Firefox
(ver 12.0)
Freeware

Windows 2000 comes integrated with the Internet Explorer browser.
Unfortunately, the last stable version of I.E. that will work on
Win2k is version 6.x, which no longer supports some of the newest 
features on modern websites.  

One modern alternative (which has the most support from 3rd party
software vendors and webmasters) is Firefox.  It is suggested 
therefore that Firefox be installed and used instead of I.E..


NOTE: You must still keep I.E. 6.x on you computer, as the 
Microsoft Updates website will ONLY be accessable to users who are
browsing with Internet Explorer.


SPECIAL NOTE: Starting with Firefox version 3.6, you will need at least 
Java version 6 Update 10 and above to run Java applications in your browser.


PLEASE NOTE: This is the last Win2k version of Firefox.


CAUTION:  During the browser wars, a bug appeared which still remains in 
all of the current popular browsers, including Firefox.  Unlike other file 
download protocols (such as FTP), Firefox ignores the File Modification 
stamp reported by the Server when downloading a file, and inappropriately 
replaces the modification stamp with the systems current time/date.  The 
only limited workaround that will save the files true modification stamp 
is to "view" the file with a Firefox browser viewer plugin (suitable for 
document files, but not executable files), and then "save" the file from 
inside the viewer.