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Re: PA Bear...Re: Cant repair IE 6
Forwarded to WinME General via crosspost.
Sounds like WinME was reinstalled without first uninstalling IE6 SP1 when
the machine was "refurbished (i.e., /before/ you purchased it). The folks
in WinME General newsgroup can help you fix this and get IE6 SP1 installed
properly.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
Honeysweet wrote:
> Hi PA Bear,
> Yes, thats what Im saying..in my Start \Programs, I see IE5 and not IE6.
> But it wasnt like that when I purchased the machine.
> However when I open the browser and look in the Help \ About Internet
> Explorer section, it says its
> version 6.0.
>
> Also, I bought this machine refurbished years ago, so there may have been
> at
> least
> one other owner...I know refurbished doesnt always mean previously owned
> but
> in this case,
> it probably was.
>
> Thanks again!
> Tarcia
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Opx26eXuIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> No, that's not what I meant but what you've posted brings up another
>> question.
>>
>> In your reply to my colleague Robert, you said:
>>
>>> And since you mention the version regression..I dont know why it
>>> happened,
>>> but I do notice that when I
>>> look at the version of my IE, it says 6.0, but on my program list, it
>>> says
>>> Internet Explorer 5.
>>
>> Are you saying that in Start | Programs, you see IE5 listed, not IE6? I
>> have more but I need you to answer this question first.
>>
>> Also tell me if you bought this machine brand-new and were and remain its
>> only owner.
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>> Honeysweet wrote:
>>> Hi, thanks for responding..
>>> No, I havent reinstalled Windows at any time....although I have had to
>>> system restore before..but that shouldnt do all this should it?
>>> When I look in my Add/Remove programs, I do see "Microsoft Internet
>>> Explorer
>>> 6 SP1 and Internet Tools"
>>> Is that what you mean?
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23NIKaLRuIHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> In your first thread, you state that you're running WinME.
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever had occasion to reinstall Window? If so, did you
>>>> uninstall
>>>> IE6 SP1 *before* reinstalling Windows?
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>>>
>>>> Honeysweet wrote:
>>>>> (Having a bit of trouble, sorry if this email comes through twice)
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone..
>>>>> Im hopeing someone can help me figure this out..
>>>>> I have been having trouble with the TAB button on my keyboard. I have
>>>>> already figured out it isnt the keyboard, since I purchased a new one
>>>>> and
>>>>> still the same issue.
>>>>> The TAB function works fine except for when I want to use the tab
>>>>> button
>>>>> to
>>>>> move the mouse cursor down to a "password" box to type in a password.
>>>>> The
>>>>> tab button will then make the cursor to skip the password box and
>>>>> highlight
>>>>> the "submit" or "enter" button. This only happens when I want to type
>>>>> in
>>>>> a
>>>>> password box.
>>>>>
>>>>> No one can seem to figure out why this is going on...but someone
>>>>> suggested
>>>>> I
>>>>> try to repair my IE browser.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, while I tried to do that, I got the following message:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Internet Explorer 6 could not be repaired.
>>>>> Please run setup again to reinstall all components."
>>>>>
>>>>> Now when I click details to see the rest of the message, I received
>>>>> the
>>>>> following:
>>>>>
>>>>> " Internet Explorer 6 could not be repaird due to the following
>>>>> errors:
>>>>> Version 5.50.4134.100 of MSHTMLED.DLL exists, but the version needs to
>>>>> be
>>>>> greater than 6.0.2800.1100"
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know what that means and how do I fix it?
>>>>> I did do some research and tried a fix I saw that said that file may
>>>>> be
>>>>> corrupted and called for me to copy and paste the file anew, but I
>>>>> still
>>>>> have a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance..
>>>>> Tarcia
Forwarded to WinME General via crosspost.
Sounds like WinME was reinstalled without first uninstalling IE6 SP1 when
the machine was "refurbished (i.e., /before/ you purchased it). The folks
in WinME General newsgroup can help you fix this and get IE6 SP1 installed
properly.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
Honeysweet wrote:
> Hi PA Bear,
> Yes, thats what Im saying..in my Start \Programs, I see IE5 and not IE6.
> But it wasnt like that when I purchased the machine.
> However when I open the browser and look in the Help \ About Internet
> Explorer section, it says its
> version 6.0.
>
> Also, I bought this machine refurbished years ago, so there may have been
> at
> least
> one other owner...I know refurbished doesnt always mean previously owned
> but
> in this case,
> it probably was.
>
> Thanks again!
> Tarcia
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Opx26eXuIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> No, that's not what I meant but what you've posted brings up another
>> question.
>>
>> In your reply to my colleague Robert, you said:
>>
>>> And since you mention the version regression..I dont know why it
>>> happened,
>>> but I do notice that when I
>>> look at the version of my IE, it says 6.0, but on my program list, it
>>> says
>>> Internet Explorer 5.
>>
>> Are you saying that in Start | Programs, you see IE5 listed, not IE6? I
>> have more but I need you to answer this question first.
>>
>> Also tell me if you bought this machine brand-new and were and remain its
>> only owner.
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>> Honeysweet wrote:
>>> Hi, thanks for responding..
>>> No, I havent reinstalled Windows at any time....although I have had to
>>> system restore before..but that shouldnt do all this should it?
>>> When I look in my Add/Remove programs, I do see "Microsoft Internet
>>> Explorer
>>> 6 SP1 and Internet Tools"
>>> Is that what you mean?
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23NIKaLRuIHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> In your first thread, you state that you're running WinME.
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever had occasion to reinstall Window? If so, did you
>>>> uninstall
>>>> IE6 SP1 *before* reinstalling Windows?
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>>>
>>>> Honeysweet wrote:
>>>>> (Having a bit of trouble, sorry if this email comes through twice)
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone..
>>>>> Im hopeing someone can help me figure this out..
>>>>> I have been having trouble with the TAB button on my keyboard. I have
>>>>> already figured out it isnt the keyboard, since I purchased a new one
>>>>> and
>>>>> still the same issue.
>>>>> The TAB function works fine except for when I want to use the tab
>>>>> button
>>>>> to
>>>>> move the mouse cursor down to a "password" box to type in a password.
>>>>> The
>>>>> tab button will then make the cursor to skip the password box and
>>>>> highlight
>>>>> the "submit" or "enter" button. This only happens when I want to type
>>>>> in
>>>>> a
>>>>> password box.
>>>>>
>>>>> No one can seem to figure out why this is going on...but someone
>>>>> suggested
>>>>> I
>>>>> try to repair my IE browser.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, while I tried to do that, I got the following message:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Internet Explorer 6 could not be repaired.
>>>>> Please run setup again to reinstall all components."
>>>>>
>>>>> Now when I click details to see the rest of the message, I received
>>>>> the
>>>>> following:
>>>>>
>>>>> " Internet Explorer 6 could not be repaird due to the following
>>>>> errors:
>>>>> Version 5.50.4134.100 of MSHTMLED.DLL exists, but the version needs to
>>>>> be
>>>>> greater than 6.0.2800.1100"
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know what that means and how do I fix it?
>>>>> I did do some research and tried a fix I saw that said that file may
>>>>> be
>>>>> corrupted and called for me to copy and paste the file anew, but I
>>>>> still
>>>>> have a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance..
>>>>> Tarcia
