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Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Josetann on May 10, 2001, 10:40:37 AM

Please post your experiences with the new IE6 2469 build here.  If you don\'t have it, you can download it here (http://\"http://www.thetechguide.com/downloads/ie6_2469.zip\").  There\'s no readme yet, and I\'d like to know what\'s different, and what OS\'s it\'ll install on (I\'m using WinXP as my primary OS, or I\'d check myself).

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Anonymous on May 10, 2001, 03:56:10 PM

2469 DOESN\'T run on XP there will be a build later that will allow that.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Anonymous on May 10, 2001, 09:56:57 PM

Works fine for me on Windows Me. Only thing is that after installing i got this error message:

\"ieinfo5.ocx is missing or corrupt\"

Never did this before.
Everything seem to work fine anyways.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: SeaBass on May 10, 2001, 11:02:44 PM

I tried it on Windows ME and it worked fine at first.  Now it won\'t work at all, it just freezes up.

Thanks for posting this download anyways, I had to know if it would work.

NOTE:  To all Windows ME users.  Don\'t be a bonehead like I was and disable System Restore.  Especially if you\'re a daredevil like me and you like to try out the latest stuff, set a restore point just before you install.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: SeaBass on May 11, 2001, 12:18:54 AM

One more thing... if anyone has had a similar problem or solution, would you please post it here?
Thanks.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Josetann on May 11, 2001, 01:08:44 AM

Starting to hear of some problems on WinMe.  But haven\'t heard anything about other OS\'s.  So is it working ok on other OS\'s (and it\'s just a WinMe problem/fluke) or is no one trying?

And yes, System Restore is a nice thing to have, in case something goes wrong.  Have you tried the uninstall feature on IE6?

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: SeaBass on May 11, 2001, 01:32:50 AM

I tried the uninstall on builds 2462 and 2465 and both times I got this : \"The uninstall was unsuccessful.\"  Fun, wow.

2462 worked well for me but 2465 would not work at all and I couldn\'t uninstall.  Even after using IE Eradicate and installing IE 5.5, the browser would freeze as soon as I clicked a link.  I was forced to format C:                /sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' />

2469 worked at first, then the same thing happened.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Josetann on May 11, 2001, 01:37:29 AM

Can you try just upgrading WinMe over itself?  That might fix the problem (I used to load Win98 over itself all the time to fix problems).

Does the IE Repair option work maybe?  Try reinstalling IE over itself?  2462 is probably the safest build to use anyways, MS never meant 2465 or 2469 to be public.

But, safe = boring.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Seabass on May 11, 2001, 02:34:20 AM

I too used to install 98 on top of 98 at times when system files may have been damaged and it worked every time without a single problem.  

A strange thing happens when I install Me over itself.  Everything works except one thing: the internet.  Something is changed on a re-install so when I dial up, nothing gets through to either of my browsers. I don\'t know if a setting or file is changed, or even where to begin.  I never have this problem on a clean install.

I re-installed (and used the repair function) the post-betas (2465, 2469) with no error messages, but the same freeze problem occurs.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: pcxboy on May 11, 2001, 03:08:44 AM

l\'ve used MS IE build 2463 on Windows ME before, but it could not be uninstalled successfully. Then l used IE Radicator to remove it, after that l found that my IE and any windows\' upper icon (on the right corner) are disappeared! Then, l re-installed Public Preview 2462, it works fine. But IE \'s verion build 2469 is leaked, l\'m afraid that l will occur the same problem. Could everyone tell me your experience when using IE 6 build 2469?

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Josetann on May 11, 2001, 03:52:36 AM

Hrm.  Only other thing I can think of now, is if you used IE Radicator to completely remove IE, then upgrade WinMe over itself.  Perhaps it\'s not wanting to reinstall IE because a newer file version is there.  I dunno, sounds like it\'s just gonna give you problems no matter what.

Well, for the couple of minutes that it worked, did you like it?  

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Josetann on May 11, 2001, 07:22:58 AM

Ok, for everyone using this build on WinMe (or thinking about it), here\'s a tip that might solve the freezing problems.  Quote:

\"Concerning the freezing problem of ie beta 2.465 in Windows  ME: I had the same problem but then deinstalled the support for meta tags in \"software\". And that was the solution! Now IE 2465 works fine n my machine.\"

I bet this can help out some of you, if it works let me know.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: pcxboy on May 11, 2001, 07:33:13 AM

Right! l remembered that IE build 2463 when using Windows Me also has a connection problem as you saidd before. l\'ve checked my connection network and internet explorer setting, they\'re ok, but IE is always disconnect my connection and then said that there\'s a problem occured, you can report the bugs to MS or restart it. lt\'s too terrible!
Could you remove IE build 2469 successfully? l\'m considering l would use IE build 2469. lt\'s so terrible when occurs these problems as said.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Josetann on May 11, 2001, 07:38:22 AM

There is a remove (and a repair) option for IE6, but as you can see posted here, it doesn\'t always work.  I\'d say it\'s relatively safe to try out, just make sure you have backups, just in case.  It\'s a beta, and unexpected things can happen (hell, even finished products give problems all the time).

