Re: IE6 and OE don't work after upgrade
From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 01/23/05
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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:04:48 -0500
"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> John didn't find any joy, Robert, and in fact ran into more problems. He will be reloading.
>
> See this concurrent post and thread in Aumha forums:
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> http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?p=66141#66141
Ah. He gave up too soon. <eg>
No Control Panel just because there's no explorer.exe?
He could have used Task Manager to start control
or whatever portion of it he needed.
It would have been interesting to see some details about
the crash though.
Thanks for the update, Robear.
Robert
--- > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) > > John Noble wrote: >> Thanks Robert. >> No hardware changes since service pack install. I'll check out the other >> suggestions. >> >>>>>> WinNT 4.0 server sp6a. I upgraded from IE4.0 to IE6 sp1. >>>>>> IE will launch but won't display any pages (any URL). >>>>> >>>>> Can we assume that WDU was not installed with IE4.0? >>>>> (If not you might have to reinstall it from the IE6 site.) >>>> >>>> What is WDU? >>> >>> Windows Desktop Update (aka Active Desktop but more importantly >>> improved Shell Integration) >>> >>> FWIW here is how to reinstall from IE6setup if you need to. >>> This was in reply to somebody who was crashing in browseui.dll >>> >>> <extract> >>> For NT4sp6a I fixed a problem like that by installing >>> the latest update to Windows Desktop Update component >>> (aka WDU, aka Active Desktop but the most significant part >>> of it for me is its Shell Enhancements). >>> >>> The command was: >>> >>> ie6setup.exe /c:"ie6wzd /E:IE4Shell_NTx86" >>> >>> That had the effect of installing the latest version of the WDU >>> component, as if I had had IE4.01sp2 to install and then upgrade >>> from. (The normally seen method of doing this update is to >>> uninstall IE6, install IE4.01sp2 with WDU and then reinstall IE6.) >>> </extract> >>> >>>> >>>>> If you're not sure you can tell by checking the version of your >>>> explorer.exe (e.g. at the DLL Database.) >>> >>> ... >>>>>> OE will attempt to Launch but then >>>>>> generates an application error (Dr. Watson - msimn.exe). >>>>> >>>>> Details? Use drwtsn32.log and find the Stack Back Trace >>>>> of the crashing task. (E.g. find up from the bottom FAULT -> >>>>> and page ahead to it.) >>>> >>>> FAULT ->77f88a87 f2ae repne scasb >>>> es:00000018=?? >>>> >>>> 016bead8 751a21bd 001f0001 00000000 00000018 016beb8a >>>> ntdll!RtlInitAnsiString >>> >>> Many moons ago I used to participate in the windowsnt newsgroups. >>> I am almost certain that I have seen that crash before but my memory >>> is not as sharp as it once was. >>> >>> Did you by any chance change any hardware *after* you upgraded >>> your service pack? I seem to recall a ROT that says reinstall your >>> service pack and all kinds of strange crashes will go away. >>> >>> Aha. ;) >>> >> http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&frame=right&th=3ff3c4770aa49b38&seekm=ONBcQ3C%23BHA.1828%40tkmsftngp05#s >>>> >>>> Additional info: IE6 will browse UNC paths on LAN. Seems that http is >>>> not working (can't browse URLs) >>> >>> That might be another good reason to try reinstalling the service pack. >
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