Internet Explorer 6

Internet Explorer 6 was introduced alongside Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and was the longest running version of Internet Explorer until IE 7's release nearly six years later. IE 6 lacks many common features such as support for transparent PNG images. This version is the last version compatible with Windows NT 4.0 (albeit requiring SP6a), Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows Me. This is the first version of Internet Explorer to also ship in x86 and x64.

Bugs and quirks

 * On Windows NT 4.0, System Properties reports "IE 5 6.0.2800.1106" (in this case for IE 6 SP1). This field is normally used to report the version of an installed copy of Microsoft Plus! if installed. This can be fixed by editing the appropriate entry in the registry: