Re: Fixing IE6
From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/28/04
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:36:50 -0500
"Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> wrote in message
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> Steve,
>
> There really aren't any interesting startup items but I would try
> that if there were a reasonable likelihood of it helping..... This
> is a very simple Win 98 system re: what's installed on it. It's only
> used for shipping via UPS which requires an internet connection.
>
> In view of this and simlar problems, I wanted to run Windows Update
> on this system but the broken IE won't allow the process to complete
> before it crashes. My other alternative is to simply leave it alone
> and hope that the UPS software continues to work OK. If it ain't
> broke, don't fix it....
>
> My problem is that I don't know how to fix such a problem without
> starting from scratch (reinstall Windows) and I need to learn how to
> do it - when it might make sense.
>
> When IE does crash, I can get the names of dlls associated with the
> crash. I wonder if replacing them might be helpful??? And, how to
> best do that?
>
> As I mentioned, I already reinstalled IE (and upgraded from 5.5 to
> 6.0 at the same time) so I'm having a hard time imagining that
> reinstalling it yet again will give a different result. Thus my
> original post.
>
> Comment?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fred
Normally replacing the DLLs doesn't help. However, telling us the exact
error messages often helps us diagnose the problem.
Are you POSITIVE no one has been surfing the net? See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ > "Steve Cochran" <scochran@chattanooga.net> wrote in message > news:ejBH7hSLEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > For the first issue, make sure you don't have damaged fonts. See > Control Panel | Fonts. > > For the second, see point 5 below and if that helps, but disable the > startup items first. > > steve > > "Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> wrote in message > news:uL1ok7NLEHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> I have a situation where IE5.5 was installed on a WIN 98 system. >> >> The browser did a couple of bad things: >> >> 1) some characters show up as squares instead of normal characters >> 2) the program commits errors and stops in various situations >> including trying to get through the steps of Windows Update. >> >> I replaced IE5.5 with IE6SP1. >> No change in the behavior. >> >> So, how to fix this on IE6? It's not clear to me what might be a >> next good step. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Fred
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