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Outlook Express 5.0 to 6.0 (can you believe this)
Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various
reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Kent wrote: Fixed Missing WAB DLL !!! Our system: Windows ME, Outlook 2000, Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6. (IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 were on our system when we bought it and we upgraded to IE 6 and OE 6.) After using Outlook 2000 for more than five years, a few days ago we received an error message that our Windows Address Book could not be accessed and that the WAB DLL file was missing. We were no longer able to send emails. With the much-appreciated help of Microsoft Discussion Groups participants Jim Pickering, PA Bear, Michael Santovec, Russ Valentine, Hal Hostetler, Milly Staples and JoAnne Paules and after 3 ½ days of my own research and work, the problem has been resolved. Below is the final process I used. I hope it will help someone else. 1. Research revealed that Outlook 2000 requires Outlook Express to run. Our Outlook Express 6 was (at that point) corrupt and would not launch. That appeared to be our problem. IE 6 and OE 6 are, however, no longer available on the MS website and cannot be purchased. 2. I used Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and first uninstalled OE 6. I then uninstalled IE 6 the same way. A window appeared saying that the original IE 5.5 version would be reloaded. It was. 3. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall Outlook Express on Windows Millennium. This article states that a number of steps must be followed to completely remove OE before the original version (5.5) is reloaded. Once I had carefully completed all the removal steps it told me to go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab, to check the box next to Outlook Express and then click Apply. This reinstalled OE 5.5. 4. With IE 6 and OE 6 removed and IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 reinstalled, I could again use my Outlook 2000 to send mail. 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. I was concerned that there might be a conflict since the versions of IE 6 and OE 5.5 did not match. So far, I have not had a problem and my Outlook 2000 runs fine. (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] â?oAdvanced Searchbarâ?? that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) 6. I then downloaded all available updates for IE 6 and OE 5.5. "Kent" wrote: Thanks for the info. The only problem is that in Step 3 it says: Part 3: Uninstall Outlook Express from Windows Me 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs, and then click the Windows Setup tab. 3. Under Components, scroll down until you see Outlook Express listed. Click to clear the Outlook Express check box. 4. Click Apply, and then click OK. Outlook Express is not listed in my Windows Setup Tab window. I cannot unclick the box to uninstall it because it is not listed. Now what? I have learned that the OE version I have (that is corrupt) is OE 6. I also have IE 6. Perhaps I'll try to download IE 6 and OE 6. "Michael Santovec" wrote: OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall OLEXP on Win Me http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 "Kent" wrote in message ... I'm running Windows ME and Outlook 2000. Suddenly I can no longer access my address book in Outlook. I get a missing wab dll message which is really a missing wab32.dll. I now understand that Outlook 2000 requires OE to run. I have never used OE, it is on my computer but it won't launch. It must be corrupt. I'm trying to reinstall OE (I'm guessing 5) so my Outlook 2000 will function again. I'm assuming my system came with IE5/OE5 but I'm not certain. "Michael Santovec" wrote: If you upgraded from IE5/OE5 to IE6/OE6, uninstalling IE6/OE6 will get you back to version 5. Otherwise you'd have to install IE5 which includes OE5. And that's going to be a mess. It's not even an option for newer versions of Windows which came with IE6. Why do you need OE 5? If you have some data files from OE5, OE6 can read them "Kent" wrote in message news I need a copy of OE 5.0. Do you know where I can get one or can I purchase one from you? my email is . |
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Outlook Express 5.0 to 6.0 (can you believe this)
Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page you
referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6 including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6 site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both would Windows Update upgrade both to 6? "PA Bear" wrote: Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Kent wrote: Fixed Missing WAB DLL !!! Our system: Windows ME, Outlook 2000, Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6. (IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 were on our system when we bought it and we upgraded to IE 6 and OE 6.) After using Outlook 2000 for more than five years, a few days ago we received an error message that our Windows Address Book could not be accessed and that the WAB DLL file was missing. We were no longer able to send emails. With the much-appreciated help of Microsoft Discussion Groups participants Jim Pickering, PA Bear, Michael Santovec, Russ Valentine, Hal Hostetler, Milly Staples and JoAnne Paules and after 3 ½ days of my own research and work, the problem has been resolved. Below is the final process I used. I hope it will help someone else. 1. Research revealed that Outlook 2000 requires Outlook Express to run. Our Outlook Express 6 was (at that point) corrupt and would not launch. That appeared to be our problem. IE 6 and OE 6 are, however, no longer available on the MS website and cannot be purchased. 