OT: Software troubles after a bad OC - any ideas?

[Wiz]

Ok, I'm trying to figure out what to do with WIndows XP now after using the recovery console and getting back into windows it's got a few hangups.
Here is my thread in the software forum that describes the details.
Any help would be appreciated, I figure someone else here has had this happen to them right?

 

[Megatomic]

It looks like your IE is borked Wiz. Try reinstalling IE6 SP1, maybe that'll fix it for you. And the JS thing might be fixed by downloading and installing Microsoft VM.

 

[Wiz]

Thanks, so how do you get those without going through windowsupdate?

 

[Megatomic]

IE6 SP1 Setup

I can't find a download for Java at Microsoft's site (jee, I wonder why?

) but you can install Sun Java HERE. and hopefully that will fix your banking issues.

 

[Wiz]

Yeah, I found the Snn site and after a lot of trouble got it installed.
When I went to install SP1 for IE6 it got less than imeg and was done way too soon - it thinks it's already installed.
Gonna go into Add/Remove software & see what I can do next.

oh yeah, so far no changes - funny but all the images load fine here on AT forums...

 

[Megatomic]

Wiz, I found Microsoft VM at PCWorld. You can download the latest build of VM 93805) right HERE. I am going to uninstall Sun Java and install this instead.

 

[Wiz]

I tried that just now, here is the error I get:

Top of error box says: Retail Classes for the Microsoft VM
Text says: The Microsoft VM is missing or is the wrong version. Please install the correct build of the VM before installing this product.

 

[Wiz]

Well I just don't have the time to get the MS stuff working so I installed Netscape 7.
It's working fine of course.

WTH is wrong with MSIE6???

 

[Megatomic]

The latest build of Mozilla would have been a better choice but NS7 is ok too. I just don't like the bloat that AOL has stuffed into it. :|

 

[Wiz]

yeah, I noticed :| It took a while to uninstall a major load o crud that I didn't want on my system.