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ME reinstall over-the-top
what all will i lose if i reinstall ME over the top as
instructed in koldbear's (RIP) article. i've IE SP6. tia |
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Apart from having to uninstall IE6 beforehand, and WMP9 also, you shouldn't
lose anything - but what would it gain you? There aren't many circumstances where a reinstall is really indicated. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "arvind" wrote in message ... what all will i lose if i reinstall ME over the top as instructed in koldbear's (RIP) article. i've IE SP6. tia |
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Noel Paton wrote:
Apart from having to uninstall IE6 beforehand, and WMP9 also, you shouldn't lose anything - but what would it gain you? There aren't many circumstances where a reinstall is really indicated. And one thing that reinstalling "over the top" will NOT do is remove unwanted spyware, parasites, trojans, viruses and all those many other things that cause problems to users. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP |
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