2. I used Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and first uninstalled OE 6. I then uninstalled IE 6 the same way. A window appeared saying that the original IE 5.5 version would be reloaded. It was. 3. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall Outlook Express on Windows Millennium. This article states that a number of steps must be followed to completely remove OE before the original version (5.5) is reloaded. Once I had carefully completed all the removal steps it told me to go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab, to check the box next to Outlook Express and then click Apply. This reinstalled OE 5.5. 4. With IE 6 and OE 6 removed and IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 reinstalled, I could again use my Outlook 2000 to send mail. 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. I was concerned that there might be a conflict since the versions of IE 6 and OE 5.5 did not match. So far, I have not had a problem and my Outlook 2000 runs fine. (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] â?oAdvanced Searchbarâ?� that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) 6. I then downloaded all available updates for IE 6 and OE 5.5. "Kent" wrote: Thanks for the info. The only problem is that in Step 3 it says: Part 3: Uninstall Outlook Express from Windows Me 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs, and then click the Windows Setup tab. 3. Under Components, scroll down until you see Outlook Express listed. Click to clear the Outlook Express check box. 4. Click Apply, and then click OK. Outlook Express is not listed in my Windows Setup Tab window. I cannot unclick the box to uninstall it because it is not listed. Now what? I have learned that the OE version I have (that is corrupt) is OE 6. I also have IE 6. Perhaps I'll try to download IE 6 and OE 6. "Michael Santovec" wrote: OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall OLEXP on Win Me http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 "Kent" wrote in message ... I'm running Windows ME and Outlook 2000. Suddenly I can no longer access my address book in Outlook. I get a missing wab dll message which is really a missing wab32.dll. I now understand that Outlook 2000 requires OE to run. I have never used OE, it is on my computer but it won't launch. It must be corrupt. I'm trying to reinstall OE (I'm guessing 5) so my Outlook 2000 will function again. I'm assuming my system came with IE5/OE5 but I'm not certain. "Michael Santovec" wrote: If you upgraded from IE5/OE5 to IE6/OE6, uninstalling IE6/OE6 will get you back to version 5. Otherwise you'd have to install IE5 which includes OE5. And that's going to be a mess. It's not even an option for newer versions of Windows which came with IE6. Why do you need OE 5? If you have some data files from OE5, OE6 can read them "Kent" wrote in message news I need a copy of OE 5.0. Do you know where I can get one or can I purchase one from you? my email is . |
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Outlook Express 5.0 to 6.0 (can you believe this)
Kent, I don't know where to start to unravel all of this, short of backing
up your personal data, /formatting/ and reinstalling WinME. I think it'd be best to leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME General newsgroup as you'll get the best help there. I see that you've managed to continue the crossposting to the other newsgroups. Good! Should the WinME guys choose to eliminate the crossposting to Win98.Internet.OE and OE6 newsgroups, we certainly wouldn't mind. If you lose your way to WinME general, you can bookmark and use the following link to get the http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsme.general [This thread in Google Groups archive: http://tinyurl.com/r29wx] Best of luck! -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Kent wrote: Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page you referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6 including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6 site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both would Windows Update upgrade both to 6? "PA Bear" wrote: Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). Kent wrote: Fixed Missing WAB DLL !!! Our system: Windows ME, Outlook 2000, Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6. (IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 were on our system when we bought it and we upgraded to IE 6 and OE 6.) After using Outlook 2000 for more than five years, a few days ago we received an error message that our Windows Address Book could not be accessed and that the WAB DLL file was missing. We were no longer able to send emails. With the much-appreciated help of Microsoft Discussion Groups participants Jim Pickering, PA Bear, Michael Santovec, Russ Valentine, Hal Hostetler, Milly Staples and JoAnne Paules and after 3 Ă,½ days of my own research and work, the problem has been resolved. Below is the final process I used. I hope it will help someone else. 1. Research revealed that Outlook 2000 requires Outlook Express to run. Our Outlook Express 6 was (at that point) corrupt and would not launch. That appeared to be our problem. IE 6 and OE 6 are, however, no longer available on the MS website and cannot be purchased. 