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Old October 25th 05, 02:52 AM
PA Bear
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default updating Outlook Express

Ron, I strongly urge you to follow through with Noel's procedure with the
assistance of Noel and the other WinME experts at
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general, to which I'm
crossposting my reply once again.

Archived, related threads: http://snipurl.com/izda
--
~PA Bear

Ron Spruell wrote:
Ok I have read thru the web page you sent me to for uninstalling IE but I
have a couple of question thou. What are they talking about on this line
that follows:?

Download the SRIERFix from here (right-click on the link and select 'Save
Target as...)

I downloaded SRIERFix but then it said (right click on the link and select
Save Target as..) Now I know how to save target as but what link? I don't
understand. Are they talking about when I run SRIERFix there will be a
link come up that I should right click on or what?

Also I download IE v6.0 and have it on my hard drive but the artical
mentions about AOL disk and I just happen to have several AOL disk but
does that mean I can get IE off their disk?

You know I had a couple of problems with IE version 6.0 one was I couldn't
type a question mark in the URL bar and then type Microsoft or what ever
and it would bring up the search engine something trashed that and I
believe a virues or Trojon did that. I have a granddaughter and she
brought some of her former friends to my home, she knew better and they
got on some very bad web sites so I had problems. I have a firewall built
into my ADSL modem and I have a virus scanner McAfee's which I keep
current but I also keep all of these current, Adware and spybot spyware
Blaster, to make a long story short I had the protection but when they
over rode that then went to the sites that were how shall I say trouble
well my system was almost toast.

Thanks for your help PA Bear I would not have found this with out help.
What I did was re-install Windows Me on top of Windows Me to get IE
Explorer working again. I knew IE would be in the version 5 range but I
forgot I had to download each following version version until I got to a
version IE v6.0 would install on top of. I did not want nor do I now want
to use Fdisk then reformat my hard drive then reinstall windows. I would
loose all my downloaded sharware programs which I have a lot of and the
reason for my searching for an answer. On the IEradicator page they talk
like I could uninstall IE and run windows with out it which might be an
option but I bet Outlook Express wouldn't run nor would another mail
program I had and was using called, well I forgot it's name now.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Posted & mailed.

I tried to update Internet Explorer SP1 and it said I had to download
SP1 first which I had already done at least twice.


No, it said IE6 SP1 must be "installed": This is MS's round-about way of
saying what you want to install is already installed (though your
install of IE6 SP1 is damaged).

Ron, see my last reply in this thread:


http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ed787eaf?hl=en

QP
This thread so far: [ http://snipurl.com/io8x ]

If you upgraded to IE6 and then reinstalled WinME without first
uninstalling IE6, you end up with what the WinME pros call "sersion
soup", and "version soup" is most likely the cause of your current
problem (and possibly others).

The fix for this is clearly outlined on MVP Noel Paton's page,
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm. Follow the directions
exactly as written, in order.

I'm crossposting my reply to WinME General newsgroup
(microsoft.public.windowsme.general) so they'll know of your plaint and
you'll be able to find and followup in that newsgroup.

Once you get everything straightened out, OE, IE & Windows should be
able to update properly at Windows Update, Ron.

-----Original Message-----
Well I don't remember now exactly but I know I didn't uninstall
anything I just re-installed Windows Millennium. I was running the
latest version of Windows and Outlook Express then I had a computer
problem so I had to reinstall Windows Millennium after I reinstall
windows I had to keep upgrading Internet explorer until I could get it
to take Internet Explorer v6.0 and this took me some time to find the
lower version and several tries before I realized why Internet Explorer
v6.0 would not install after I had re-installed Windows Millennium.
Then after several attempts I remembered that I could not just install
Internet Explorer v6.0 after I had reinstalled Windows because the
version of Internet Explorer that came with the disk was v5.0 of
Internet Explorer but I had to go from update to update until I had a
version Internet Explorer v6.0 would install to. Then I installed v6.0
of Internet explorer. If I now have SP1 and if there is an SP2 out
there I guess that's what I need to do is try and download that and see
if it fixes outloo express. /QP
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

