Comments:Google phases out IE6 support

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Well I think it is a load of rubbish this I have a laptop that is my work laptop and it has Ie6 but I am a limeted account so I can't get IE7

Ask your administrator nicely. If you tell him that it is nine years old, I'm sure he'll come round. — μ 23:45, Saturday January 30 2010 (UTC)
Firefox can be installed without an admin account I believe (Its slightly more complicated). Bawolff 01:42, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Just simply install it to a directory that does not require administrative privilages. --24.113.232.14 (talk) 01:25, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That must mean you don't have any of the service packs, right? AFAIK, the service packs force an upgrade to (now IE8 - you're two generations behind!) If for no other reason than security, you should convince your admin to install the updates. --Fishy c (talk) 19:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]