windows 98 installer and ie 6

i am running windows 98 . in may installed internet explorer 6
now cannot install any software. the installer will not ru;n
checks the msid*.dll and reads 6.0000??? and kicks out
i have tried to install advance perl and windows 2000 work
with the same results.

 

Windows Installer for programs, some programs needs this.

 

i already have these files . they will not run. they check
the id file and read the version number of ie and quit
with an error message bad comman line parameters
or if try to run the windows 2000 office get the comment that
temp is inaccessible however that is not true as files have
already been writtern there

 

You may need to update your Microsoft Data Access Componets. The Windows Installer Cleanup Utility may be of help. Office 2000 setup is mentioned specifically on this page.

 

the clean up file will not execute.

 

I believe you have some problems in the registry. First I would Restart in Dos Mode and type this in at the prompt;
scanreg /fix <enter>
When you get the message that windows has repaired the registry, reboot.
If you cannot install anything after that, use a startup floppy to boot into pure dos and install windows on top of itself. Do not save the old files when asked and make sure it installs into C:\Windows, you will get a prompt for this.
Choose CDrom support, watch the screen for the drive letter for the CD, and replace the X with the letter, if you only have the C: drive it may be E:. Type this in to run setup:
X:\win98\setup.
If you have a recovery CD, the files to run setup may be on the hard drive, in this case type this in,
c:\windows\options\cabs\setup