From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: May 11, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: re-installing IE
>
> Leo,
> --------------
> On a computer running Windows XP Home, SP2 installed, is
> there any way to install new copies of IE and OE which are
> totally corrupted...cannot use mfr's Operating System CD with
> SFC /scannow because OEM hard drive crashed and was replaced
> a year ago...won't accept old CD...hours of internet research
> failed to produce just one sinple direct way to re-install IE
> and OE...cannot find a download for it...would prefer to not
> re-install operating system. Any clues for me? Thanks, Dick Berman
Two things come to mind to try:
- download and re-install Windows XP SP2. IE and OE are part
of Windows XP, and were updated in SP2, to it's possible that
the install would repair them.
- download IE6 SP1 for non-XP Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx
I don't know if it will actually work, it might say "you're
running XP, you need to do something else".
Of course you can download and run Firefox and Thunderbird as
alternatives to IE and OE, but that doesn't solve the problem
for sites that require IE.
Let me know if either of those approaches work.
Good luck!
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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