Ron Spruell wrote:
I found out something new this morning. I re-downloaded Internet
Explorer v6.0 sp1 which I knew I had download when I looked at the
version and it said nothing about SP1. Well it said I had alread
downloaded all the componets but I said re-download and when it did
after about 13% thru it jumped to 62% but continued to download it
looked OK. And after downloaded it said everything was OK except it
still said nothing about SP1. Well tried to download it again and
again it got to the same place and jumped to 62% again it continued
to download and looked and acted OK but it's obviously not and the
reason Outlook express isn't working right I bet. Any suggestion as
to why Internet Explorer isn't downloading right? Also I tried to
update Internet Explorer SP1 and it said I had to download SP1 first
which I had already done at least twice.

"Ron Spruell" wrote in message
news I have a problem that I can't seem to get around. I have tried to
update outlook express but can't. Everything works in Outlook
Express except when someone sends my wife an E-mail and they use
AOL and the message is 4 to to 6 deep. Then outlook says something
about can't open it because it's an exe program or something like
that. The version of Outlook Express I have is
6.00.2800.1123 Yes I know I need to update and that's the problem.
I have tried to update it and if I go to the update page and
download the latest update it looks like it works and on the web
page it says it is installed but it isn't. The next day it again
wants to download and install it again and the version number in
Outlook Express hasn't changed. Then I went to the Out look Express
home page and tried to download from there. Even thou they say its
for Me and all the others one of them I try to download came up
with a message after downloading that it's for XP. the other one
says I need to down load outlook express version 6 sp1 so what it
amounts to is I can't update Outlook express for some reason.


  #2  
Old October 25th 05, 09:44 AM
Noel Paton
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default updating Outlook Express

(thanks, Bear!)
Ron - you seems to have already done the Save part of the SRIEFix bit (I was
trying to give instructions on exactly how to download the file -
suggestions for improvement always welcome!) - you need to check that you
have run the file properly, and got the required result.
Open MSCONFIG - is there an entry for "*Statemgr" there? - if yes, then the
file has been properly installed, and you can proceed (may be a good idea to
test SR' function, though - look here for a quick test procedure
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/quiktipsr.htm )

A full install of IE6 is one of the requirements when installing AOL
versions greater than 6(?) - so they actually provide the files on the disk.

The problem with reinstalling ME over itself once IE6 has been installed is
that the reinstall does not replace all the files required, and references
in the registry remain to new files that don't exist in earlier versions of
IE - with the result that behaviour becomes unpredictable at best.

Removing IE from ME has a number of consequences (in addition to the
breakage of System Restore if you use IERadicator to do the job) -
1) Help & Support will no longer work properly (if at all)
2) You will no longer be able to access Windows Updates
3) Other functions of the OS will either become restricted, or require
redirecting to your new browser (and that can involve some hard work!)

IIRC, using IERadicator does not actually touch Outlook Express itself - but
it does allow the reinstall of IE to upgrade the OE install to current patch
levels as appropriate (I will check this out in the near future).

Reinstalling ME over is NEVER a particularly good idea - there are too many
opportunities for something to break.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Ron, I strongly urge you to follow through with Noel's procedure with the
assistance of Noel and the other WinME experts at
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general, to which
I'm crossposting my reply once again.

Archived, related threads: http://snipurl.com/izda
--
~PA Bear

Ron Spruell wrote:
Ok I have read thru the web page you sent me to for uninstalling IE but I
have a couple of question thou. What are they talking about on this line
that follows:?

Download the SRIERFix from here (right-click on the link and select 'Save
Target as...)

I downloaded SRIERFix but then it said (right click on the link and
select
Save Target as..) Now I know how to save target as but what link? I don't
understand. Are they talking about when I run SRIERFix there will be a
link come up that I should right click on or what?

Also I download IE v6.0 and have it on my hard drive but the artical
mentions about AOL disk and I just happen to have several AOL disk but
does that mean I can get IE off their disk?

