I'm coming in on the tail end of this.....but if your OS is WinXP, the program suggested doesn't support WinXP. Regards from the "Keyboard Cowboy", ,,,,,,,, Ô¿Ô¬ Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona --------------------------------- Tuesday, 9/9/2003, @ 16:30:33 EST --------------------------------- Man who live in glass house, dress in basement. |¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥|:0:|¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥| On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:32:17 +0100, Trevnal wrote: | i would try this site, it may be of help, | | | http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html | | | Trevnal | ----- Original Message ----- | | | I would like to remove my Microsoft Internet Explorer completely | without a reformat, if possible. The MSIE I have is 5.5, and | fails (locks up, exits when I don't want it to, etc.) | repeatedly. Also, if I use IE, the computer will not permit me | to shut down. If I use Netscape, none of this happens, which | makes me think there is a DLL problem involved with IE. | | I have scanned for viruses, worms, etc. and come up clean. | (Norton AV 2003, Ver 9.05, updated: Sept 8, 2003) | | I have followed Microsoft's Knowledge Base to resolve this error | to no avail. I have reinstalled IE also to no avail. | I have downloaded a fresh copy of IE and installed that, but I | do not believe it actually replaced files already installed. | | What I would like to try is removing all downloads of MSIE, and | remove MSIE. Then I can use Netscape to download MSIE and start | completely fresh. Does that sound theoretically sound? I have | seen commercial products you can buy that will do this for you, | but I'd rather not go this route. | | If anyone knows how to remove a faulty/mis-behaving IE, please | tell me. | | | Thank you. | | | Robert | | | To unsub or change your email settings: | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | | | To access our Archives: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | | | For more info: | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk