IE 6 not displaying webpages unless I go through control panel

This is driving me nuts. I updated my xp to xp pro, then applied the sp2 to
it yesterday. After the update, IE6 will not display webpages, BUT it will if
I go to the control panel, go through windows update and open the browser
from there. I can ping, run messenger etc but cannot display a webpage. In
frustration I set up another user account on the same machine, and it works
just fine. I believe that I have two versionsl of ie 6 loaded somehow since
the one that doesn't work comes up with my trusty old Google tool bar, and
the one that does work, doesn't have the tool bar. I've searched and searched
on the internet but can't figure out how to whip this thing.

In news:95230D5D-59A3-498F-A329-,
VexedinNebraska <> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> This is driving me nuts. I updated my xp to xp pro, then applied the
> sp2 to it yesterday. After the update, IE6 will not display webpages,
> BUT it will if I go to the control panel, go through windows update
> and open the browser from there. I can ping, run messenger etc but
> cannot display a webpage. In frustration I set up another user
> account on the same machine, and it works just fine. I believe that I
> have two versionsl of ie 6 loaded somehow since the one that doesn't
> work comes up with my trusty old Google tool bar, and the one that
> does work, doesn't have the tool bar. I've searched and searched on
> the internet but can't figure out how to whip this thing.

Well, seeing as you've made another account the easiest thing would be to
just use that one now. It's not so tough really...

Corrupted Profile: Windows XP :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...ptprofile.html

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:95230D5D-59A3-498F-A329-,
> VexedinNebraska <> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > This is driving me nuts. I updated my xp to xp pro, then applied the
> > sp2 to it yesterday. After the update, IE6 will not display webpages,
> > BUT it will if I go to the control panel, go through windows update
> > and open the browser from there. I can ping, run messenger etc but
> > cannot display a webpage. In frustration I set up another user
> > account on the same machine, and it works just fine. I believe that I
> > have two versionsl of ie 6 loaded somehow since the one that doesn't
> > work comes up with my trusty old Google tool bar, and the one that
> > does work, doesn't have the tool bar. I've searched and searched on
> > the internet but can't figure out how to whip this thing.
>
> Well, seeing as you've made another account the easiest thing would be to
> just use that one now. It's not so tough really...
>
> Corrupted Profile: Windows XP :
> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...ptprofile.html
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
> trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
> come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
> Thanks Galen. Your timing was perfect. Transfering the data now. It's hard to give up on finding out what caused it in the first place, but I've been banging my head since Dos 2.0 so I have a special place that I put all my unresolved OS problems. If they ever break out...

In news2012130-E572-4997-8CFE-,
VexedinNebraska <> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> In news:95230D5D-59A3-498F-A329-,
>> VexedinNebraska <> had this
>> to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> This is driving me nuts. I updated my xp to xp pro, then applied the
>>> sp2 to it yesterday. After the update, IE6 will not display
>>> webpages, BUT it will if I go to the control panel, go through
>>> windows update and open the browser from there. I can ping, run
>>> messenger etc but cannot display a webpage. In frustration I set up
>>> another user account on the same machine, and it works just fine. I
>>> believe that I have two versionsl of ie 6 loaded somehow since the
>>> one that doesn't work comes up with my trusty old Google tool bar,
>>> and the one that does work, doesn't have the tool bar. I've
>>> searched and searched on the internet but can't figure out how to
>>> whip this thing.
>>
>> Well, seeing as you've made another account the easiest thing would
>> be to
>> just use that one now. It's not so tough really...
>>
>> Corrupted Profile: Windows XP :
>> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...ptprofile.html
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained
>> his
>> trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
>> come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after
>> all."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes
>>
>>
>> Thanks Galen. Your timing was perfect. Transfering the data now.
>> It's hard to give up on finding out what caused it in the first
>> place, but I've been banging my head since Dos 2.0 so I have a
>> special place that I put all my unresolved OS problems. If they
>> ever break out...

Sometimes it's just easier to let it go... If there's a viable solution and
it's faster and easier than debugging it is indeed hard to pass up the
debugging but it's time savings are certainly worth it. An example might be
that I know I can remove TCP/IP, reboot, clear the reg entries, reboot, and
re-add TCP/IP and it will reset the WinSock. Instead? I use a handy dandy
third party tool or the command line with XP SP2 to do such. I don't even
worry about why this is corrupted if malware scans prove it's clean. I keep
multiple drive clones on DVD and network storage, when I break something
(and I do) I don't worry about it, I just slam the latest image back over
the drive and in just a few minutes I'm up and running on that PC again.
It's not as fun, nor as "geeky" as it used to be but it's a heck of a lot
more simple and a lot quicker than it used to be too.

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes