IE6 install incomplete !

I went to the windows update site and installed everything listed as a "critical" update.

All installed good except that IE6.

It gave me a warning message that states "Setup was unable to install all the components. Please close all applications and try running Setup again. "

Now each time we boot up we get message after message saying an installation was not completed ..........

OK, so it didn't work - I'll just stick with the version 5.X !

Question - How do we get rid of the "failed installation" data now stored somewhere that is giving me all those "try again "| messages ?

Thanks

**********************************************************************************

Hey: I did read all the postings and one with same problem had a reply to try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;EN-US;Q281967

I go to that link and receive a Help and support article.

Article ID : 281967
Last Review : November 19, 2004
Revision : 11.1


We did the steps suggested and got a list of only 4 "oem.inf files" - none of these are of any big size.

Checked the Windows .inf folder and there are 533 .inf files - however only 4 of them are "oem*.inf" type.
None of them are "0" in size.

**********************************************************************************

That is Microsoft's solution - didn't work - any more suggestions out there ?

 

Hello jbarker,

Do you have a restore point prior to the installs? If so, go back to it and start all over, this time do one update at a time, preferably spacing them out a day each. This time the one for IE cumulative first, since that's the one your most exposed for.

I went to the windows update site and installed everything listed as a "critical" update.
Doing them this way all at once simply increases the odds for having a problem.

Regards - Charles

 

No restore

We have no restore points - so I guess we're stuck with that "failed install"
message from now on !

 

Hi jbarker,

We have no restore points
Is it shut off or is there a problem with it?

There should be add/remove entries for the crtiticals - right at the moment I can't remember whether this happens for WinMe like it does for XP. If so, see if there one for that IE patch.

Regards - Charles

 

Unwanted message !

Thanks, I've tried all the suggestions and we still get that screen saying installation was incimplete.
So, we will just live with it and move on !

 

jbarker--If you are still reading, there are some ideas here
http://www.google.com/search?source...tup+was+unable+to+install+all+the+components"
In my opinion, IE6 is a better browser, and MS offers updates for it when necessary.