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Remove IE 6.0 SP1

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by red dragoon

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I have a client who is running Windows 2000 with IE 6 SP1. Is there a way I can remove it to install IE 5.5 SP2? I have looked in Add/Remove Programs and Windows Components. Removing IE from Windows Components does not uninstall the program. I'd like to roll back the system like you could do in Windows 95.

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by cglrcng9

Go to add/remove programs, highlight the IE6 line, click remove, then click restore previous windows configuration which will roll it back to the previously installed version of IE. Or you could just click repair if there is a problem and it will check the IE6 files for corruption and repair it w/ the orig. files for IE6.

Good Luck.

by cglrcng9

It will be listed as "Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 with Internet Tools" in the 'Add/Remove Properties Box" Installed Programs Listing.

Highlight it (in blue), then click the "Add/Remove" Button, another window will open giving you the options to:
1. Add A Component
2. Fix Internet Explorer
3. Restore The Last Windows Configuration.

You can roll it back using the last choice (as long as you didn't install IE6 twice) or use the 2nd. choice to check for corrupt files in IE6 & restore the files to the original downloaded/installed state.

by red dragoon

I do not know about an 'Add/Remove Properties Box'. There is an 'Add/Remove Programs' in Control Panel. If you look at a Windows 2000 computer, there is absolutely no entry whatsoever for Internet Explorer. This rolling back of IE is available in 95/98 but does not appear in Windows 2000 (at least not in Add/Remove Programs).

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