Unable to upgrade Win98 SE

From: RodP (RodP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/22/04 

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:59:04 -0700

My HP Pavilion Win98SE system crashed and I had to reload from OEM recovery
disk. Now I can't upgrade Windows...it says I need IE 5.5 or higher, I have
IE 4.72.3110.

There is no link on microsoft.com to upgrade to IE 5.x...I attempted to load
IE 6 but setup does not finish and gives me the following message:

“Installation Incomplete, not all components installed
successfully…components not installed are IE 6 web browser, IE exception
pack, offline browser pack, browser customizations, internet connection
wizard, IE browsing enhancements, address book, outlook express and IE read
me”

and

“MS IE 4.0 Setup: An error or exception occurred while calling the function
DllRegisterServer in C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\VGX\vgx.dll”

then reboots...when it comes back, I get a pop-up with:

“Internet Explorer…this program has performed an illegal operation and will
be shut down” with details: “Invalid page fault in module IERNONCE.DLL at
015f:7d792537”.

After closing that pop-up I get an empty desktop and no task bar thus no
Start button...I reload from recovery disk again and I'm stuck in endless
circle.

Please help! 

-- 
Rod P