Okay, the last postings have now died, lost in the obscurity of thousands of
postings. (constant problems ole32,shell32,other)

To keep it simpler to post any replies, I have assigned ISSUES. Please use
these for general comprehension purposes.

Issues 1 -Time to re-address the issues of inability to download using v4 in
either normal or from catalog for the 90???? critical updates.
Moreover, there are still the problems associated with java script (which
appears to be the v4 problem, and other sites which use java [IE
indicates/notes script errors]) and other issues (such as need to reload
(user and password) secure sites twice before entry is allowed [such as
hotmail/passport), and having to post to groups, such as this, via offline
entries.

Before recommending re-installing from scratch, I advise of the problems
associated with that. The major problem is that my program files dir is at
5.56 gig WITHOUT installer and IE installation/uninstallation files, e.g.
months of work to re-install all these programs, which ARE necessary for the
various types of work that I do, some of which requires INSTANT responses.

Been directed to or have worked through most of the supposed fixes/work
arounds found here and elsewhere (such as Microsoft troubleshooter and
Knowledge base) regarding these issues; not stating I absolutely have, as
there are several hundred(?) suggested. Moreover, dealing with apparently
several different problems, I am getting the impression that some of these
fixes/work arounds may be causing additional problems. I needn't re-address
the IE 6 issue, I hope.

Issues 2 - As an additional issue, I receive this error now when trying to
install or reinstall programs, or upgrades to existing programs:
"An installation support file could not be installed. Interface not
registered." (such as when trying to re-install the Dreamweaver 6.0 to 6.1
upgrade [MX suite])

Issues 3 - As an aside, has anyone tried to install the missing dlls called
by IE 6 to see if that corrects the errors? I do have XP available to
"borrow" these files from if that might be a viable fix. If so, how would
these files be registered, and will they cause new problems?

General aspects - So, guys and girls, what say? Let's keep this civil and
lucid, what are the best shots at fixing these problems WITHOUT several
months of apparent useless uninstallations and/or re-installations? [BTW -
thanks again Mae and others for the prior info, even if none of it helped]