make the download. If I recall correctly, it is possible that something like a company logo is what is calling for the download.

Dave

[Chuck Wintle]

You will need this to show graphics from the website. If you are using Windows 98 then it will be possible to get all the updates on the update page.

[Jim Izat]

W.C.

If you're having trouble seeing webpages correctly what I'd suggest first is upgrading your Internet Explorer to the current version. I'd be surprised if that didn't fix it. I still have a W98 machine and the new version works just fine.

Jim Izat