2. I used Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and first uninstalled OE 6. I then uninstalled IE 6 the same way. A window appeared saying that the original IE 5.5 version would be reloaded. It was. 3. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall Outlook Express on Windows Millennium. This article states that a number of steps must be followed to completely remove OE before the original version (5.5) is reloaded. Once I had carefully completed all the removal steps it told me to go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab, to check the box next to Outlook Express and then click Apply. This reinstalled OE 5.5. 4. With IE 6 and OE 6 removed and IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 reinstalled, I could again use my Outlook 2000 to send mail. 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. I was concerned that there might be a conflict since the versions of IE 6 and OE 5.5 did not match. So far, I have not had a problem and my Outlook 2000 runs fine. (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] â?oAdvanced Searchbarâ?Â? that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) 6. I then downloaded all available updates for IE 6 and OE 5.5. "Kent" wrote: Thanks for the info. The only problem is that in Step 3 it says: Part 3: Uninstall Outlook Express from Windows Me 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs, and then click the Windows Setup tab. 3. Under Components, scroll down until you see Outlook Express listed. Click to clear the Outlook Express check box. 4. Click Apply, and then click OK. Outlook Express is not listed in my Windows Setup Tab window. I cannot unclick the box to uninstall it because it is not listed. Now what? I have learned that the OE version I have (that is corrupt) is OE 6. I also have IE 6. Perhaps I'll try to download IE 6 and OE 6. "Michael Santovec" wrote: OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall OLEXP on Win Me http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 "Kent" wrote in message ... I'm running Windows ME and Outlook 2000. Suddenly I can no longer access my address book in Outlook. I get a missing wab dll message which is really a missing wab32.dll. I now understand that Outlook 2000 requires OE to run. I have never used OE, it is on my computer but it won't launch. It must be corrupt. I'm trying to reinstall OE (I'm guessing 5) so my Outlook 2000 will function again. I'm assuming my system came with IE5/OE5 but I'm not certain. "Michael Santovec" wrote: If you upgraded from IE5/OE5 to IE6/OE6, uninstalling IE6/OE6 will get you back to version 5. Otherwise you'd have to install IE5 which includes OE5. And that's going to be a mess. It's not even an option for newer versions of Windows which came with IE6. Why do you need OE 5? If you have some data files from OE5, OE6 can read them "Kent" wrote in message news I need a copy of OE 5.0. Do you know where I can get one or can I purchase one from you? my email is . snip |
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Outlook Express 5.0 to 6.0 (can you believe this)
[Crossposting eliminated]
He's all yours, boys & girls! -- ~PAŢ PA Bear wrote: Kent, I don't know where to start to unravel all of this, short of backing up your personal data, /formatting/ and reinstalling WinME. I think it'd be best to leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME General newsgroup as you'll get the best help there. I see that you've managed to continue the crossposting to the other newsgroups. Good! Should the WinME guys choose to eliminate the crossposting to Win98.Internet.OE and OE6 newsgroups, we certainly wouldn't mind. If you lose your way to WinME general, you can bookmark and use the following link to get the http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsme.general [This thread in Google Groups archive: http://tinyurl.com/r29wx] Best of luck! Kent wrote: Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page you referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6 including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6 site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both would Windows Update upgrade both to 6? "PA Bear" wrote: Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). Kent wrote: Fixed Missing WAB DLL !!! Our system: Windows ME, Outlook 2000, Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6. (IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 were on our system when we bought it and we upgraded to IE 6 and OE 6.) After using Outlook 2000 for more than five years, a few days ago we received an error message that our Windows Address Book could not be accessed and that the WAB DLL file was missing. We were no longer able to send emails. With the much-appreciated help of Microsoft Discussion Groups participants Jim Pickering, PA Bear, Michael Santovec, Russ Valentine, Hal Hostetler, Milly Staples and JoAnne Paules and after 3 Ă,½ days of my own research and work, the problem has been resolved. Below is the final process I used. I hope it will help someone else. 1. Research revealed that Outlook 2000 requires Outlook Express to run. Our Outlook Express 6 was (at that point) corrupt and would not launch. That appeared to be our problem. IE 6 and OE 6 are, however, no longer available on the MS website and cannot be purchased. 