Internet Explorer?

My uncle's computer is weird. Before I begin, I think he may have got hacked. First, all the setting in the router was out of wack. I changed those settings and then was able to use the Internet. I can use Netscape fine, but IE won't work. When I click to open it, it says that IE has encountered an error and needs to close. I then figured that the IE files must have been corrupted. I downloaded and installed Service Pack 1 for XP Home. The installation went fine, but it still does not work. I then deleted all the files in C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer. I then downloaded the web install for IE. Now, when I click on the install, it tells me that a newer version of IE has been detected and setup needs to close. Is there a way to get IE to start working again? Sorry for all the writing.

Personally, I prefer Firebird. The bad thing is, you have to have IE to access certain web sites. Like windows update. At least, that's the problem I've had. If I use a differebt browser to get updates, it wants me to download the latest version of IE. Instead of reinstalling windows, I would just try to reinstall IE first, and see if that helps.
<A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378" target="_new">How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP</A>
Also, if you don't already have a firewall of some kind, you might want to get one. I use <A HREF="http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_download.html" target="_new">Kerio Personal Firewall</A> wich is free.



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Your arrogance is boring!

Like I said, it's a problem that I've had. After I posted previously, I tried to go to windows update to see if it would work. This is what I got:

<A HREF="http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/thanks.asp" target="_new">http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/thanks.asp</A>

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Your arrogance is boring!

i would jsut like to point out that

MOZILLA HAS THE SAME DAMN TABS.

it is also open source and free

Alltaken

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I'm running <A HREF="http://texturizer.net/firebird/download.html" target="_new"> Mozilla Firebird 0.7</A> - has tabbed browsing and is faster than IE. Don't know where you get Mozilla doesn't have tabs ...



<b> ...more people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol - W.C. Fields </b>

press "Ctrl + T" this will open a new tab

they remove the tabs when not in use

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Davemar,
While all these yahoo's are talkin about something that won't get your IE fixed let's see if we can reason this out (btw Mozilla is a great browser. I like the firebird varient.) Anyway, I guess we can assume that becuz netscape works then it's most likely a repair issue. Can you get the exact error message IE gave you? You should be able to run a search on their site if you can get the code. BTW did you delete any registry data when you uninstalled? Go to this site (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378&Product=ie600) for more info. Let us know if that helps.

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Well, like I said its my uncle's computer, so I am unable to be in front of it right now. I remember the error was a .dll error, but I am unable to tell you the filename. I should have wrote it down. I am going over there this weekend, so I will check it out. He does NOT have an antivirus program, so he may have a virus. A guess a virus could be causing the problem. Once I find out the filename, I will get back to you.

Ok, I went over to my uncle's house today and ran Norton Antivirus, and it found 6 trojans. I deleted the files and then used a registry tweak and changed a value in Internet Explorer from 1 to 0. This would allow me to reinstall IE. I then downloaded the IE setup, and it started to intall. Then it says that IE setup is no longer able to continue and needs to close. I also found out that the .dll file is the winshow.dll. Would replacing this file in the system folder fix it?