TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?

[The Computer Whisperer]

Dieter and Michael,

Whether or not Service Pack 2 is on Michael's Windows install disk does not
matter. The repair install still has the same chance of working.

If your Windows installation disk is SP1 or SP1A etc....then after
completing the "Repair Install", either download SP2 or use your free
genuine Microsoft supplied disk, which can be ordered here...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

Looking at the situation as a whole, I doubt you would save time doing the
repair install, as you can see by the following link, there are quite a few
potential hitches along the way.

Given that a clean windows XP install can be done in under 3 hours including
driver and windows updates, I think it would be easier to install clean.

There are methods of backing up your Outlook email contacts, your email
folders and your email settings, as well as your bookmarks/favorites and my
documents. google around, you'd be surprised how easy it can be.

Just a quick note... if you are running an accounting package... backup the
whole folder where the application is installed, this way it ensures you
won't lose any forms etc...

Good Luck,

Justin

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On 23/01/07, Dieter @ California <go2dieter at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Michael ...
>
> There are numerous sites at Google that explain how to perform an XP
> Repair
> install.  Read more than one and you will get the hang of it.  If your SP2
> is part of your XP disk, then you can use that disk.
>
> If SP2 was installed separately, you cannot run that disk, but need to
> install (slipstream) the SP2 onto your XP SP1 disk first, meaning you
> first
> will have to create a new XP disk with SP1 and SP2 on it.  The application
> AutoStreamer v1.0.33 shows you step by step how that can be accomplished
> rather easily.  Once you have a new XP disk with SP1 and SP2 on it, you
> can
> perform the XP Repair, using your persent license key.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Dieter
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Sweeden" <michaelsweeden at comcast.net>
> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:44 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?
>
>
> >I may give that a try, although the machine was just upgraded to XP via
> an
> > XP Home Edition SP2 upgrade license, which of course I could use to do a
> > repair installation. But it certainly would be worth a shot, and quicker
> > than a clean install by far if it works. Thanks, guys.
> > Michael
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> > Behalf Of Russell W. Coover
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:20 PM
> > To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> > Subject: Re: TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> > I agree with Dieter. I wouldn't try the complete reinstall first. The XP
> > Repair will do the job and leave all your other software and personal
> > files
> > alone and still in place. As Dieter says, you will have to reinstall all
> > of
> > the updates after the Repair. I haven't read the webpage that Dieter
> > suggested you go to, but I assume that it will show you how to build a
> > WinXP
> > SP2 Repair disk, which you will need to do the job. If it doesn't, write
> > me
> > and I get you to a webpage that will help.
> >
> > Russ
> >
> > I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to
> > wait
> > until I return.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> > Behalf Of Dieter @ California
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:38 AM
> > To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> > Subject: TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?
> >
> > Michael ...
> >
> > May I suggest an XP Repair installation.  It's simple and fast and may
> > very
> > well straighten this out.  Go to http://tinyurl.com/6l9sm.  It will
> > reinstal
> > the IE6 on your disk.  You will need to reinstall all of the Windows
> > updates, hotfixes and patches including IE7; there are over 70 now and
> > that
> > may take some time.  Be sure you disable IE7 if that's your choice.  The
> > Windows Media Player that goes with it is Version 9.  You may want to
> > update
> > that.  Good luck.
> >
> > Dieter
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Sweeden" <michaelsweeden at comcast.net>
> > To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?
> >
> >
> >> Hey, Russ:
> >> I spent some more time playing with the system since my post, and you
> do
> >> seem to be right about both IE6 and IE7 being installed. I uninstalled
> >> IE7
> >> and the system worked as it should. I ran Registry Mechanic, etc., and
> >> reinstalled IE7, and the problem reappeared. When I open, for example,
> >> Windows Update, a blank IE6 window pops up, then an IE7 Window with the
> >> Windows Update web site loads - huh?!? I've never seen such weirdness,
> >> and
> >> I'm not sure how to resolve it short of a fresh XP reinstall, so if
> > anybody
> >> knows an alternate solution that'd be awesome.
> >> Thanks for your input,
> >> Michael
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> >> Behalf Of Russell W. Coover
> >> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:38 AM
> >> To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> >> Subject: Re: TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?
> >>
> >> I'm not sure, but it sounds like you've somehow got both IE 6 and IE7
> > loaded
> >> on that computer.
> >>
> >> The first thing I would do is to go to Add/Delete and delete IE7.
> Reboot.
> >> Then open IE6 and see if you get and see if you still have something
> >> strange. If not, set a System Restore Point and then reinstall IE7 from
> > the
> >> Microsoft IE7 Website rather than from a copy you've previously
> > downloaded.
> >>
> >> I don't guarantee this will work, but it may. Good Luck.
> >>
> >> Russ Coover
> >>
> >> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to
> > wait
> >> until I return.
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> >> Behalf Of Michael Sweeden
> >> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:13 AM
> >> To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> >> Subject: TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?
> >>
> >> I've in a bigger quandary that I've been in for awhile. I've got a PC
> >> that
> >> was running 98SE and I upgraded to XP Home SP2, and then installed the
> >> IE7
> >> update. If I launch IE directly, IE7 starts and looks fine. If I create
> >> an
> >> http shortcut, or launch Windows Update, then a browser window that
> looks
> >> like IE6 pops up, followed by a second IE6-looking window that load the
> >> page. In this case, iexplore.exe is not listed in the processes tab as
> it
> > is
> >> when I start IE directly. If in these old-style Windows I click on the
> > about
> >> it says it is indeed version 7. I've done all the setting of things
> back
> > to
> >> default I can find, I've reloaded IE7, and I CANNOT figure this out!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Any light anybody could shed on this issue would be GREATLY
> appreciated!
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
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