You know I had a couple of problems with IE version 6.0 one was I
couldn't
type a question mark in the URL bar and then type Microsoft or what ever
and it would bring up the search engine something trashed that and I
believe a virues or Trojon did that. I have a granddaughter and she
brought some of her former friends to my home, she knew better and they
got on some very bad web sites so I had problems. I have a firewall built
into my ADSL modem and I have a virus scanner McAfee's which I keep
current but I also keep all of these current, Adware and spybot spyware
Blaster, to make a long story short I had the protection but when they
over rode that then went to the sites that were how shall I say trouble
well my system was almost toast.

Thanks for your help PA Bear I would not have found this with out help.
What I did was re-install Windows Me on top of Windows Me to get IE
Explorer working again. I knew IE would be in the version 5 range but I
forgot I had to download each following version version until I got to a
version IE v6.0 would install on top of. I did not want nor do I now want
to use Fdisk then reformat my hard drive then reinstall windows. I would
loose all my downloaded sharware programs which I have a lot of and the
reason for my searching for an answer. On the IEradicator page they talk
like I could uninstall IE and run windows with out it which might be an
option but I bet Outlook Express wouldn't run nor would another mail
program I had and was using called, well I forgot it's name now.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Posted & mailed.

I tried to update Internet Explorer SP1 and it said I had to download
SP1 first which I had already done at least twice.

No, it said IE6 SP1 must be "installed": This is MS's round-about way
of
saying what you want to install is already installed (though your
install of IE6 SP1 is damaged).

Ron, see my last reply in this thread:


http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ed787eaf?hl=en

QP
This thread so far: [ http://snipurl.com/io8x ]

If you upgraded to IE6 and then reinstalled WinME without first
uninstalling IE6, you end up with what the WinME pros call "sersion
soup", and "version soup" is most likely the cause of your current
problem (and possibly others).

The fix for this is clearly outlined on MVP Noel Paton's page,
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm. Follow the directions
exactly as written, in order.

I'm crossposting my reply to WinME General newsgroup
(microsoft.public.windowsme.general) so they'll know of your plaint and
you'll be able to find and followup in that newsgroup.

Once you get everything straightened out, OE, IE & Windows should be
able to update properly at Windows Update, Ron.

-----Original Message-----
Well I don't remember now exactly but I know I didn't uninstall
anything I just re-installed Windows Millennium. I was running the
latest version of Windows and Outlook Express then I had a computer
problem so I had to reinstall Windows Millennium after I reinstall
windows I had to keep upgrading Internet explorer until I could get it
to take Internet Explorer v6.0 and this took me some time to find the
lower version and several tries before I realized why Internet Explorer
v6.0 would not install after I had re-installed Windows Millennium.
Then after several attempts I remembered that I could not just install
Internet Explorer v6.0 after I had reinstalled Windows because the
version of Internet Explorer that came with the disk was v5.0 of
Internet Explorer but I had to go from update to update until I had a
version Internet Explorer v6.0 would install to. Then I installed v6.0
of Internet explorer. If I now have SP1 and if there is an SP2 out
there I guess that's what I need to do is try and download that and see
if it fixes outloo express. /QP
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

Ron Spruell wrote:
I found out something new this morning. I re-downloaded Internet
Explorer v6.0 sp1 which I knew I had download when I looked at the
version and it said nothing about SP1. Well it said I had alread
downloaded all the componets but I said re-download and when it did
after about 13% thru it jumped to 62% but continued to download it
looked OK. And after downloaded it said everything was OK except it
still said nothing about SP1. Well tried to download it again and
again it got to the same place and jumped to 62% again it continued
to download and looked and acted OK but it's obviously not and the
reason Outlook express isn't working right I bet. Any suggestion as
to why Internet Explorer isn't downloading right? Also I tried to
update Internet Explorer SP1 and it said I had to download SP1 first
which I had already done at least twice.

