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05.10.2007 at 09:32AM PDT, ID: 22564559
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Win98 won't load after upgrade to IE6

Asked by bargefoot in Operating Systems Miscellaneous, Windows 98 Operating System, Web Browsers

Tags: win98

I have a Win98 first edition laptop (very old) that was using AOL7.  Started to get messages about the browser needing updating to display websites.  This was also true for IE.  Struggled through the install of AOL9 and still got the same message.  After further research realised that the problem was with IE rather than AOL.  Downloaded version 6 to cd and installed it.  This is where the fun begins...

Now whenever I start the computer (normal or safe mode) it simply hangs at startup with a blank desktop.  Mouse moves and keyboard responds but it never gets any further than this.  I know I can fix it with an in place install of windows, however, I only have win98SE cd.  I can open task manager with Ctrl + Alt + Del but the only thing listed is explorer.  Makes no difference if I close this.Start Free Trial
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