Microsoft KB Archive/174485

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INFO: Differences Between 16-bit and 32-bit Internet Explorer

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Q174485

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) version 3.02

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SUMMARY
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 for Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.51 are 16- bit applications, whereas Internet Explorer 3.02 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 are 32-bit applications. There are some features in 32-bit Internet Explorer 3.02 that are not supported in 16-bit Internet Explorer 3.02. This article gives some general information on the different features supported by 32-bit and 16-bit Internet Explorer 3.02.

Please note, this article applies to Internet Explorer 3.02 only, there will be articles on different feature sets with 16-bit and 32-bit Internet Explorer 4.0 browsers as they become available.

MORE INFORMATION
The following presents a simple matrix for the major features of 32-bit and 16-bit Internet Explorer 3.02:

            32-bit Internet Explorer 3.02    16-bit Internet Explorer 3.02

Platform    Win95, NT4.0                     Win3.1, Win3.11, NT3.51 Memory      8M required, 16M recommended     4M required, 8M recommended Browser     HTML 2.0                         HTML 2.0 HTTP 1.0                        HTTP 1.0 Plug-in                         Plug-in(non full page) ActiveX controls                N/A Code download and code signing  N/A CSS                             CSS PICS                            PICS SSL 40/128                      SSL 40/128 Basic,NTLM,MSN authentication   Basic,NTLM*,MSN authentication JScript, VBScript               JScript, VBScript File upload                     File upload Java        JDK 1.02                         JDK 1.02 Applet signing                  N/A COM and Java integration        N/A Scripting and Java communication N/A MS enhancements                 N/A Mail        Internet Mail                    Internet Mail News        Internet News                    Built in browser NetShow     Yes                              N/A ComicChat   Yes                              N/A Stack&Dialer Win95 and NT RAS built in OS    ShivaPPP+FTP, TCP/IP
 * NOTE: Although the 16-bit browser supports NTLM (NT Challenge Response), the user will still be prompted for Domain credentials (username/password/domain) because the browser does not have the ability to pull these credentials from the client and pass them automatically.

Additional query words:

Keywords : msiew95 msient

Issue type : kbinfo

Technology : kbIEsearch kbAudDeveloper kbSDKIESearch kbSDKIE302