Uninstalling IE 6.0

[Guest]

I have a settings issue that is driving me crazy whenever I go to use my
yahoo email account. Yahoo suggests that I have a corrupted IE 6 browser and
that I should reinstall it. I tried doing so today, but the settings from my
previous installation (or whatever else is causing my problem) are still
present. How do I completely remove IE 6.0 from my computer so I can install
a truly fresh copy?
I'm running Windows 2K Professional as my OS. I've looked at Remove
Programs in the Control Panel, but I don't see IE 6 listed. I tried to
remove it as a Windows component, but that made no difference either. Can
anyone help??

 

[Gary Smith]

So far as I know, the only way to uninstall and reinstall IE6 and clear
its settings is to reinstall Windows and then reinstall IE6 and all of
the updates to everything. That's a pretty big step and should be a last
resort. What is the nature of the problem you're having?

 

[PA Bear]

What is the exact message Yahoo's giving you?

(Courtesey of MVP Mike Burgess) Several of these are known to cause the
problem:

1) Zone Alarm Pro [Private Header Info - enabled?]: Reset "Ad Blocking" and
"Cookie Control" to "medium" "Mobile Code Control" = Off

2) Symantec (ISS\NIS) [Enable Browser Privacy - enabled] Active Content -
"Allow All Scripts To Execute". Problem: some sites cannot detect the 128
bit
encryption Solution: Completely remove and reinstall NIS.

3) Any "ad blocking" software that blocks "http_referer" or contains entries
that are blocking access to the desired site.

4) HOSTS file that contains entries that are blocking access to the desired
site.

5) Cookie blocking software blocking "required" Cookies.

6) Pop-up blockers stripping header\url info.

7) WebWasher Standard Filter/URL Filter

 

[Guest]

Reinstalling Windows, etc. would be far more annoying than the Yahoo problem
itself. I guess I may just have to live with what I've got. To answer the
question, however, Yahoo mail at set intervals requires you to login with a
password before you can read your mail. In the "options/preferences" part of
Yahoo, I've always had this set to "daily" so that I'd have to go through
this extra step only once in a 24-hour period. In the last few days, though,
I find myself having to login each time I go to check my mail. This happens
only with my IBM desktop running Windows 2K. My other two laptop computers
do not do this when I go to access my mail, and one of those is also running
Windows 2K. I've looked for changes in settings, etc. but so far I've found
nothing. When I wrote to the Yahoo support people, they told me my browser
was corrupted and I should reinstall it. Any ideas??

 

[PA Bear]

This happens only with my IBM desktop running Windows 2K. My other two

laptop computers do not do this when I go to access my mail, and one of
those is also running Windows 2K.

Do you have /exactly/ the same anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware apps on
all 3 machines? Are all 3 machines located at the same place and use the
same internet connect and ISP?

 

[Guest]

Yes, the other two computers have exactly the same anti-virus and
anti-spyware applications running on them. One of them runs XP, but the
other runs the very same version of 2K. Also all three machines are located
in my house and all share the same internet connection by the same ISP.
That's what puzzles me so. I really think I must a changed some setting by
accident, but I cannot imagine what it might be.

 

[PA Bear]

Yahoo suggests that I have a corrupted IE 6 browser

Please post the exact (verbatim) error message, Joe, and see the possible
culprits listed in my first reply to this thread:

What is the exact message Yahoo's giving you?

(Courtesey of MVP Mike Burgess) Several of these are known to cause the
problem:

1) Zone Alarm Pro [Private Header Info - enabled?]: Reset "Ad Blocking"
and
"Cookie Control" to "medium" "Mobile Code Control" = Off

2) Symantec (ISS\NIS) [Enable Browser Privacy - enabled] Active Content -
"Allow All Scripts To Execute". Problem: some sites cannot detect the 128
bit
encryption Solution: Completely remove and reinstall NIS.

3) Any "ad blocking" software that blocks "http_referer" or contains
entries
that are blocking access to the desired site.

4) HOSTS file that contains entries that are blocking access to the
desired
site.

5) Cookie blocking software blocking "required" Cookies.

6) Pop-up blockers stripping header\url info.

7) WebWasher Standard Filter/URL Filter

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[Guest]

Woops! I just figured it out. I apologize for the bother to you two
respondents but I truly appreciate your willingness to help. The problem was
nothing more than a bad desktop shortcut which I recently created to access
my email. I must have made it from "My Favorites" at a time when the login
page was running.
Accessing my email, I just created a new "My Favorites" entry from which I
sent a shortcut to my desktop. Voila, the new shortcut takes me right to my
email with no login page to deal with. What a dummy I am!!

 

[PA Bear]

I love it when that li'l lightbulb comes on. <wink>

Thanks for posting back. (By any chance, are you using Yahoo Mail Beta?)

 

[Guest]

Yes indeed, that li'l lightbulb doesn't come on often enough for me, but when
it does it sure is nice. By the way, no, I'm not using Yahoo Mail Beta. I
tried it a few months ago and didn't like it. I wish I could tell you why,
but I don't remember. I switched back to old version after about a week.

Joe Rose