2. I used Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and first uninstalled OE 6. I then uninstalled IE 6 the same way. A window appeared saying that the original IE 5.5 version would be reloaded. It was. 3. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall Outlook Express on Windows Millennium. This article states that a number of steps must be followed to completely remove OE before the original version (5.5) is reloaded. Once I had carefully completed all the removal steps it told me to go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab, to check the box next to Outlook Express and then click Apply. This reinstalled OE 5.5. 4. With IE 6 and OE 6 removed and IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 reinstalled, I could again use my Outlook 2000 to send mail. 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. I was concerned that there might be a conflict since the versions of IE 6 and OE 5.5 did not match. So far, I have not had a problem and my Outlook 2000 runs fine. (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] â?oAdvanced Searchbarâ?Â? that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) 6. I then downloaded all available updates for IE 6 and OE 5.5. "Kent" wrote: Thanks for the info. The only problem is that in Step 3 it says: Part 3: Uninstall Outlook Express from Windows Me 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs, and then click the Windows Setup tab. 3. Under Components, scroll down until you see Outlook Express listed. Click to clear the Outlook Express check box. 4. Click Apply, and then click OK. Outlook Express is not listed in my Windows Setup Tab window. I cannot unclick the box to uninstall it because it is not listed. Now what? I have learned that the OE version I have (that is corrupt) is OE 6. I also have IE 6. Perhaps I'll try to download IE 6 and OE 6. "Michael Santovec" wrote: OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall OLEXP on Win Me http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 "Kent" wrote in message ... I'm running Windows ME and Outlook 2000. Suddenly I can no longer access my address book in Outlook. I get a missing wab dll message which is really a missing wab32.dll. I now understand that Outlook 2000 requires OE to run. I have never used OE, it is on my computer but it won't launch. It must be corrupt. I'm trying to reinstall OE (I'm guessing 5) so my Outlook 2000 will function again. I'm assuming my system came with IE5/OE5 but I'm not certain. "Michael Santovec" wrote: If you upgraded from IE5/OE5 to IE6/OE6, uninstalling IE6/OE6 will get you back to version 5. Otherwise you'd have to install IE5 which includes OE5. And that's going to be a mess. It's not even an option for newer versions of Windows which came with IE6. Why do you need OE 5? If you have some data files from OE5, OE6 can read them "Kent" wrote in message news I need a copy of OE 5.0. Do you know where I can get one or can I purchase one from you? my email is . snip |
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Outlook Express 5.0 to 6.0 (can you believe this)
I've played with this rogue installer now - and while it's ugly, I've not
actually found anything in the default install that could class it as malware, and providing you did nothing except install it along with IE6, and then Uninstall the Search bar, then I think there's not too much to worry about. The Alexa objects you found are probably unrelated - there is an Alexa object built into IE6 at the start, and one click on the 'related' button activates it. You can go back to the MS site (please! g) and download the correct stub, and redownload the complete installer for IE6SP1/OE6 - which will ensure that you get all the bits you need (the one you downloaded seems to be missing a few - presumably to make space for the ones you got instead!) .. The instructions for doing this are he- http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html Once you've got it installed, you'll need to go back to Windows Updates, and get all the critical updates for it - and a few of the recommended ones as well (they help OE work properly). -- 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 ... Kent, I don't know where to start to unravel all of this, short of backing up your personal data, /formatting/ and reinstalling WinME. I think it'd be best to leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME General newsgroup as you'll get the best help there. I see that you've managed to continue the crossposting to the other newsgroups. Good! Should the WinME guys choose to eliminate the crossposting to Win98.Internet.OE and OE6 newsgroups, we certainly wouldn't mind. If you lose your way to WinME general, you can bookmark and use the following link to get the http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsme.general [This thread in Google Groups archive: http://tinyurl.com/r29wx] Best of luck! -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Kent wrote: Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page you referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6 including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6 site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both would Windows Update upgrade both to 6? "PA Bear" wrote: Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). Kent wrote: |
