Win2k IE6 Download problems

[Jeff Nelson]

I have downloaded the complete IE 6 install files for Win2k (approx 12MB
worth) including all the cabs and such. When I go to install the setup
still appears to try to access the web and then it says it is installing,
yet the install progress for each step never gets above 0%, then it says
that setup failed. How can I stop it from trying to access the web during
setup, and is there a way to manually install the program?

 

[PA Bear]

Try installing IE6 SP1 via Windows Update.

After it's installed and you've rebooted, return to Windows Update for
additional updates you will need (e.g., Win2K SP4, Win2K SP4 Rollup 1).

Order IE6 SP1 on CD (US & CA only)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ordercd/ie6sp1.asp

 

[Jeff Nelson]

I have tried multiple times to install using windows update, off a CD, off
my harddrive with all the setup files there!! Everytime it acts like it
wants to access the internet to get more/same/other files, and it doen't
even hit my network connection and then fails. I need to know if there is
something I can do to the setup.inf file or someting to get it to try to
load directly from the filse I already have... HELP!!!

 

[PA Bear]

Most likely you need to install the latest WGA ActiveX Control (validate
your Windows version) before you can install the downloaded file(s). You
need to explore why the "network connection...fails".

I'd confine further posts about this problem to the Windows Update-specific
newsgroup (microsoft.public.windowsupdate), to which I'm crossposting this
reply.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Try the download package from here - says installer doesn't need to connect:
http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/software/downloads/windows/msiexpl.html

More info: http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/7.html

Others places where you can get it:

ftp://ftp.iconnect.net/pub/DOS/browser/index.html
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/6.0
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/microsoft/ie/

Note: These are much larger downloads than what you have mentioned. The
..exe file is a self-extracting file - extract all files to a single folder,
then run the ie6setup.exe file from within said folder.