If you are using Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6, you are WAY behind. Sites no longer design to suit these browsers and you’re going to get some odd looking sites. IE 6 was the worst and doubles spacing so things are often bumped way down the page. Besides that, having a browser that old can cause a security risk.

If you don’t know what you have, click ‘Help’ at the top of the page, left hand side. Scroll down to ‘About Internet Explorer’. That should tell you the version you have. Better yet, try firefox or chrome. These update more easily. But windows users do need to have IE so they can download microsoft programs that refuse to be downloaded by anything else. But keep in mind that IE is the #1 targeted browser for malicious downloads because it’s widely used.

To download the latest, which of today is IE8, just google Internet Explorer 8 download and follow the directions. You have to activate it. If you migrate to firefox, updates are much easier to install as it does so automatically saving you a lot of hassle.