"Ron Spruell" wrote in message
news I have a problem that I can't seem to get around. I have tried to
update outlook express but can't. Everything works in Outlook
Express except when someone sends my wife an E-mail and they use
AOL and the message is 4 to to 6 deep. Then outlook says something
about can't open it because it's an exe program or something like
that. The version of Outlook Express I have is
6.00.2800.1123 Yes I know I need to update and that's the problem.
I have tried to update it and if I go to the update page and
download the latest update it looks like it works and on the web
page it says it is installed but it isn't. The next day it again
wants to download and install it again and the version number in
Outlook Express hasn't changed. Then I went to the Out look Express
home page and tried to download from there. Even thou they say its
for Me and all the others one of them I try to download came up
with a message after downloading that it's for XP. the other one
says I need to down load outlook express version 6 sp1 so what it
amounts to is I can't update Outlook express for some reason.




  #3  
Old October 26th 05, 09:49 PM
Ron Spruell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default updating Outlook Express

With all the things that will break using IERadicator can all of them be
fixed. I know it mentions fixing Restore, but help files are important as to
support my support ran out long ago but I need windows update to work so
that said can all of this be fix after I run IERadicator? Reading the web
page at the site to download IERadicator they make it sound like it's the
best thing in the world to remove IE Explorer and if I wanted to get rid of
it I guess it would be great. I have used other browers but have always come
back to IE Explorer because as you know most web pages are designed to use
it and most users use IE Explorer.

Ron Spruell


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
(thanks, Bear!)
Ron - you seems to have already done the Save part of the SRIEFix bit (I

was
trying to give instructions on exactly how to download the file -
suggestions for improvement always welcome!) - you need to check that you
have run the file properly, and got the required result.
Open MSCONFIG - is there an entry for "*Statemgr" there? - if yes, then

the
file has been properly installed, and you can proceed (may be a good idea

to
test SR' function, though - look here for a quick test procedure
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/quiktipsr.htm )

A full install of IE6 is one of the requirements when installing AOL
versions greater than 6(?) - so they actually provide the files on the

disk.

The problem with reinstalling ME over itself once IE6 has been installed

is
that the reinstall does not replace all the files required, and references
in the registry remain to new files that don't exist in earlier versions

of
IE - with the result that behaviour becomes unpredictable at best.

Removing IE from ME has a number of consequences (in addition to the
breakage of System Restore if you use IERadicator to do the job) -
1) Help & Support will no longer work properly (if at all)
2) You will no longer be able to access Windows Updates
3) Other functions of the OS will either become restricted, or require
redirecting to your new browser (and that can involve some hard work!)

IIRC, using IERadicator does not actually touch Outlook Express itself -

but
it does allow the reinstall of IE to upgrade the OE install to current

patch
levels as appropriate (I will check this out in the near future).

Reinstalling ME over is NEVER a particularly good idea - there are too

many
opportunities for something to break.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Ron, I strongly urge you to follow through with Noel's procedure with

the
assistance of Noel and the other WinME experts at
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general, to which
I'm crossposting my reply once again.

Archived, related threads: http://snipurl.com/izda
--
~PA Bear

Ron Spruell wrote:
Ok I have read thru the web page you sent me to for uninstalling IE but

I
have a couple of question thou. What are they talking about on this

line
that follows:?

Download the SRIERFix from here (right-click on the link and select

'Save
Target as...)

I downloaded SRIERFix but then it said (right click on the link and
select
Save Target as..) Now I know how to save target as but what link? I

don't
understand. Are they talking about when I run SRIERFix there will be a
link come up that I should right click on or what?

Also I download IE v6.0 and have it on my hard drive but the artical
mentions about AOL disk and I just happen to have several AOL disk but
does that mean I can get IE off their disk?

You know I had a couple of problems with IE version 6.0 one was I
couldn't
type a question mark in the URL bar and then type Microsoft or what

ever
and it would bring up the search engine something trashed that and I
believe a virues or Trojon did that. I have a granddaughter and she
brought some of her former friends to my home, she knew better and they
got on some very bad web sites so I had problems. I have a firewall

built
into my ADSL modem and I have a virus scanner McAfee's which I keep
current but I also keep all of these current, Adware and spybot spyware
Blaster, to make a long story short I had the protection but when they
over rode that then went to the sites that were how shall I say trouble
well my system was almost toast.

