Re: IE 6 intallation hangs

[PA Bear]

(Crossposted to WinME General)

Had you ever installed or attempted to install IE6 SP1 before?

Have you ever reinstalled WinME?

Did you reinstall WinME after having once installed or having attempted to
install IE6?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

barbolink wrote:
> When trying to install IE 6 the installation hangs - the OS is Win ME
> and the hard drive has 2 free GB (out of 10GB)
>
> Things I have tried (all with the same results as above):
> I tried updating from the MS website and when that didn't work, I paid
> to have the MS CD shipped to my home
> I turned off my Norton Antivirus before installation
> I tried limiting memory to 128 via msconfig
> I am doing a minimal install (no outlood or media player - just IE)
> I went in to the registry and deleted Active Setup (saved first, of
> course)
>
> Any other ideas?

[PA Bear]

Please include previous message in your replies, and continue the
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Have you checked for hijackware?

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

F/U set to WinME General.
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barbolink wrote:
> I have attempted to install IE 6 SP1 numerous times. I have removed the
> Windows Update Setup Files folder that gets left over after an
> unsuccessful try. I have never uninstalled or attempted to uninstall
> ME.
> Thanks for trying to help
<paste>
PA Bear wrote:
> (Crossposted to WinME General)
>
> Had you ever installed or attempted to install IE6 SP1 before?
>
> Have you ever reinstalled WinME?
>
> Did you reinstall WinME after having once installed or having attempted to
> install IE6?
>
> barbolink wrote:
> > When trying to install IE 6 the installation hangs - the OS is Win ME
> > and the hard drive has 2 free GB (out of 10GB)
> >
> > Things I have tried (all with the same results as above):
> > I tried updating from the MS website and when that didn't work, I paid
> > to have the MS CD shipped to my home
> > I turned off my Norton Antivirus before installation
> > I tried limiting memory to 128 via msconfig
> > I am doing a minimal install (no outlood or media player - just IE)
> > I went in to the registry and deleted Active Setup (saved first, of
> > course)
> >
> > Any other ideas?

[Noel Paton]

Try booting to Safe Mode, and running the install from there

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"PA Bear" > wrote in message
...
> Please include previous message in your replies, and continue the
> crossposting to
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsme.general, for your
> most likely to get the best answers from the pros in that NG.
>
> Have you checked for hijackware?
>
> Help with Hijackware
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
> http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
>
> F/U set to WinME General.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
>
> barbolink wrote:
>> I have attempted to install IE 6 SP1 numerous times. I have removed the
>> Windows Update Setup Files folder that gets left over after an
>> unsuccessful try. I have never uninstalled or attempted to uninstall
>> ME.
>> Thanks for trying to help
> <paste>
> PA Bear wrote:
>> (Crossposted to WinME General)
>>
>> Had you ever installed or attempted to install IE6 SP1 before?
>>
>> Have you ever reinstalled WinME?
>>
>> Did you reinstall WinME after having once installed or having attempted
>> to
>> install IE6?
>>
>> barbolink wrote:
>> > When trying to install IE 6 the installation hangs - the OS is Win ME
>> > and the hard drive has 2 free GB (out of 10GB)
>> >
>> > Things I have tried (all with the same results as above):
>> > I tried updating from the MS website and when that didn't work, I paid
>> > to have the MS CD shipped to my home
>> > I turned off my Norton Antivirus before installation
>> > I tried limiting memory to 128 via msconfig
>> > I am doing a minimal install (no outlood or media player - just IE)
>> > I went in to the registry and deleted Active Setup (saved first, of
>> > course)
>> >
>> > Any other ideas?
>