IE6 w/ or w/o SP1 Character encoding persistently wrong

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Maria

Using W98SE, IE6 w/o SP1 or w/ SP1

Character encoding goes wrong all the time, selecting wrong character sets,
losing special characters like é and ä and û etc. plus showing red-x's instead
of pics. Have to re-adjust encoding manually all the time.

Setting to automatic or fixed does not help; encoding will still change to wrong

character set.

Re-installed and repaired IE6 SP1.

On my Compaq laptop with identical software all goes well.

Any suggestions how to cure?

Is there a covert setting somewhere overriding the proper behaviour, causing the

problem?

Maria
 
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Emrys Davies

'Maria',

I am wondering if you Character Map is corrupted.

This is worth considering:

Start > Settings > Control Panel > > Add/Remove Programs > Windows Setup
d.c. System Tools > uncheck 'Character Map' > OK.
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Have your Windows Installation disk handy.

Restart your PC > check 'Character Map' in Windows Setup > OK.

You should then hopefully be asked to insert your Windows Installation
disk so that a new Character Map can be installed.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.
 
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Maria

Emrys said:
'Maria',

I am wondering if you Character Map is corrupted.

This is worth considering:

Start > Settings > Control Panel > > Add/Remove Programs > Windows Setup

Have your Windows Installation disk handy.

Restart your PC > check 'Character Map' in Windows Setup > OK.

You should then hopefully be asked to insert your Windows Installation
disk so that a new Character Map can be installed.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.
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Thanks, will try asap!

Maria
 
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Maria

Emrys said:
'Maria',

I am wondering if you Character Map is corrupted.

This is worth considering:

Start > Settings > Control Panel > > Add/Remove Programs > Windows Setup

Have your Windows Installation disk handy.

Restart your PC > check 'Character Map' in Windows Setup > OK.

You should then hopefully be asked to insert your Windows Installation
disk so that a new Character Map can be installed.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.
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I must have put you on the wrong foot by mentioning 'special characters'
display, which may be uncommon in the US, but not in Europe.

You were referring to the special characters that you will find under the
'special characters' function, part of System Tools, that can be used in Word,
Excel etc. throughout the system.

Alas, no connection to the IE 6 Character encoding problem, which sets the
correct characterset for websites, to be displayed by IE.

Maria
 
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