IE 6 install error

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I've had to re install my winXP due to some major misconfiguration (not sure what he did).
My IE wasn't working amongst other prgrms. Well, it seems pretty much everything's been fixed after the re-install,and my IE seems to be doing ok, except when i re-installed it, some of the components didn't get installed for some reason.
I can browse, and everything seems to be fine, except, I need to download my Mcafee software and it stops at the download window and does nothing.
When my pc boots up, I get a windows update msg.."Resume windows update: internet explorer and internet tools", the options are..."_yes, resume setup" and "_no, run setup from beginning,select this option if setup has failed more than once".
Well, Ihave tried to resume and tried to run it from the beginning. I keep getting another window that says, "setup was unable to install all the components. Please close all applications and try running setup again.

All my updates have been installed,I have no viruses, no hijackware,spyware and adware are updated.
The strangest thing is, I was leaving msgs from a link in my favourites at an msn newsgroup similar to this one, but i've gone back there and nothing's changed there for almost 24 hrs. No new posts or replies or anything. Not even an address in the address window(for that site anyways, the rest seem to be working). Really confusing me as it was working the other day.
While i was able to use this 'other' msn newsgroup, I was givin a cpl ideas. One was taking out the unistall information outta the IE folder, didn't work. Checkin for hijackware, etc.. . Ran the tools from my add/remove prgrms. Nothing.
I downloaded netscape.....works fine, but can't use it at Mcafee for downloads.
I'm at my wits end and ready to toss the tower

So any ideas on my IE 6 would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx
 
Pa Bear,
Sorry, I did try to post back. Appears it worked but for some reason, my browser wasn't refreshing that certain page. Couldn't figure it out. I found this page and is certainly different from the page I was originally posting at.
Anyways, I tried your recommndations and nothing seemed to help. It's not my windows update that's giving me the problem. It's the install application that came with IE package from my XP disc. I also had one downloaded from MSN and still get the same results. It did download IE 6 but apparently not all of it. The same msg about missing components keep coming up. It's the browser i'm using right at this moment. Seems to do what it's s'posed to except let me download from Mcafee.
Brings up the download wizard( at mcafee), I clik 'continue' and brings me to the download window and does nothing. stops. that's it.
I was about to try what you have in msg 4 of thread but it's not windows update that's giving me the problem.
When the missing components msg comes up, the title at the top of the window mentions 'windows update', but when i updated through my windows update in my start menu column, my updates work.(so my windows update prgrm does work)
I tried the solution that Frank Saunders had mentioned also(deleted all zero byte OEM*.inf files) and got another 'no go'.
Hope this is making sense to you
 
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