PA Bear said:[Crosspost to IE General]
Reference:
How to perform a repair installation of Windows XP if a later version of
Internet Explorer is installed:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964
Since you failed to uninstall IE7 prior to doing the Repair Install, your
only recourse now is to backup your personal data, then do a format & clean
install of Windows. Please note that another Repair Install (AKA in-place
upgrade) will NOT fix this!
cf. http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps
After the clean install, you'll have the equivalent of a "new computer" so
take care of everything on the following page before otherwise connecting
the machine to the internet or a network and before using a USB key that
isn't brand-new or hasn't been freshly formatted:
5 steps to help protect your new computer before you go online
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/advanced/xppc.mspx
HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched
(after a clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/3f5afa8ed33e121c
HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched (after a
clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b
Also see:
Steps To Help Prevent Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/security/spyware/prevent.aspx
Steps to Help Prevent Computer Worms
http://www.microsoft.com/security/worms/prevent.aspx
Avoid Rogue Security Software!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/rogue.aspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com
I forgot to uninstall internet explorer 7 before reinstall windows xp, so
I
can't use IE7 or 8 now. Can anyone tell how can I fix this problem? I have
to use IE to download some windows update.
I'm so happy because I can use my Internet Explorer now. I didn't format
my
computer, I just download Internet Explorer 8 from Automatic Update and
install it automatically.I have a question, my IE not working after I
performed a reinstall of Windows xp because repair installation does not
restore earlier versions of the files in the Program Files\Internet
Explorer
folder. Therefore, the later version files for Internet Explorer will be
incompatible with the Internet Explorer 6 files that are installed in the
Windows\System32 folder when you repair the Windows XP installation. , but
why it works now?
PA Bear said:[Crosspost to IE General]
Reference:
How to perform a repair installation of Windows XP if a later version of
Internet Explorer is installed:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964
Since you failed to uninstall IE7 prior to doing the Repair Install, your
only recourse now is to backup your personal data, then do a format &
clean
install of Windows. Please note that another Repair Install (AKA
in-place
upgrade) will NOT fix this!
cf. http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps
After the clean install, you'll have the equivalent of a "new computer"
so
take care of everything on the following page before otherwise connecting
the machine to the internet or a network and before using a USB key that
isn't brand-new or hasn't been freshly formatted:
5 steps to help protect your new computer before you go online
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/advanced/xppc.mspx
HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched
(after a clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/3f5afa8ed33e121c
HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched (after a
clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b
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