ATTN: Frank Saunders "Removing SP2 from IE6"

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DMBauer

Hello Frank,

I managed to remove SP2 from windows xp pro, but for some reason it's stayed
in IE6. Is there a way to remove it from IE via recovery console?

Thanks-Dave
 
Copy/paste the following line into an IE Addressbar, click on GO, then
copy/paste the results into your reply:

javascript:navigator.appMinorVersion
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/default.mspx
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Hello PA Bear, This wasn't a reply to a previous post, it was the first
post. Anyway I did what you suggested and what I got was " ;SP1;" without
the quotes. However when I click help, About IE, it still shows "Version
6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003" Which IE6 do I now have?

Thanks,
Dave
 
DMBauer said:
Hello PA Bear, This wasn't a reply to a previous post, it was the first
post. Anyway I did what you suggested and what I got was " ;SP1;" without
the quotes. However when I click help, About IE, it still shows "Version
6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003" Which IE6 do I now have?
Click to expand...

You are running very outdated (Aug-2002), unpatched (and therefore *much*
less-secure) versions of OE, IE and Windows XP SP1. (Disregard the 'sp2' in
'6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003'. It's simply "pointing to" WinXP/IE SP1.)
Check in at Windows Update ASAP and re-enable Automatic Updates.

However, you do *not* have an SP2 version of IE6 installed, which is what
you were wondering about. (There isn't an 'IE6 SP2' anyway though many of
us casually refer to IE6 running in WinXP SP2 as such.)
 
DMBauer said:
Hello PA Bear, This wasn't a reply to a previous post, it was the
first post. Anyway I did what you suggested and what I got was "
;SP1;" without the quotes. However when I click help, About IE, it
still shows "Version
6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003" Which IE6 do I now have?

Thanks,
Dave
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What Robear said.
Since you started a new thread, why were you trying to remove SP2?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
 
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However, you do *not* have an SP2 version of IE6 installed, which is what
you were wondering about. (There isn't an 'IE6 SP2' anyway though many of
us casually refer to IE6 running in WinXP SP2 as such.)
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LOL. That's a pretty funny habit.

I was just looking at the IE6 SP1 CD order website via another thread
here and was wondering why it wasn't SP2 ;)
 
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