Thanks for your help PA Bear I would not have found this with out help.
What I did was re-install Windows Me on top of Windows Me to get IE
Explorer working again. I knew IE would be in the version 5 range but I
forgot I had to download each following version version until I got to

a
version IE v6.0 would install on top of. I did not want nor do I now

want
to use Fdisk then reformat my hard drive then reinstall windows. I

would
loose all my downloaded sharware programs which I have a lot of and the
reason for my searching for an answer. On the IEradicator page they

talk
like I could uninstall IE and run windows with out it which might be an
option but I bet Outlook Express wouldn't run nor would another mail
program I had and was using called, well I forgot it's name now.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Posted & mailed.

I tried to update Internet Explorer SP1 and it said I had to

download
SP1 first which I had already done at least twice.

No, it said IE6 SP1 must be "installed": This is MS's round-about way
of
saying what you want to install is already installed (though your
install of IE6 SP1 is damaged).

Ron, see my last reply in this thread:



http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ed787eaf?hl=en

QP
This thread so far: [ http://snipurl.com/io8x ]

If you upgraded to IE6 and then reinstalled WinME without first
uninstalling IE6, you end up with what the WinME pros call "sersion
soup", and "version soup" is most likely the cause of your current
problem (and possibly others).

The fix for this is clearly outlined on MVP Noel Paton's page,
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm. Follow the directions
exactly as written, in order.

I'm crossposting my reply to WinME General newsgroup
(microsoft.public.windowsme.general) so they'll know of your plaint

and
you'll be able to find and followup in that newsgroup.

Once you get everything straightened out, OE, IE & Windows should be
able to update properly at Windows Update, Ron.

-----Original Message-----
Well I don't remember now exactly but I know I didn't uninstall
anything I just re-installed Windows Millennium. I was running the
latest version of Windows and Outlook Express then I had a computer
problem so I had to reinstall Windows Millennium after I reinstall
windows I had to keep upgrading Internet explorer until I could get

it
to take Internet Explorer v6.0 and this took me some time to find the
lower version and several tries before I realized why Internet

Explorer
v6.0 would not install after I had re-installed Windows Millennium.
Then after several attempts I remembered that I could not just

install
Internet Explorer v6.0 after I had reinstalled Windows because the
version of Internet Explorer that came with the disk was v5.0 of
Internet Explorer but I had to go from update to update until I had a
version Internet Explorer v6.0 would install to. Then I installed

v6.0
of Internet explorer. If I now have SP1 and if there is an SP2 out
there I guess that's what I need to do is try and download that and

see
if it fixes outloo express. /QP
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

Ron Spruell wrote:
I found out something new this morning. I re-downloaded Internet
Explorer v6.0 sp1 which I knew I had download when I looked at the
version and it said nothing about SP1. Well it said I had alread
downloaded all the componets but I said re-download and when it did
after about 13% thru it jumped to 62% but continued to download it
looked OK. And after downloaded it said everything was OK except it
still said nothing about SP1. Well tried to download it again and
again it got to the same place and jumped to 62% again it continued
to download and looked and acted OK but it's obviously not and the
reason Outlook express isn't working right I bet. Any suggestion as
to why Internet Explorer isn't downloading right? Also I tried to
update Internet Explorer SP1 and it said I had to download SP1

first
which I had already done at least twice.

"Ron Spruell" wrote in message
news I have a problem that I can't seem to get around. I have tried to
update outlook express but can't. Everything works in Outlook
Express except when someone sends my wife an E-mail and they use
AOL and the message is 4 to to 6 deep. Then outlook says

something
about can't open it because it's an exe program or something like
that. The version of Outlook Express I have is
6.00.2800.1123 Yes I know I need to update and that's the

problem.
I have tried to update it and if I go to the update page and
download the latest update it looks like it works and on the web
page it says it is installed but it isn't. The next day it again
wants to download and install it again and the version number in
Outlook Express hasn't changed. Then I went to the Out look

Express
home page and tried to download from there. Even thou they say

its
for Me and all the others one of them I try to download came up
with a message after downloading that it's for XP. the other one
says I need to down load outlook express version 6 sp1 so what it
amounts to is I can't update Outlook express for some reason.