IE6 works fine for me, but I\'m using the version that comes with WinXP.  Since there\'s no upgrade to be done, I skip a lot of those problems.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Zero on May 11, 2001, 11:11:16 AM

I installed it on Win2k (Sp2) and it works fine. /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: SeaBass on May 11, 2001, 01:08:58 PM

pcxboy:  You can try 2469 safely as long as you have System Restore is active.  You can set a restore point and if everything isn\'t kosher, just go back to that point.  This feature of ME is worth the price alone for most of us home users.  I\'ve used it and it works perfect every time.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: SeaBass on May 11, 2001, 01:36:41 PM

I\'m using IE 6 2469 right now and it is fast!!!  If you install on Windows ME like I did, uncheck \"Support for Smart Tags\" on install.

Thanks Jose for the tip.

Another tip - this one from me - after you install you can change the icons for Outlook Express to the new icons by doing this:
-Right Click Outlook Express
-Left Click Properties
-Click the General Tab and Uncheck Read Only
-Click Apply
-Click Shortcut Tab
-Click Change Icon
-Click OK and OK again
Now you\'ve got the spiffy new icon.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: pcxboy on May 11, 2001, 07:52:12 PM

Should l uninstall IE 2462 (Public Preview) first ?

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: SeaBass on May 12, 2001, 12:16:27 AM

Should l uninstall IE 2462 (Public Preview) first ?

I don\'t know if you can. I couldn\'t.
You can Restore to a point before 2462, then install 2469 or
install 2469 over it.

Since I never had a major problem with 2462, maybe try 2469 over top MAKING SURE TO UNCHECK SUPPORT FOR SMART TAGS BEFORE YOU INSTALL!

Still using 2469, smooth as butter.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Anonymous on May 12, 2001, 10:19:24 AM

I installed it this morning over win 98 and build 2462  with no problems yet so far.  here hoping

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Takeru on May 12, 2001, 03:35:33 PM

Well, It\'s alright. No preformance problems, but I hate it how if you load up a picture that is bigger than your window, it resizes it down for you

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Josetann on May 13, 2001, 08:14:25 AM

You can disable that.  Goto the Tools menu, Internet Options, and Advanced.  There\'s a checkbox for it.

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: webboy on May 14, 2001, 01:55:14 PM

Do you get this registry key entered after installing IE 6 on a Win2k system? and if so, how do you de-activate it, simply delete the key??

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMSLicensing

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Drec on May 15, 2001, 07:53:44 PM

I just installed it on Windows 2000pro with SP2 and it works great.  It took be a bit to set the privacy settings so all my logons would work, but thats the only so-called glitch...

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Screwyluie on May 18, 2001, 09:18:28 PM

I just installed it on win2k pro sp2 and all is well, very well infact, I like it alot, it has much better cookie management then previous versions
I\'ve have no troubles with it, durring install or after

and it even fixed a long standing annoyance in windows. if you\'re clicking through the startmenu and you right click something and delete it sometimes it would create the little arrows at the bottom (as if there was more to the list that it wasn\'t showing) if you clicked the arrows they would just disappear, but it always really annoyed me, but that seems to be fixed now, yay!

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Screwyluie on May 18, 2001, 09:21:44 PM

oh yeah, on another note, you said it\'s not to be installed on winXP? why not? the installation file says \"Internet Explorer 6 installation for Windows 2000/ XP\"

I\'d be more then happy to try and install it on my copy of winXP (assuming I can get it running, hehe) unless you have a good reason why I shouldn\'t

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Josetann on May 18, 2001, 09:27:27 PM

I don\'t think it\'ll even try to install on WinXP, just says it\'s not compatible with that OS when you run setup.  Besides, if you notice a new IE build comes out a couple days before the corresponding WinXP build.  But, I wouldn\'t get WinXP 2469, as it doesn\'t have d3d support.  Not a problem, I mean it is a beta anyways.  But I do miss my Black & White

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Anonymous on May 30, 2001, 05:07:52 PM

I ahve earlier version of IE 2465. What are the upgrade instructions for Window 98 SE? Do I install over 2465 or uninstall back to 5.5? Anything else to be aware of? Thanks. Also what is the difference between 2465 and 2469?

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: Anonymous on July 17, 2001, 04:12:15 AM

After Installing IE6 i am having a few problem with my windows explorer. Could you tell me if there is any fix for this.
my email is avinash_yadavEmail Removed
Bye

Title: IE6 2469 comments/questions
Post by: demop8 on July 22, 2001, 07:21:54 PM

Downloaded IE 6.0 Public Preview version over 10 times now.  WinMe twice, Win2k Server, W2k Pro, Win98 SE.  It has never failed so far, and it\'s alot of different machines, so new, some old.  All worked fine, and none of the problems I read so far.  Maybe MS has fixed all the bugs by now.  Also a note, I absolutely adore the privacy settings.