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Kent will want to go back to IE/OE5.5 before installing IE/OE6 SP1 via your
method, right, Noel? -- ~PA Bear "Noel Paton" wrote: I've played with this rogue installer now - and while it's ugly, I've not actually found anything in the default install that could class it as malware, and providing you did nothing except install it along with IE6, and then Uninstall the Search bar, then I think there's not too much to worry about. The Alexa objects you found are probably unrelated - there is an Alexa object built into IE6 at the start, and one click on the 'related' button activates it. You can go back to the MS site (please! g) and download the correct stub, and redownload the complete installer for IE6SP1/OE6 - which will ensure that you get all the bits you need (the one you downloaded seems to be missing a few - presumably to make space for the ones you got instead!) .. The instructions for doing this are he- http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html Once you've got it installed, you'll need to go back to Windows Updates, and get all the critical updates for it - and a few of the recommended ones as well (they help OE work properly). -- "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Kent, I don't know where to start to unravel all of this, short of backing up your personal data, /formatting/ and reinstalling WinME. I think it'd be best to leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME General newsgroup as you'll get the best help there. I see that you've managed to continue the crossposting to the other newsgroups. Good! Should the WinME guys choose to eliminate the crossposting to Win98.Internet.OE and OE6 newsgroups, we certainly wouldn't mind. If you lose your way to WinME general, you can bookmark and use the following link to get the http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsme.general [This thread in Google Groups archive: http://tinyurl.com/r29wx] Best of luck! -- Kent wrote: Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page you referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6 including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6 site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both would Windows Update upgrade both to 6? "PA Bear" wrote: Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). Kent wrote: |
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Again, thanks for your help. I understand that the link provided
(http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html) is for IE6 SP1 FULL SETUP/complete installer...not just an upgrade to add SP1. Does this download include OE6? Noel, what do you mean by "download the correct stub...." I want to avoid reformatting the hard drive and reloading ME. Our system is running now and we plan to replace it with a 64 bit system when the MS Vista OS comes out. We would rather "limp along" until then rather than to reformat the HD and reload ME. I will be out of town until Friday evening and won't be able to work on this further until Saturday. At that time, I will probably uninstall the IE6 using Add/Remove Programs and then download and install IE6 SP1/OE6 using the links you have provided. (I've also donloaded the McAfee SitaAdvisor plug-in so I can hopefully avoid furure downloads from rogue sites.) If any of what I've said is wrong or ill-advised, please let me know. I'll check back on Saturday. Thank you both very much. "PA Bear, MS MVP" wrote: Kent will want to go back to IE/OE5.5 before installing IE/OE6 SP1 via your method, right, Noel? -- ~PA Bear "Noel Paton" wrote: I've played with this rogue installer now - and while it's ugly, I've not actually found anything in the default install that could class it as malware, and providing you did nothing except install it along with IE6, and then Uninstall the Search bar, then I think there's not too much to worry about. The Alexa objects you found are probably unrelated - there is an Alexa object built into IE6 at the start, and one click on the 'related' button activates it. You can go back to the MS site (please! g) and download the correct stub, and redownload the complete installer for IE6SP1/OE6 - which will ensure that you get all the bits you need (the one you downloaded seems to be missing a few - presumably to make space for the ones you got instead!) .. The instructions for doing this are he- http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html Once you've got it installed, you'll need to go back to Windows Updates, and get all the critical updates for it - and a few of the recommended ones as well (they help OE work properly). -- "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Kent, I don't know where to start to unravel all of this, short of backing up your personal data, /formatting/ and