IE6 install on TS 2000 - HELP

[Thomas Ball]

Setting up a new TS with 2000. Wanted to upgrade the IE5 to IE6. A search
found little in the way of problems so I went ahead. The install demands a
reboot. Before allowing it I told the Ts Installer that the program was
finished installing. When the system rebooted the Add/Remove Program no
longer worked in control panel.

Tried a reinstall with no change.

This made it quite difficult to uninstall the offending IE. Suggestions in
Q265829 did not work. Finally ran w2kkexcp.exe /u and got back to IE5. It
again works!

What did I do wrong? Should I have let IE restart without responding the the
TS intall dialoge?

Do I dare do another IE6 install?

Tom

 

[Tim Hall]

Thomas,

Check your swap file size, i had the same issue, turns out that the swapfile
was greater than the 4GB limit (as i set the max registry size to heigh, it
automatically set the swapfile above the 4GB limit, and made the swapfile
unusable, dropping it to 4GB (and the max reg size fixed it)

Tim

 

[Daniel Hawthorne]

Hi,

I've upgraded IE5 to IE6 on TS2000 plenty of times
without any problems.

I manually put it into install mode: chgusr /install

Run ie6setup and when it asks to reboot just click 'Yes'.
Don't worry about changing back to execute mode.

Daniel.

 

[Thomas Ball]

I think this may be the issue. I did have issues making it happy with the
registry size and the swap size.

Will try to lower both until is seems happy and try a reinstall.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Thomas Ball]

Thanks!

Getting the swap straightened out and allowing IE to restart has resulted in
success!

Never would have thought that an IE upgrade could cripple a machine so
badly!

(Then again, SP4 destroyed one machine, leaving me feeling terrorised)

Tom

 

[Tim Hall]

No worries,

I know exactly what you mean.

Hmm, i guess its still stay away from SP4 then, i cant risk SP4 stuffing up
the server more than it is, ill have to do the dreaded R word (Rebuild).