  #4  
Old October 26th 05, 09:58 PM
Noel Paton
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default updating Outlook Express

Yes, the Help &Support system will run after the reinstall of IE (but ONLY
after the reinstall!) - and AFAIK, it's in perfect shape - it's also
possible to reinstall that if it should prove necessary (it hasn't, yet)
Don't forget that you also need to reinstall all the IE patches that have
come out since the release of IE6SP1, once you've got the base install
working!


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Ron Spruell" wrote in message
...
With all the things that will break using IERadicator can all of them be
fixed. I know it mentions fixing Restore, but help files are important as
to
support my support ran out long ago but I need windows update to work so
that said can all of this be fix after I run IERadicator? Reading the web
page at the site to download IERadicator they make it sound like it's the
best thing in the world to remove IE Explorer and if I wanted to get rid
of
it I guess it would be great. I have used other browers but have always
come
back to IE Explorer because as you know most web pages are designed to use
it and most users use IE Explorer.

Ron Spruell


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
(thanks, Bear!)
Ron - you seems to have already done the Save part of the SRIEFix bit (I

was
trying to give instructions on exactly how to download the file -
suggestions for improvement always welcome!) - you need to check that you
have run the file properly, and got the required result.
Open MSCONFIG - is there an entry for "*Statemgr" there? - if yes, then

the
file has been properly installed, and you can proceed (may be a good idea

to
test SR' function, though - look here for a quick test procedure
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/quiktipsr.htm )

A full install of IE6 is one of the requirements when installing AOL
versions greater than 6(?) - so they actually provide the files on the

disk.

The problem with reinstalling ME over itself once IE6 has been installed

is
that the reinstall does not replace all the files required, and
references
in the registry remain to new files that don't exist in earlier versions

of
IE - with the result that behaviour becomes unpredictable at best.

Removing IE from ME has a number of consequences (in addition to the
breakage of System Restore if you use IERadicator to do the job) -
1) Help & Support will no longer work properly (if at all)
2) You will no longer be able to access Windows Updates
3) Other functions of the OS will either become restricted, or require
redirecting to your new browser (and that can involve some hard work!)

IIRC, using IERadicator does not actually touch Outlook Express itself -

but
it does allow the reinstall of IE to upgrade the OE install to current

patch
levels as appropriate (I will check this out in the near future).

Reinstalling ME over is NEVER a particularly good idea - there are too

many
opportunities for something to break.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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Ron, I strongly urge you to follow through with Noel's procedure with

the
assistance of Noel and the other WinME experts at
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general, to
which
I'm crossposting my reply once again.

Archived, related threads: http://snipurl.com/izda
--
~PA Bear

Ron Spruell wrote:
Ok I have read thru the web page you sent me to for uninstalling IE
but

I
have a couple of question thou. What are they talking about on this

line
that follows:?

Download the SRIERFix from here (right-click on the link and select

'Save
Target as...)

I downloaded SRIERFix but then it said (right click on the link and
select
Save Target as..) Now I know how to save target as but what link? I

don't
understand. Are they talking about when I run SRIERFix there will be a
link come up that I should right click on or what?

Also I download IE v6.0 and have it on my hard drive but the artical
mentions about AOL disk and I just happen to have several AOL disk but
does that mean I can get IE off their disk?

You know I had a couple of problems with IE version 6.0 one was I
couldn't
type a question mark in the URL bar and then type Microsoft or what

ever
and it would bring up the search engine something trashed that and I
believe a virues or Trojon did that. I have a granddaughter and she
brought some of her former friends to my home, she knew better and
they
got on some very bad web sites so I had problems. I have a firewall

built
into my ADSL modem and I have a virus scanner McAfee's which I keep
current but I also keep all of these current, Adware and spybot
spyware
Blaster, to make a long story short I had the protection but when they
over rode that then went to the sites that were how shall I say
trouble
well my system was almost toast.

