Repairing IE6

MY IE6 gets leaky (takes up too much resources) after using it a month or so. The repair feature in Add/Remove programs does not work for this problem. In the past, I have been able to download and reinstall the program from the microsoft site. However, this time when I tried that, I got the message that "Setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer on this system. Setup cannot continue." This happened both when I saved setup to disk, and when I tried to use it by opening without saving.

I tried downloading the latest version of IE6 I could find on the site - should I look again for a later version? My current version says 6.0.2800.1106.

Is there a way to reinstall IE6 without having to download another browser (such as netscape) and deleting IE6 before using netscape to download IE6?

I use Windows 98, ZoneAlarm, but no download managers.

Thanks!

 

Lily--You have the latest version of IE on your PC. That is IE6 SP1. If you have been trying to install IE6 (not SP1) over that, the message is correct that you have a more recent version already on your PC.
In any event, reinstalling IE is not going to solve your resources problem. Basically if you have too many programs running at once (some in the background that you may not even know about) you may run out of resources at worst, slow down operation at best.
1) Do you reboot from time to time? That should close down some of those programs.
2) You could simultaneously click Control+Alt+Delete to see what is running. You can close those you know you know longer need by highlighting and clicking End Task (one by one).
3) You can stop many of these programs from starting at reboot by clicking Start|type msconfig|click OK|Startup tab and uncheck the boxes for the programs you do not wish to have start every time you reboot your PC. There actually are very few programs you need to have running to operate your PC. You can always start other programs whenever you use them--not just have them running all the time.
These sites will give you some idea what programs should be checked on that Startup tab, and which can be unchecked.
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm
http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm

 

Arrggh! I thought SP1 was like a critical update or something. OK so I reinstalled that, and my resources are 10% higher or so. That makes a huge difference on my system. Something I read in the LangaList made me think that some programs can get corrupted and leak resources, and sure enough when I began reinstalling IE occasionally, my puter performs much better.

I should have answered your questions in my first post - I use a laptop and reboot (full, not restart) several times per day. The only things I load at start-up are Explorer, ZoneAlarm, and Systray. I run virus, adware, and spyware scans regularly.

I can't explain why I get back resources when I reinstall IE, I just know it works for me.

Thanks for your help. I'm back to surfing happily now.

 

Lily--Thanks for posting back. If it works for you I guess that is the key!!