Re: SP4 Installed But I Can't Access Internet

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From: Mercury (Mercury_at_matchmail.net)
Date: 07/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 11:15:19 -0400

Actually that advice is incorrect as well as foolish. That advice would mean
no one should install SP4 unless they reformat and reinstall all their
applications, which is ridiculous. Most people and corporations have had no
problems with SP4, including us. As always, if this is a production machine,
you should backup and also use the option of allowing an uninstall. Since it
is always not possible to test every possible combination of hardware and
software with SP4, there will always be a few installations that are
problematic.

"Alan Illeman" <illemann@surfbest.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Ron" <ronelkayam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Wondering if someone can help...
> >
> > I just installed SP4, but when I try to access the
> > Internet (IE 6), I get the error message "Page Cannot Be
> > Found". I removed SP4 and now am able to access the
> > Internet.
> >
> > I would be most grateful if anyone knows how I can fix
> > this.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Imo, SP4 should be installed directly after you install Win2k,
> and before you install or update any applications - afterall
> a service pack changes fundamental code. You'd think that
> Microsoft would tell you to do it that way (anyone comment?).
>
> It would seem in your situation that the updated code to run
> IE6, updated from IE5 on the Win2K CD, is no longer
> compatible - and a remedy may be to reinstall IE6 after
> you've added SP4. Just my 2 cents.
>
> Alan
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
>

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