As ppoatt & Stapley have suggested, the correct reading is "Microsoft
Internet Explorer 6 SP1 & Internet Tools". If it is still not there
after the Repair, then...

Over-install IE. Try first without, but I believe it will request an
internet connection. Perhaps it is best to let it connect, actually. If
you don't care to get this fancy, just skip to step (c).

(a) Turn off interfering programs. Use http://www.pcmag.com/ 's
"StartupCop" or "EndItAll2". Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab".
Note what is unchecked, if anything. Then, go to the General tab &
disable the entire Startup Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking
"Load Startup...". Reboot.

(b) Perhaps, if you haven't got EndItAll2, then "Ctrl-Alt-Del" & end
task all but Explorer & Systray. If this goes badly, start again from
top, & skip it next time.

(c) "START, Find, F/F, IE6Setup.exe". Click it in the Find window.
NOTE: If you are IE5, then it's "IE5Setup.exe". If there are more
than one (I have two each), click the one in "C:\WINDOWS\Windows
Update Setup Files" or "C:\Windows Update Setup Files", as applicable.

(d) Re-enable the Startup Group. That will automatically check all
items. Go to the Startup tab & uncheck any noted in step (a). Reboot.

(e) Perhaps go to Windows Update, to see whether it now offers
criticals.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Francis Marsden" wrote in message
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| I have been getting error messages when going to certain websites :
"your
| browser is not active x enabled" (or something to the same effect.)
So I
| went into "tools"- "internet options" and clicked "enable" for all
active x
| entries. But still the webpages gave the same error message. Looking
in
| "control panel-add remove programs" , there is no longer an entry
titled
| "Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools", so I could not do the
"repair
| Internet Explorer" option. There is an entry called "Internet
Explorer
| Q831167". When I chose to uninstall that entry, the old entry
(Internet
| Explorer 6 and Internet Tools) did not come back. Doing an update via
| Windows Update website, the entry IE Q831167 came back, but not the
original
| entry which is Internet Explorer 6 and Tools. Any one know how to
get it
| back?
|
|