Hi All I have a 98 machine on our small office network that wont do the windows update properly. I specifically am trying to upgrade to IE6 (various websites we visit require it), but the upgrade sticks part way through. I can download the setup files, but when it continues to the full download, it gets about 10% through then freezes & wont complete the setup. This also happens from a CD install. I have tried the repair function but it tells me I need to reload IE. It also thinks that IE 6 is already loaded. When the comp is booted up, the install window for IE 6 pops up as if it is trying to reinstall, but the same problems occur. Is there a way to remove IE 6 completely & start again with the install CD? would an "over the top" run of 98SE fix the problem? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Drew

If there is an entry in add/remove IE6 then try removing instead of repairing.

Hi OtheHill The remove option is greyed out. Cheers Drew

IE6 UNINSTALL http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q293/9/07.ASP or IERADICATOR http://www.98lite.net/ieradicator.html It's possible that an 'over the top' install of windows could help. Windows and IE are tightly intertwined.

also from the unistall control panel, when reinstalling, and says files already installed, do you want to replace? , say yes..., also check to make sure firewalls and virus scanner are disabled at this time , may be blocking setups. :)

Hi All more to this problem. Was able to remove IE using IERADICATOR. Whilst trying to reinstall get the following error message: IE5WZD caused an invalid page fault in module SETUPAPI.DLL at 0177:7a0e6777. Registers: EAX=00000000 CS=0177 EIP=7a0e6777 EFLGS=00010216 EBX=01a8e72c SS=017f ESP=01a8e3c4 EBP=01a8e3d0 ECX=bffa19a0 DS=017f ESI=00000024 FS=1837 EDX=01aa3fc8 ES=017f EDI=bff773ad GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 80 3a 5c 75 06 6a 01 48 5f eb 02 33 ff 8d 4c 30 Stack dump: 01bb0ce0 00000104 01bb0ed0 01a8e3f4 7a0f96b4 01a8e72c 01aa3fc8 00000104 00000000 01bb0ed0 01bb0f00 01bb0ed0 01a8e87c 7a0f9407 01a8e420 01a8e524 Any suggestions?? Drew