IE 6, SP2 re-install question

grindygrindy
edited October 2006 in Science & Tech
IE 6 refuses to stay "associated" with .html files and has a couple of other problems also.

Microsoft's support site http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378 says re-install SP2 in order to "repair" IE 6.

What they fail to say is whether or not to "un-install" SP2 before re-applying it.

Do any of you know if I should un-install my (apparently corrupted) SP2 before re-installing it?

any advice appreciated

Comments

  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    I don't know if it's necessary to uninstall SP2 first, but I would do that if I were you. A re-installation is more likely to succeed if SP2 is not already resident. Before you uninstall and reinstall:

    1. back up any important data
    2. downoad SP2 and store in a folder before you uninstall SP2 from your system
  • grindygrindy
    edited October 2006
    Leonardo wrote:
    I don't know if it's necessary to uninstall SP2 first, but I would do that if I were you. A re-installation is more likely to succeed if SP2 is not already resident. Before you uninstall and reinstall:

    1. back up any important data
    2. downoad SP2 and store in a folder before you uninstall SP2 from your system

    That certainly makes sense to me, and is what I had planned to do. It just makes no sense that Microsoft says nothing about it in that link.
    but, thx much for the input
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    If you are not sure that the problem stems from SP2 specifically, you could try a "repair" re-installation of Windows - not the Repair Console, but a "repair" Windows XP installation. Have you done that before?
  • grindygrindy
    edited October 2006
    Leonardo wrote:
    If you are not sure that the problem stems from SP2 specifically, you could try a "repair" re-installation of Windows - not the Repair Console, but a "repair" Windows XP installation. Have you done that before?

    No I haven't, since my original XP CD is XP with no service pack (yea it's old), I don't see how it could repair a problem with IE 6 that was part of SP1.
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