reinstalling WinME. I think it'd be best to leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME General newsgroup as you'll get the best help there. I see that you've managed to continue the crossposting to the other newsgroups. Good! Should the WinME guys choose to eliminate the crossposting to Win98.Internet.OE and OE6 newsgroups, we certainly wouldn't mind. If you lose your way to WinME general, you can bookmark and use the following link to get the http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsme.general [This thread in Google Groups archive: http://tinyurl.com/r29wx] Best of luck! -- Kent wrote: Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page you referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6 including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6 site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both would Windows Update upgrade both to 6? "PA Bear" wrote: Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). Kent wrote: |
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Kent
AFAIK, downloading this installer and using it in the correct way (as indicated on the site) will upgrade your current installation fully - but you will still need to go back to Windows Updates afterwards to get the essential update - there should be no need to remove the existing installation prior to using this one. The download from 'wsiedown' is the FULL IE6SP1 download - which includes IE6 - and needs no further input. - it downloads the stub from the MS site (which is the ONLY place to get it from!), and uses that as the installer for the rest of the process. HTH -- 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 "Kent" wrote in message ... Again, thanks for your help. I understand that the link provided (http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html) is for IE6 SP1 FULL SETUP/complete installer...not just an upgrade to add SP1. Does this download include OE6? Noel, what do you mean by "download the correct stub...." I want to avoid reformatting the hard drive and reloading ME. Our system is running now and we plan to replace it with a 64 bit system when the MS Vista OS comes out. We would rather "limp along" until then rather than to reformat the HD and reload ME. I will be out of town until Friday evening and won't be able to work on this further until Saturday. At that time, I will probably uninstall the IE6 using Add/Remove Programs and then download and install IE6 SP1/OE6 using the links you have provided. (I've also donloaded the McAfee SitaAdvisor plug-in so I can hopefully avoid furure downloads from rogue sites.) If any of what I've said is wrong or ill-advised, please let me know. I'll check back on Saturday. Thank you both very much. "PA Bear, MS MVP" wrote: Kent will want to go back to IE/OE5.5 before installing IE/OE6 SP1 via your method, right, Noel? -- ~PA Bear "Noel Paton" wrote: I've played with this rogue installer now - and while it's ugly, I've not actually found anything in the default install that could class it as malware, and providing you did nothing except install it along with IE6, and then Uninstall the Search bar, then I think there's not too much to worry about. The Alexa objects you found are probably unrelated - there is an Alexa object built into IE6 at the start, and one click on the 'related' button activates it. You can go back to the MS site (please! g) and download the correct stub, and redownload the complete installer for IE6SP1/OE6 - which will ensure that you get all the bits you need (the one you downloaded seems to be missing a few - presumably to make space for the ones you got instead!) .. The instructions for doing this are he- http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html Once you've got it installed, you'll need to go back to Windows Updates, and get all the critical updates for it - and a few of the recommended ones as well (they help OE work properly). -- "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Kent, I don't know where to start to unravel all of this, short of backing up your personal data, /formatting/ and reinstalling WinME. I think it'd be best to leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME General newsgroup as you'll get the best help there. I see that you've managed to continue the crossposting to the other newsgroups. Good! Should the WinME guys choose to eliminate the crossposting to Win98.Internet.OE and OE6 newsgroups, we certainly wouldn't mind. If you lose your way to WinME general, you can bookmark and use the following link to get the http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsme.general [This thread in Google Groups archive: http://tinyurl.com/r29wx] Best of luck! -- Kent wrote: Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page you referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6 including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6 site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both would Windows Update upgrade both to 6? "PA Bear" wrote: Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). Kent wrote: |
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Noel,
