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"Jan Smit" <Jan-Smit(a)invalid.nl> wrote in message
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> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> schreef in bericht
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>> Jan Smit wrote:
>>> ...So first I installed IE-7 and hoped
>>> OE-6 was also replaced. No luck
>>> My solution at last:
>>> Uninstalled OE and IE from Configuration (Windows setup)
>>> Deleted the complete OE-folder within Program Files (in safe mode). Than
>>> erased manually every folder about IE or OE.
>>> Re-installed XP-SP1 from Disk, with the sugestion "use only files from
>>> CD"
>>> and that did the trick....
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>> Did you "uninstall" IE and OE via Add/Remove Windows Components?
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>> Did you do a Repair Install or did you format your HDD and do a clean
>> install?
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> On both questions: Yes, but not a format. That costs money, earn a living
> on this computer
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> What did help was, after removing OE and IE a re-install XP-SP2 Home from
> CD
> All was fine and neat, untill Windows-update came along. It looks like
> some update messes up things...
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