A customer's XPPro laptop will connect to the net, get Outlook mail and download antivirus updates.  But Internet Explorer 6 refuses to Explore the Internet.

I've run 'sfc /scannow' to try and repair IE but that didn't do it.

Microsoft suggest reinstalling IE but this isn't as easy as they make it sound.

Their fix is to alter a registry setting which fools the system into thinking IE6 is no longer installed, then reinstall IE.

(Which is just an over-install anyway, as IE6 is still there)

But there's a significant obstacle to this plan which M$ appear to have overlooked: Where does one find a re-deployable IE6?  Their download site doesn't allow IE6 to be saved for future use, it says specifically that a 'custom' download of IE6 isn't possible for 2K and XP.

Suggestions welcomed.

TX

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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