IE6 Uninstall Questions

I have had a few minor issues recently that I think are due to installing, then uninstalling the new beta v7 of Internet Explorer. Since uninstalling it, IE6 has had a couple of little nagging issues that I am assuming is due to my using IE7 for a week. My wife can not log in to our bank for online banking, but only from her XP user account (which is the same account that was used to install and uninstall IE beta v7). When using my XP user account, logging in to the bank site is no problem. Also, IE crashes when I go to my personalized Google home page from her XP user account.
I have tried some things such as clearing internet cache and running CCleaner to hopefully clear up some of these things, but have had no luck. I think what I want to do now is to uninstall and reinstall IE6. I am thinking this will return it to an uncluttered state. Can I do this without tampering with the registry? Is there a repair tool that can be used for IE6 instead of reinstalling? Other suggestions?

FYI, spyware and antivrus scans are run daily. All are kept up to date. All MS updates are performed regularly.

 

To un/reinstall Internet Explorer, please follow these steps:

1. Open 'Control Panel'
2. Double-click the 'Add/Remove Programs' icon (or single-click the link)
3. Hit alt+w (or click 'Add/Remove Windows Components')
4. On the 'Windows Components Wizard' dialog, uncheck the box next to 'Internet Explorer'
5. Click 'Next'

Windows will now uninstall Internet Explorer. It is the same process to re-install, only check the box this time around.

There is also a IE repair utility called IEFix that may be able to help your situation.

 

Thanks for the suggestions. Doesn't the Add/Remove utility just eliminate access to IE? Anyway, I tried it with no luck. I also tried the repair utility to no avail. It repeated asked for files from the XP disk. What computer comes with a disk anymore? Anyway, I found some of them as I could on the C: drive, but eventually I gave up.

 

Technically, yes you're right about IE. The core will still be on your system!

The ideas behind these operations is to replace possibly corrupt files on your system with known good versions from the disk. If we can't access a disk, we are SOL.

You computer will have come with a disk though. It may not be the Windows XP disk on an OEM system, though. It is often a "restore" disk, or an "operating system" disk. Do you have any of these?

It's also possible that the manufacturer of your computer put the disk on a partition of your hard drive. What drives are listed when you open 'My Computer'?

 

There was no disk included with this Dell Inspiron B120 laptop. I think I remember reading that the restore applications on this computer eliminated the need for a disk in most cases, but a disk could be ordered from Dell if needed. In 'My Computer' I have C:, D: and E:. C is of course the hard drive. D is a DVD ROM drive. E is a USB flash drive.

 

Hmmm.... that doesn't show our restore partition. Can we try this:

1. Right-click 'My Computer'
2. Select 'Manage'
3. On the 'Computer Management' window, click 'Disk Management'

This screen should list all disks on your system, including any hidden areas.

 

Looks like you're on to something (see image). There are two partitions with which I am unfamiliar. Now, are they what we are ooking for? And if so, how do I access the files?

 

I got this by clicking on the left end of the status bar after attempting a failed log in. If we knew the line of code noted in the message, would that help? If so, do I need a code editor to locate the line or do I just count down to the line of code as noted by looking at the source code in Notepad? Do blank lines get counted? Is it that simple?

 

Just for kicks, I reinstalled IE beta 7. Now the log in to our bank site works fine again. I am not very happy with IE7 and would prefer to use IE6. Before you say it, I know many of you have your Mozilla and other browser preferences, but I have personally not found any reason to leave IE.
Now I am curious about these hidden virtual drives on my PC. Can anyone give me some info about these? Mostly, I would like to become familiar with their contents and how to access them in the event I need the data they contain. Also, I am still looking for suggestions to get back to stable use of IE6.

Thanks Geeks!!!

 

Anybody have any further suggestions?