Multiple IE6 frustrations

[Doug Main]

W98, PII machine. (I'm trying to build a basic e-mail, browsing, word
processing machine for someone out of an older collection of parts)

I have (after numerous back and forths) W98 with all the critical updates in
place. However, IE6 (installed over IE4 that came with the OS) is
stumbling.

In Help|About it's version 6.0.2800.1106 with SP1, and Q88923,837009, 833989
and 313829 installed. I have 824150 and 831167 standing by for
installation, but I get a dialog that says the program requires SP1 to be
installed first.

I also find the "...encountered a problem...must close" pop up just about
everytime I click on something, with various causes shown in the tech
information including mshtml.dll, urlmon.dll, ole32.dll. I also get the
white box Close/Ignore error message re: ddhelp.

I've got Firefox installed to use for downloading files and patches, but
it's gonna be guesswork about what to download. Of course, I can't get to
the windowsupdate site w/o IE and I can't use IE w/o getting to the update
site.

Any takers on how I can get this machine to function?

Many thnks

Doug

 

[Guest]

Write your 25 digit serial key number on paper.
If all fails, bootup up with a floppy or CD after you copy
C:\Windows\Options to C:\Options
Rename C:\Windows to C:\OldWin
Reinstall from C:\Options and reboot and complete all the windowsupdates
This is very quick compared to your problems if you are not an expert.

 

[PA Bear]

What does Windows Update say the machine needs, Doug? It's usually
preferable to rely on Windows Update for patches a machine should have
instead of picking & choosing ones you think it needs.

The *only* IE6 Critical Update the machine needs now is MS04-040
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889293). MS04-040 is a cumulative update
(includes the fixes in all previous ones).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

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