What is "AFAIK"? I don't yet fully speak the language you guys do. I have the funky IE6 SP1 and OE 5.5 running now. Are you saying NOT to remove my IE 6 SP1 and OE 5.5 prior to downloading and installing the proper IE 6 SP1 from MS using the link you provided? I plan to do all this tomorrow morning (Saturday). I would never have gone to windowsdownloads.com if I had been able to find what I needed on the MS site. Actually, I think I did find the download but thought it was only an upgrade to SP1 and not the full install. Thanks again for staying with me on this. Kent "Noel Paton" wrote: Kent AFAIK, downloading this installer and using it in the correct way (as indicated on the site) will upgrade your current installation fully - but you will still need to go back to Windows Updates afterwards to get the essential update - there should be no need to remove the existing installation prior to using this one. The download from 'wsiedown' is the FULL IE6SP1 download - which includes IE6 - and needs no further input. - it downloads the stub from the MS site (which is the ONLY place to get it from!), and uses that as the installer for the rest of the process. HTH -- 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 "Kent" wrote in message ... Again, thanks for your help. I understand that the link provided (http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html) is for IE6 SP1 FULL SETUP/complete installer...not just an upgrade to add SP1. Does this download include OE6? Noel, what do you mean by "download the correct stub...." I want to avoid reformatting the hard drive and reloading ME. Our system is running now and we plan to replace it with a 64 bit system when the MS Vista OS comes out. We would rather "limp along" until then rather than to reformat the HD and reload ME. I will be out of town until Friday evening and won't be able to work on this further until Saturday. At that time, I will probably uninstall the IE6 using Add/Remove Programs and then download and install IE6 SP1/OE6 using the links you have provided. (I've also donloaded the McAfee SitaAdvisor plug-in so I can hopefully avoid furure downloads from rogue sites.) If any of what I've said is wrong or ill-advised, please let me know. I'll check back on Saturday. Thank you both very much. "PA Bear, MS MVP" wrote: Kent will want to go back to IE/OE5.5 before installing IE/OE6 SP1 via your method, right, Noel? -- ~PA Bear "Noel Paton" wrote: I've played with this rogue installer now - and while it's ugly, I've not actually found anything in the default install that could class it as malware, and providing you did nothing except install it along with IE6, and then Uninstall the Search bar, then I think there's not too much to worry about. The Alexa objects you found are probably unrelated - there is an Alexa object built into IE6 at the start, and one click on the 'related' button activates it. You can go back to the MS site (please! g) and download the correct stub, and redownload the complete installer for IE6SP1/OE6 - which will ensure that you get all the bits you need (the one you downloaded seems to be missing a few - presumably to make space for the ones you got instead!) .. The instructions for doing this are he- http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html Once you've got it installed, you'll need to go back to Windows Updates, and get all the critical updates for it - and a few of the recommended ones as well (they help OE work properly). -- "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Kent, I don't know where to start to unravel all of this, short of backing up your personal data, /formatting/ and reinstalling WinME. I think it'd be best to leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME General newsgroup as you'll get the best help there. I see that you've managed to continue the crossposting to the other newsgroups. Good! Should the WinME guys choose to eliminate the crossposting to Win98.Internet.OE and OE6 newsgroups, we certainly wouldn't mind. If you lose your way to WinME general, you can bookmark and use the following link to get the http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsme.general [This thread in Google Groups archive: http://tinyurl.com/r29wx] Best of luck! -- Kent wrote: Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page you referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6 including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6 site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both would Windows Update upgrade both to 6? "PA Bear" wrote: Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various reasons. eg 5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that, when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just download it all from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx or via Windows Update? OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)? OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are displayed here? (This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.) You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after seeing this page: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !! Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine. Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do not detect such things. Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567. Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title). Kent wrote: |
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