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This is a long story.

I have used Firefox for some time, I like the fact that it will not
run Active-X controls. At the same time, I need and use IE to do
Windows Updates, etc. I had upgraded to IE7.

I fried my motherboard. I could not find another ASUS A8V, so I
installed an A8N.

I was successful in doing a "Repair Installation" of XP Pro SP2. My
CD is SP2.

I discovered problems in installing the updates since my SP2 CD was
made. I was getting installation failed errors. I "hid" these
updates and tried the next batch. Always the same problem.

I finally learned that the new Windows updater used a file the SP2 did
not have, and I successfully registered wups2.dll with the "regsvr32
/s wups2.dll" command. After I did this the October 9th updates
installed successfully.

So I went to Internet Explorer - Tools - Windows Update to get the
updates that had previously failed installation. But the Windows
update page opened (with errors) in Firefox.

If I open IE, it goes to the msn home page. Clicking any link on that
page takes me to that page. But choosing a "favorite" causes the URL
to open in Firefox.

My IE "Help - About Internet Explorer" show that I am running
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158.

I found some information that implied that a "mixed" IE6/IE7
installation could cause problems, so I uninstalled Internet Explorer.
I then reinstalled it. I then went to the Windows download site
(using Firefox
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/S...displaylang=en) and
downloaded the IE7 installation file "IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe"
15,091 KB, or 15,542,536 bytes.

When I try to run this, I receive "Extraction Failed, File is
corrupt."

I don't use IE much, but I need to keep my computer up to date.

Any help would be appreciated.



Neal

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Neal Smith wrote:
> This is a long story.
>
> I have used Firefox for some time, I like the fact that it will not
> run Active-X controls. At the same time, I need and use IE to do
> Windows Updates, etc. I had upgraded to IE7.
>
> I fried my motherboard. I could not find another ASUS A8V, so I
> installed an A8N.
>
> I was successful in doing a "Repair Installation" of XP Pro SP2. My
> CD is SP2.
>
> I discovered problems in installing the updates since my SP2 CD was
> made. I was getting installation failed errors. I "hid" these
> updates and tried the next batch. Always the same problem.
>
> I finally learned that the new Windows updater used a file the SP2 did
> not have, and I successfully registered wups2.dll with the "regsvr32
> /s wups2.dll" command. After I did this the October 9th updates
> installed successfully.
>
> So I went to Internet Explorer - Tools - Windows Update to get the
> updates that had previously failed installation. But the Windows
> update page opened (with errors) in Firefox.
>
> If I open IE, it goes to the msn home page. Clicking any link on that
> page takes me to that page. But choosing a "favorite" causes the URL
> to open in Firefox.
>
> My IE "Help - About Internet Explorer" show that I am running
> 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158.
>
> I found some information that implied that a "mixed" IE6/IE7
> installation could cause problems, so I uninstalled Internet Explorer.
> I then reinstalled it. I then went to the Windows download site
> (using Firefox
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/S...displaylang=en) and
> downloaded the IE7 installation file "IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe"
> 15,091 KB, or 15,542,536 bytes.
>
> When I try to run this, I receive "Extraction Failed, File is
> corrupt."
>
> I don't use IE much, but I need to keep my computer up to date.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Neal
>
> Remove UPPERCASE from email address to email me

I can't help you about your IE and Window problems, but
there are sort of other options you can do.

One option is the windizupdate: http://windizupdate.com/.
This will let you update the OS within Firefox.

The other option is to install IETab:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419. This
will let you use the IE options within Firefox.

Using either of these ways, you will bypass the windows
update feature.

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Windisupdate worked well. Thank you.


On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:35:50 -0700, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
<> wrote:

>Neal Smith wrote:
>> This is a long story.
>>
....
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Neal
>>
>> Remove UPPERCASE from email address to email me
>
>I can't help you about your IE and Window problems, but
>there are sort of other options you can do.
>
>One option is the windizupdate: http://windizupdate.com/.
>This will let you update the OS within Firefox.
>
>The other option is to install IETab:
>https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419. This
>will let you use the IE options within Firefox.
>
>Using either of these ways, you will bypass the windows
>update feature.

Neal

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