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how to Reload IE from WinXP CD

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Howdy people 🙂

I've encountered some issues with Internet Explorer, and it keeps generating error messages everytime I try to access it or anything that uses IE. It basically has done something illegal and reports that it will shut down.

Now, how do I go about reloading it from the Windows XP (Home) CD, and just Internet Explorer. Just some simple and easy to follow steps would be nice.

I appreciate the help 🙂
 
I don't think you can separately install IE. You could try a repair of XP. Also, prepare for the obligitory post about switching to Firefox, which some people swear by.
 
If you happen to have a Win98 system that you can use for "bait," try this (requires that it doesn't have IE6 already):

  • Go to Windows Update with the Win98 system (this might work with WinME as well... finally, a use for WinME! :evil: )
  • Choose the Internet Explorer 6 that Windows Update is pushing on you. It will download an initial installer program.
  • When the installer program gets started, watch for the Advanced button and enter the Advanced options.
  • In the Advanced area, you can opt to download the full installer and save it for later, and not just for Win98, but also for WinNT 4.0, Win2000Pro, WinXP, and WinME.
  • w00t! 😎 Download all four (never know when you might want 'em) and you should have about 35MB of IE6 goodness that you can install at will on any of those flavors of Windows.
I haven't tried reinstalling IE6 over itself, but this might be worth a shot anyway.
 
Be sure to look in the event viewer for the exact error messages so you can troubleshoot them easier. I'd also scan the computer for adware & viruses. Overall you'd probably be better off running the XP repair feature.
 
Originally posted by: John
Be sure to look in the event viewer for the exact error messages so you can troubleshoot them easier. I'd also scan the computer for adware & viruses. Overall you'd probably be better off running the XP repair feature.
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Viruses were found and removed one week ago (49 in total), and I think that they may have damaged IE in some way.

How do I go about repairing XP from the CD?
 
Method 1: Repair IE6

Method 2: Run Chkdsk /r from the Recovery Console

Restart the computer w/ the XP cdrom in your drive.
When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, choose the installation that you need to access from the Recovery Console.
When you are prompted to do so, type the administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, press ENTER.
At the command prompt, type chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER.
When Chkdsk has finished running, read the results, and then take any necessary steps to complete the process. For example, you may be prompted to run chkdsk /f to fix certain problems.
exit or restart the computer
 
Chkdsk is a bit different than a repair. To run a repair, you would boot to the XP cd, instead of choosing r to run recovery console, choose enter to install windows, it will find your old install and say "hey, it seems you have another xp install on here, do you want to try to repair it?" (paraphrased, of course). It will look like its doing a real reinstall, but all your data should still be there. I ran this for a customer the other day when he was having similar issues, fixed him right up, left all his data, it just repaired the broken windows files.
 
Originally posted by: johnjkr1
Chkdsk is a bit different than a repair.
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I guess it all depends on your definition of repair. When you run windows setup it tells you to hit 'R' to repair a Windows XP install and then puts you in the recovery console. This method is very effective.

To run a repair, you would boot to the XP cd, instead of choosing r to run recovery console, choose enter to install windows, it will find your old install and say "hey, it seems you have another xp install on here, do you want to try to repair it?" (paraphrased, of course). It will look like its doing a real reinstall, but all your data should still be there.
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How to Repair Install: (also called "In place reinstall")

Your suggestion will also work as well, and I stand corrected.
 
No, see, that's the best part, its not installing over itself. It specifically says to repair this previous installtion press r. If you want to install on top of itself, you just continue with a normal installation. I tried this and all the programs and data worked fine, start menu, background, etc were all the same.
 
Don't forget about System Restore, if you have a good idea of when the errors started. Just restore to a point before that. Checking the event viewer can give you an indication of when the IE errors first started. Check the application log, for starters, in event viewer.
 
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