Thanks for your help PA Bear I would not have found this with out
help.
What I did was re-install Windows Me on top of Windows Me to get IE
Explorer working again. I knew IE would be in the version 5 range but
I
forgot I had to download each following version version until I got to

a
version IE v6.0 would install on top of. I did not want nor do I now

want
to use Fdisk then reformat my hard drive then reinstall windows. I

would
loose all my downloaded sharware programs which I have a lot of and
the
reason for my searching for an answer. On the IEradicator page they

talk
like I could uninstall IE and run windows with out it which might be
an
option but I bet Outlook Express wouldn't run nor would another mail
program I had and was using called, well I forgot it's name now.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Posted & mailed.

I tried to update Internet Explorer SP1 and it said I had to

download
SP1 first which I had already done at least twice.

No, it said IE6 SP1 must be "installed": This is MS's round-about
way
of
saying what you want to install is already installed (though your
install of IE6 SP1 is damaged).

Ron, see my last reply in this thread:



http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ed787eaf?hl=en

QP
This thread so far: [ http://snipurl.com/io8x ]

If you upgraded to IE6 and then reinstalled WinME without first
uninstalling IE6, you end up with what the WinME pros call "sersion
soup", and "version soup" is most likely the cause of your current
problem (and possibly others).

The fix for this is clearly outlined on MVP Noel Paton's page,
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm. Follow the
directions
exactly as written, in order.

I'm crossposting my reply to WinME General newsgroup
(microsoft.public.windowsme.general) so they'll know of your plaint

and
you'll be able to find and followup in that newsgroup.

Once you get everything straightened out, OE, IE & Windows should be
able to update properly at Windows Update, Ron.

-----Original Message-----
Well I don't remember now exactly but I know I didn't uninstall
anything I just re-installed Windows Millennium. I was running the
latest version of Windows and Outlook Express then I had a computer
problem so I had to reinstall Windows Millennium after I reinstall
windows I had to keep upgrading Internet explorer until I could get

it
to take Internet Explorer v6.0 and this took me some time to find
the
lower version and several tries before I realized why Internet

Explorer
v6.0 would not install after I had re-installed Windows Millennium.
Then after several attempts I remembered that I could not just

install
Internet Explorer v6.0 after I had reinstalled Windows because the
version of Internet Explorer that came with the disk was v5.0 of
Internet Explorer but I had to go from update to update until I had
a
version Internet Explorer v6.0 would install to. Then I installed

v6.0
of Internet explorer. If I now have SP1 and if there is an SP2 out
there I guess that's what I need to do is try and download that and

see
if it fixes outloo express. /QP
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

Ron Spruell wrote:
I found out something new this morning. I re-downloaded Internet
Explorer v6.0 sp1 which I knew I had download when I looked at the
version and it said nothing about SP1. Well it said I had alread
downloaded all the componets but I said re-download and when it
did
after about 13% thru it jumped to 62% but continued to download it
looked OK. And after downloaded it said everything was OK except
it
still said nothing about SP1. Well tried to download it again and
again it got to the same place and jumped to 62% again it
continued
to download and looked and acted OK but it's obviously not and the
reason Outlook express isn't working right I bet. Any suggestion
as
to why Internet Explorer isn't downloading right? Also I tried to
update Internet Explorer SP1 and it said I had to download SP1

first
which I had already done at least twice.

"Ron Spruell" wrote in message
news I have a problem that I can't seem to get around. I have tried
to
update outlook express but can't. Everything works in Outlook
Express except when someone sends my wife an E-mail and they use
AOL and the message is 4 to to 6 deep. Then outlook says

something
about can't open it because it's an exe program or something
like
that. The version of Outlook Express I have is
6.00.2800.1123 Yes I know I need to update and that's the

problem.
I have tried to update it and if I go to the update page and
download the latest update it looks like it works and on the web
page it says it is installed but it isn't. The next day it again
wants to download and install it again and the version number in
Outlook Express hasn't changed. Then I went to the Out look

Express
home page and tried to download from there. Even thou they say

its
for Me and all the others one of them I try to download came up
with a message after downloading that it's for XP. the other one
says I need to down load outlook express version 6 sp1 so what
it
amounts to is I can't update Outlook express for some reason.







 




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