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More XP SP3 problems – Problems installing Internet Explorer 7

It looks like Microsoft’s warning that you can’t uninstall IE7 after you install Windows XP SP3 may apply conversely as well.  If you do a fresh install of Windows XP SP3, the IE7 installer will fail.  I’m still trying to see if I can force an IE7 install right now.

Update 9:25PM – Finally got IE7 installed.  The first botched installation left some instructions on the desktop to reset some permission on some file and I cut-paste it in to the CMD console.  Then I downloaded the installer manually and installed it but it still gave me a failure notice and to reboot.  After I rebooted, it appears that IE7 did get installed.  Weird.

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  1. May 11th, 2008 at 15:14 | #1

    ironicly i just installed XP SP2 yesterday and ironically i downloaded SP3 yesterday and i was successful in installing IE7 on the first try. weird.

  2. May 13th, 2008 at 12:49 | #2

    With Vista out, XP will take a back seat as far as quality of development.

    Although I have to say, this is far better than some of the SP2 experiences that I have dealt with.

    Oh and…. First Try, No Problems!!! Mwahahahaha

  3. May 14th, 2008 at 13:55 | #3

    Mine worked out fine. I did a fresh install from beginning to end though.

  4. May 14th, 2008 at 17:21 | #4

    Mine worked out fine. I did a fresh install from beginning to end though.

  5. November 12th, 2008 at 16:56 | #5

    do you remember what the file you changed the permissions on and what you changed them to?

  6. November 12th, 2008 at 17:00 | #6

    do you remember what the file you changed the permissions on and what you changed them to?

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