Re: Wiped out registry for Internet Explorer

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From: David Brook (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:05:03 -0700

Jerry,
 
I'd like to do that, but we have windows xp with a new
computer only..... any other ideas?

thanks,

David
>-----Original Message-----
>Try reinstalling whatever version of Windows you have on
top of itself to
>see if this fixes your problem by reinstalling IE.
>
>"David Brook" <davidbrook@covad.net> wrote in message
>news:2c3a101c46916$645a4110$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Internet Explorer Version 6 was not locating url
links. I
>> naturally thought it was a server problem , so I advised
>> the various webmasters that they had broken links.
>>
>> Turned out that Internet Explorer was just leading me
to a
>> dead link page , and that it had become a problem with
the
>> browser (the links worked on other computers fine)
>>
>> I tried wiping out IE6 , and reinstalling. Downloading
>> service packs, etc ... to no avail. And usually I know
>> what I'm doing beause I have a BS in CSC , and have been
>> working with computers most my life..
>>
>> Out of desperation of 2 weeks without IE , I KILLED THE
>> REGISTRY KEYS AND WIPED EVERYTHING OUT FOR INTERNET
>> EXPLORER
>>
>> NOW, I cannot install internet explorer 6, or 5, ; it
tells
>> me I have a bad install, even though there are no
traces of
>> it anywhere. I also can't use access, and outlook,
>> although I can get by for now with outlook express.
>>
>> HELP! I need internet explorer for work , because it
does
>> some things / and accesses some websites that netscape
will
>> not.. plus I need to be able to access microsoft access
>> and outlook.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David Brook
>> davidbrook@covad.net
>>
>>
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