Re: cannot upgrade ie5 to ie6 within win2k

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 21:38:50 -0500

Nick wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Nick wrote:
>>> Has anyone found a way to upgrade win2k's ie5 to a proper ie6?
>>> Win2k
> can
>>> be upgraded to SP2 but gives winlogon.exe errors when it is upgraded
> to
>>> SP3. I have narrowed the problem down to the fact that IE5 (56-bit)
> version
>>> cannot be properly upgraded to ie6. I have checked the RAM and
> removed
>>> all the extraneous hardware and still cannot seem to get past this
> problem.
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> What makes you think that Win2K's included IE5 cannot be upgraded to
>> IE6? I've done it on literally hundreds of machines, with no
>> problems. What exactly happens when you try? What error messages
>> do you get?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
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>> Hi Bruce,
>
> You're right, I've done this on dozens of machines as well but for
> some
> reason this unit will not take on the 128 bit encryption into ie5.
> When the upgrade to ie6 is done it says that it completed
> successfully and restarts. Once you check the encryption in the new
> ie6 it still says that it is 56 bit. I get both winlogon.exe errors
> and explorer.exe errors and the system will
> not stop rebooting once service pack 3 is applied. I get stop:
> c00002 errors if I disable the auto reboot. Thanks for your help.
>
> Nick

So the issue isn't with IE6 specifically - it's with the encryption.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c10925a0-ac66-4c44-b5c3-9dcab4da1c63&DisplayLang=en

And you might's well get SP4 on this puppy, and all subsequent
patches/fixes. It's been out for a long time now!

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