Repair Internet Explorer 6 SP2

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I have Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6 SP2. Internet Explorer is not in
Add/Remove Programs, but it is somewhat corrupt.

Since Labor Day, I had a bunch of viruses and spyware on my computer. The
only way for me to connect to the internet is in Safe Mode Command Prompt
Networking. Yesterday, the computer restored back to normal, but all system
restore points prior to yesterday were erased.

Prior to this I was able to access different websites without any problem.

Now I am getting a blank screen, or getting kicked out in internet explorer
pages.

I know it is not a Windows problem, because I was asked to try to view the
pages in firefox, mozilla.org, and/or in Netscape. These browsers have some
items disabled which only makes the pages I want to view available in IE.

How can I fix IE6SP2 without re-installing Windows?
 
designengineering said:
I have Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6 SP2. Internet Explorer is not
in Add/Remove Programs, but it is somewhat corrupt.

Since Labor Day, I had a bunch of viruses and spyware on my computer.
The only way for me to connect to the internet is in Safe Mode
Command Prompt Networking. Yesterday, the computer restored back to
normal, but all system restore points prior to yesterday were erased.

Prior to this I was able to access different websites without any
problem.

Now I am getting a blank screen, or getting kicked out in internet
explorer pages.

I know it is not a Windows problem, because I was asked to try to
view the pages in firefox, mozilla.org, and/or in Netscape. These
browsers have some items disabled which only makes the pages I want
to view available in IE.

How can I fix IE6SP2 without re-installing Windows?
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How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
Make sure your anti-virus is turned off.
The section
Windows XP and Windows XP SP1: Edit the registry and install Internet
Explorer 6
works on earlier versions of Windows.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
 
I have a similar problem, in that I can connect onto my ISP server with the
DSL modem, but, once I try to access Internet Explorer (Any browser page) it
comes back as 'cannot find page', no matter which browser page or service I
try to access. I contacted my ISP to find out more about this, and they found
out that the modem is getting connected onto their server. They recommended
that I talk to someone either at Microsoft or a support group, since this
problem does not seem to be a modem or Interner Service provider issue.

Is there are procedure to restore the prior settings or a patch that can be
used to fix this problem?

Really confused, since it was working O.K. until about a month ago.

Nickel AZ
 
NickelAZ said:
I have a similar problem, in that I can connect onto my ISP server
with the DSL modem, but, once I try to access Internet Explorer (Any
browser page) it comes back as 'cannot find page', no matter which
browser page or service I try to access. I contacted my ISP to find
out more about this, and they found out that the modem is getting
connected onto their server. They recommended that I talk to someone
either at Microsoft or a support group, since this problem does not
seem to be a modem or Interner Service provider issue.
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First eliminate any spyware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Removing some spyware can damage the Winsock stack and you may
not be able to connect to the Internet. Before you try to remove spyware,
download a copy of LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2
stacks (all Windows versions)
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsockfix for W95, W98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
WinXP:
Get WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
In WinXP SP2: You can fix Winsock by going to Start | Run and typing
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/tshoot.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
 
I read that article and some additional information on the internet. It
requires the Windows CD. I do not have the Windows CD with me.
 
....
Your symptoms are the symptoms of malware.

I read that article and some additional information on the internet. It
requires the Windows CD. I do not have the Windows CD with me.
Click to expand...

Eliminating malware doesn't require a Windows CD. <eg>


IE repair or any set of .dll registrations are unlikely to change them.

FWIW the most .dll registrations for IE available from one command
in XPsp2 is

iexplore.exe /rereg

However, there are some errors in the ieuinit.inf that it uses.
Here is an excerpt from a previous post (replying to a WS2003sp1 user)
about that:

<excerpt>
BTW if you want to try the latter there may be some typos in the
[IEReRegSection] (or whatever the equivalent is on your system):
E.g. I found the following errors on mine (mostly to do with whether
there is a DllRegisterServer entry point or just a DllInstall entry point
in each of the following modules:

%11%\comctl32.dll,NI
%11%\digest.dll,NI
%11%\inetcpl.cpl,NI (I deleted the first and left this.)
;%11%\msapsspc.dll (I actually deleted this line.)

Making those four changes allowed the whole section to execute cleanly.
</excerpt>


Another way to have a sort of repair to IE would be toinstall
(or uninstall and reinstall) the latest cumulative update for IE.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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