Comments on: IE 7 Beta 2: Reboot

By: mak

mak — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:38:50 +0000

however here is what I did and my scenario

scenario : installed IE 7 while i was using xp professional sp2 trial edition
after my windows trial expired i did a “repair on the operating system” w/ a retail version of the os in the process WININET.DLL was over-written w/ the IE 6 version along w/ a few other files. and i lost all the updates on my add/remove programs list. couldn’t reinstall IE 7 b/c it requires an uninstall first and couldn’t downgrade to IE6 b/c it detected IE 7 upon launching IE 7 i received :”Entry point internetgetsecurityinfobyurlw not found in Wininet.dll”
keep in mind i couldn’t uninstall IE7 by any means, the folder was not present in C:\windows (the $IEUNINSTALL folder)

so i ran
start > run > “sfc /purgecache (this deletes temp files)”
lamer note : omit the quotes

then run
start > run > “sfc /scannow”
super lamer note : omit the quotes

then browse to
c:\windows\inf
lamernote its a hidden folder so you must goto folder properties and check show hidden files and folders
also check show extentsion for known file types

find the IE.inf file and right click on it and then click install
you’ll probally need the windows cd in unless you installed from a network share, in any event you’ll need access to the original installation media / install location, more specifically the I386 folder

what this does is reinstall IE 6 via the inf so it bypass the install executable and it overwrites all newer files automatically. now click

start > run > “iexplore”
or just click on an internet explore icon
and ie 6 will launch.

then run windows update to update the IE6 to patch a few of the 2 billion security flaws.

now browse to “http://www.getfirefox.com” and download and install firefox and make it your default browser

the only reason you should ever use IE is
for windows update for if a program or website requires it.

Bill D.
MCP Windows XP Professional

this one worked. thanks

By: Solarstar

Solarstar — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:55:39 +0000

To fix this I had to boot into Windows Safe mode with Command prompt and then I ran an uninstall for IE7 Bet3 in a folder located in the C:\windows\ uninstalll ran without errors rebooted then I didn’t also get the msoobe.exe error anymore and I could activate windows!!!

By: Plasma

Plasma — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:12:15 +0000

Bill man, you are the BEST!!!!! i LOVE YOU! you are just amazing dude. Thanks for the help, i got it!

By: Deeplogos

Deeplogos — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:13:41 +0000

THANK YOU Bill D!! I am saved MS Jesus…;)
-DL-

By: Christina O

Christina O — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:12:05 +0000

AndyH:
Thank you! For work related reasons I need IE 6 complete with ActiveX, but months ago I had the misfortune to install IE7 Beta 2 and couldn’t get rid of it. I had tried absolutely EVERYTHING to get it uninstalled and nothign else worked.

I had the uninstaller listed in my Add/Remove Programs, but it would never complete the uninstall because it kept hanging at “Updating Registry…”. At first I was a bit skeptical that but I decided to try it anyway, afterall, I’d tried just about everything else. There were only three Sound schemes: No Sound, Windows Default, and None. I deleted the scheme called None and tried the uninstall again. It paused a few seconds at Updating Registry and I thought it was going to be just one more failed attempt. But lo and behold, it finished the uninstall and I’m back to IE 6!!!

Thanks again!