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by jbmcnair

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I have this problem on my home p.c. that's bugging me beyond words - using win2000,13GBHD,128MB ram,45MHZprocessor - good system. problem is removing I.E. ver.5.5 incl. serv.pack&tools-upgraded 2 I.E.6. it malsfunctions on me and drops connections while viewing - get error reports,runs report, then shuts down page and re-opens another. I want 2 totally wipe it off my system clean & then start all over. when I go into add/rem prog=win2k lists 3 options-chg/rem prog's / add new prog / add/rem windows components. I go into add/rem prog's and it shows my I.E. as I.E.6 18.7MB
only options avail. are (repair or restore).
go 2 advance tab only options are (restore prev. instl or del. backup info on I.E) which doesn't help me either. I want 2 totally remove I.E from my system. pls, show me how.
something else I noticed in the add/rem prog's group = 9 listings called (windows2000 hot fix (pre-sp2) (seeq280838 4 more info)??
have no idea what these are or what they're there for. pls, respond waiting 4 your response ......

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by brian

I researched this same issue and microsofts knowledge base said that to return IE to it's original state you have to either have saved the backup info, in which case it will chow up in the add/remove programs to unistall. I didn't do this and it sounds like you didn't either. To uninstall IE6, reinstall Win2k. This was actually quite painless in that Win2k installs with minimal interaction. i didn't have any problems after doing this. Just an added lesson I learned - the 128bit Encryption for IE is a feature that is installed for Win2k not for IE. It will have to be reinstalled - I belive it is simply called the High Security Package for Win2K. This works fine for me I have had to do it twice now to accomodate buggy programs.

by brian

Note: When I say do it twice, I mean on 2 different machines that I take care of at work. i have never had any problems or had to redo this.

by brian

You choose to repair the existing installation. I didn't have problems with any programs after I reinstalled win2k all of my other programs still worked great.

by jbmcnair

asking the same person who answered my question 2 also, answer this one - you said re-install win2000 2 eliminate this I.E. problem, my Q is can I re-install over the top of this one? or do I have 2 wipe HD clean and then re-install? starting over from scratch would be a hassle for me since I have my p.c. just like I want it (except 4 the I.E. problem) I could however, re-run setup on the already existing win2000 OS.

by ebob

Another approach is to pick up IE6.1. IE6.0 had LOTS of issues, and "our friends from Redmond" very quickly released 6.1, which seems to work much better.

To go back to IE5.5 you will need to re-install W2K. You can try the "Repair" option which would be the least offensive. The next level up is the "Replace" option. Some of your system settings might be lost, and some of your applications may need to be re-installed to get them and their several components properly registered.

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