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Well, that's highly unusual: If all was well with the computer (and again I
suggest such is not the case), Windows Update should have offered IE8 to a
WinXP computer running IE6, not IE7. The fact that IE7 was offered suggests
that IE7 was installed when you did the Repair Install. I'll once again
point you to...
How to perform a repair installation of Windows XP if a later version of
Internet Explorer is installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964
In short, you must uninstall IE7 and/or IE8 before doing a Repair Install.
Neglecting to do so will leave Windows (and IE) in a "confused" state (hence
Windows Update offering IE7) and the only resolution is a clean install.
Note: The More Information (troubleshooting) section of KB917964 is
unfortunately very misleading and only applies to computers where a Repair
Install has *not* been performed yet.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
Dennis wrote:
> It was Windows Update that was installing downloaded files when
> it wanted to set up IE 7, so I assumed it was Windows Update that
> downloaded IE7.
> All Windows Updates, except IE8, are now downloaded and installed
> and everything works fine. The only think I had to reinstall were
> the sound drivers. All other programs I tried, worked after the
> repair. The computer is back at my nephew's house. That will be
> a test because his kids are hard on computers... lol
>
> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>> Dennis wrote:
>>> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>>>> Had IE7 and/or IE8 been installed when you did the Repair Install?
>>>>
>>>> Cite:
>>>>
>>>> How to perform a repair installation of Windows XP if a later
>>>> version of Internet Explorer is installed
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964
>>>
>>> I don't know for sure. When I got it to where I could get it
>>> to boot up in Windows XP Pro, I went on line right away to scan it.
>>> When I did the repair it downloaded IE 7 and wanted to install it
>>> while other files were still being downloaded. I click on "Remind
>>> me Later". But, IE didn't work till I installed IE 7 from a separate
>>> disc. Clicking IE just gave me an error message that it had to
>>> close and it made a desk top shortcut to IE that didn't work. That
>>> was new to me, click a desk top icon and it made a another desk top
>>> icon that didn't work either.
>>
>>> I don't know for sure [if IE7 and/or IE8 was installed before I did
>>> the Repair Install]
>>
>> Your comment that "IE didn't work till I installed IE7" suggests that
>> one of them was prior to the Repair Install.
>>
>> Tip: If Favorites Center (CTRL+I) and its Gold Star on the left-hand
>> side of the IE toolbar were present before you did the Repair Install,
>> IE7 or IE8 was installed.
>>
>>> [After] I did the [Repair Install] it downloaded IE 7 and wanted to
>>> install
>>> it while other files were still being downloaded.
>>
>> What "downloaded IE7 and wanted to install it" (e.g., Automatic Updates;
>> Windows Update website)?
>>
>> Is the computer currently fully-patched at Windows Update?