Re: Can't type in IE 6 or OE on Win XP Home PC

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From: Kelly Cotter (kelly.cotter_at_*deletethis*blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:02:17 GMT

"Tony" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:QbidnZ0gKuRp-XrdRVn_iw@comcast.com
> Good luck, Steve. I have the same problem with IE6 in XP Pro. I went
> through the entire mantra that the experts here suggest: AdAware,
> Spybot, CWShredder, Virus Scan, Hijack This, etc. Not one thing was
> found. I even did the mshtmler.dll replacement. I was left twisting
> in the wind. Apparently there's not a lot to suggest beyond the usual
> things that seem to appear in this ng.
>
> Okay, so I'm a little frustrated. But I was unhappy with seeing the
> same thing thrown at me three or four times when I tried to make it
> clear that it didn't work the first time.
>
> If SP2 wasn't so close to being released I'd probably bite the bullet
> and do a reinstall over my existing XP Pro.
>
sp2 rc2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2predl.mspx
sp2 will probably cause more problems than it solves if installed on a
"messed up" pc. download it and see if it fixes your problem. 

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