Reinstall IE6? 1

[bofhrevenge2]

Hi all i've followed the instrutions in the link below but am still unable to reinstall IE6. Since editing the registry as suggested in the doc Windows tells me that IE has been uninstalled at logon but when i try to install IE6 SP1 it tells me a newer version is already installed.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378

This is a WinXP SP2 machine. The reason for the reinstall is that this PC can no longer open web pages, it can ping sites and seems to resolve the name in IE but no content ever appears.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

"Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

 

[Jay10826]

Hey there, i assume this is what you're trying to install:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6&displaylang=en

On that page, it says it was released in 2002, way before SP2 for windows xp came out, and SP2 did some modifications to IE, so thats probably the issue.

Perhaps you can reinstall SP2? Either that or switch to Firefox.

 

[bofhrevenge2]

Tried reinstalling SP2 and that didn't work. I have put Firefox on and although it's a great browser we still need IE in some situes. Look like i'll be reinstalling windows.

"Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

 

[micker377]

Before doing anything drastic, try Forum 608 - Browser Issues.

 

[linney]

Try System Restore to get back to before you first tried to uninstall IE.

Then try these.

Internet Explorer Fix

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFIX.htm

Additonally: For Windows XP IEFIX will:
* Starts IE reinstallation using ie.inf method.
* Finally, initiates SFC /SCANNOW" to restore missing system files from XP source path.

If the above fails you can use this article's (checklist) to try and fix any similar problem.

Troubleshoot Situations Where You Cannot Connect to Secure Web Sites by Using Internet Explorer in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813444

And finally there is always this. Repairing windows by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files and programs will be untouched.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp

 

[bofhrevenge2]

I've tried the SFC but not the IE fix i'll take a look.

Thanks linney

"Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

 

[bofhrevenge2]

The IE fix tool worked cheers.

"Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud