Can not browse sites

[John]

Hi

I had a win xp crash, possibly due to power failure. I have repaired xp from
the original disk. Now when I enter an address such as www.google.com into
internet explorer I get the error;

'The requested lookup key was not found in any active activation context.'

What is the problem and how can I fix it?

Thanks

Regards

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi John,

What version of browser are you using (or trying to)? IE7 perchance?

 

[John]

ie6

Thanks

Regards

Hi John,

What version of browser are you using (or trying to)? IE7 perchance?

 

[JCO]

If that is the only issue, maybe you can upgrade the browser and be done
with it. However, if you have many other issue, then you may be wasting
your time. Save you data and do a fresh install.

 

[John]

Can't download ie for ie not working. Is there another place I can get it
from such as xp or office cds?

Thanks

Regards

 

[JCO]

Try using your Widows Explorer instead if IE. Just type the http://.... in
windows explorer and see if you can get the update that way.

 

[Harry Boyne]

Do you have access to another computer, and if so, can you transfer data
between the 2 (CD, Flash Drive etc.)?

If you do, download Firefox or another browser and copy it over to the
broken computer and see if it works.

 

[Guest]

If you have an XP CD? Open Control Panel. Open Add/remove programs. Click
on,at left, Add/Remove Windows components. In the window if IE is checked
,uncheck it and click "Next". There will probly need to be a reboot.
Now go back to ,Add/Remove Windows components, and check IE/"Next".
With the XP Cd in drive. This should reinstall IE.

 

[JCO]

That may not flush the registry of the incorrect or corrupted data.
May need to get into the registry and rename the IE software by putting an
"x:" in front of it (just to not delete it). Then IE will not know that
it's been installed and try to install again.

 

[John]

Hi JCO

Which one is the IE registry key?

Thanks

Regards

 

[JCO]

Do you have IE on a CD, so that can be reinstalled. If so, you can do this.
Note: Once you do this, you will not be able to get to Windows Update,
therefore, you must have a copy of IE on your HD or on a CD

Go to Start | Regedit
Make changes at 4-locations

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
Rename "Internet Explorer" to "xInternet Explorer" (or just add a 2 after
it.. anything to rename it)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings
Rename "Internet Settings" to "xInternet Settings" (or just add a 2 after
it.. anything to rename it)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings
Rename "Internet Settings" to "xInternet Settings" (or just add a 2 after
it.. anything to rename it)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings
Rename "Internet Settings" to "xInternet Settings" (or just add a 2 after
it.. anything to rename it)

Now when you reboot, your computer will think that IE is not installed and
it will automatically try to reinstall. When everything is reinstalled and
working, you can go back to the Registry and remove the entries that you
renamed earlier. This way you ensure that the registry entries have all
been freshly install.

Before you do all of this, did you try to access the Internet with Windows
Explorer (instead of IE Explorer)? If this works, you may be able to get to
the download site and get a copy of IE6 sp2.