Can't get Rail Roads page to work, says I need Windows 5

Husband recently got a new job with Rail Road. Have to be able to log onto their website at home. HAVING PROBLEMS!!!!

Says the requirements are Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac OS Internet

Explorer 5 for Macintosh

Documentation for users:
To start Internet Explorer for Classic MacOS, please perform the following:

1. Open your Macintosh HD (or whatever your hard drive is named now)
2. Open the folder Applications (Mac OS 9)
3. Open the folder "Internet Explorer 5" from within the "Applications (Mac OS 9)" folder.
4. Launch Internet Explorer from within the "Internet Explorer 5" folder.

I HAVE DONE ALL THIS, I start the program at BNSF and it's not loading!

Any suggestions will be GREATLY appreciated!!!! Thanks!

I wasn't more exact about it won't load, it will load the BNSF page but when he puts in his user name and password it won't get him logged in. I know it's not the user name/password problem as we have a brother in law that has worked there for 15 years and he tried to log in on his account and can not either.

How about providing us with the year, model of your Mac and which operating system it's currently running? Also include the URL of the BNSF page.

MS Internet Explorer for the Mac is no longer supported or being developed by Microsoft. I'm sure there must be another way to access the home page of your husband's new job other than MS IE 5?

I'm very new to Mac. I know the warranty ran out in October on my Mac and it's now December. I bought it used, it's fairly new. It's a MacBook. Operating system is Mac OS X. Version 10.6.8


Here is the link to the page we are trying to get logged on to.https://www.bnsf.com/webconnect/index.html

If you are running Mac OS9, you are probably running it on a PowerPC-based Mac. Those older machines will not be able to run Windows programs via Boot Camp or a virtual machine. As chscag noted, IE5 for Mac is no longer supported and there's probably an incompatibility with his company's current IE-based remote access system and the last version of IE5 that's out there (probably based on security or encryption changes).

You might well have to buy a used Windows machine (you can get used laptops or netbooks very cheaply) - if all you need it for is just to log in via IE, you don't need much in terms of graphics or processing power. That may wind up being what you have to do. That will likely be much cheaper than buying a newer, used Mac and a copy of Windows just to run IE.

Cheers

Grab the trial version of Crossover. Should be able to install and run the Windows version of IE there. MS quit working on IE 5 for Mac back in '03.

Use the trial to make sure it works before you purchase it. Probably cheapest way if that's the only thing you need windows for.

To baldwinbulldog:

I just accessed the BNSF on line page with Chrome from my iMac running Lion 10.7.2. It even allowed me to get into the emulator. The only thing I needed to run it was a userid and password.

Your husband should have no problem running the BNSF emulator with Safari from your MacBook. Just make sure he has the correct userid and password which should have been issued him by BNSF.

Have him give it a go. If that does not work, go ahead and try what bobtomay suggested.