Windows Repiar install problem

imported_Salamander

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I did a Windows repair install, without first uninstalling IE7. Big mistake, as I now understand. After several hours of tryihng to uninstall fragments of IE6, including deleting IE7 in the recovery console, running a new repair install, and then re-installing IE7 from the web - I now have a working IE7 back. (I'll spare the details of IE6 going haywire in the middle of this mess).

Now, I can get the WIndows Updater to work. It tells me I need to install version 3.1, but every time I try the install fails.

I have the 3.0 version of the msi dll in my systems 32 folder, but it isn't working. When I try to upate, the only option I am getting is to download the 3.1 installer update - which then fails.

In my add and remove folder in the control panel, I have a "Hotfix for XP KB915865) which was apparently installed today.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can fix the windows updater?
 

13black

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Download the windows installer version 3 manually from Microsoft then run it and install it. Then try windows update again.
 

imported_Salamander

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No luck. On another forum someone pointed me to an XP Pro fix fore resetting security settings back to the defaults (Q31222). However, when I tried this I got an error message that "secedit" was not a recognized command.

Does anyone know of a similar fix for XP Home (which is what I have)?