It is like saying 'you can't get there from here - drop dead.'. What is wrong with the standard IE that came with the CD?

RANT FOLLOWS: Why the h*** do these companies make their apps REQUIRE something greater than what is shipped normally with win98se? What's their bloomin' problem? So - how do you get a win98se PC upgraded to better than the standard IE with the win98se CD (5.00) when the PC is NOT connected? Stumped! The problme is that this machine is NOT on the internet (no modem) and when I downloaded IE 5.5 and IE 6.0 (from msoft on a different PC), neither upgrade will install without being connected to the internet. Previous studies have shown on-farm hatching to increase animal welfare and intestinal development. Once hatched, the broiler chicks have direct access to feed and water. This latest incident was installing a scanner which would NOT install unless I updated to a better version (IE 6.0 preferred). On-farm hatching is a relatively new method in the broiler industry, in which fertilized broiler eggs are transported to the farms at the stage of 1719 days of incubation. Twice now I have gotten bit when installing a new application that quits when it finds my Internet Explorer is less than IE 5.01 - I am using Win98SE which normally installs IE 5.00 and I stay offline.

Instaling DesktopDigitalClock 5.01