I cannot seem to find a simple solution to this anywhere else and so I am making 
a humble plea: does anyone have the answer to this?

The error message :"A newer version of internet explorer is required to run MSN than 
the one currently installed on your computer" and points to a url to install the 
"new" version. 
-I cannot get on to the net to fix the problem nor can I sucessfully install msn 
from a cd. I tried getting the ie 6 patch but that would not install either because 
I could not dial in.

I have tried everything i could think of from using the microsoft solutions to editing 
the registry to copy and pasting files with no luck. 
Can someone point me to a clear solution to this problem other than reformatting 
the drive and starting over?


If it helps the msn corruption is part of a long sequence of problems that occured 
in this order:
-Windows would not start other than in safe mode due to what i believe was a static 
vxd error. Tried the microsoft help file on ME startup but I had no luck 
-After using a go back utility to take my hard drive back to what I thought was a 
safe date, Internet explorer started acting erraticly (slow, crashes, dll errors 
and the like) I went to microsoft and got an update but it would not finish the install. 
"Setup was not able to install all components" error
-I attempted to use the microsoft solutions to the above error message and now I 
get the following message whenever i try to install MSN from a cd or other source:"newer 
version of internet explorer is required" and a bogus url. 

Thanks in advance, tried to be as concise as i could

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re: corrupted msn/IE6 Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 1:48 pm Posted by Robin (84 messages posted) Call Msn. I had the same problem when I downloaded msn9 but I had ie version 5.5. They gave me another connection called msn test and then I was able to get onto msn with internet explorer with this. And then I was able to download ie6. Are you sure you have version 6? Anyway I would call up msn support at 1-800-386=5550 On Friday, January 7, 2005 at 8:51 pm, JcChesh wrote: >I cannot seem to find a simple solution to this anywhere else and so I am making >a humble plea: does anyone have the answer to this? > >The error message :"A newer version of internet explorer is required to run MSN than >the one currently installed on your computer" and points to a url to install the >"new" version. >-I cannot get on to the net to fix the problem nor can I sucessfully install msn >from a cd. I tried getting the ie 6 patch but that would not install either because >I could not dial in. > >I have tried everything i could think of from using the microsoft solutions to editing >the registry to copy and pasting files with no luck. >Can someone point me to a clear solution to this problem other than reformatting >the drive and starting over? > > >If it helps the msn corruption is part of a long sequence of problems that occured >in this order: >-Windows would not start other than in safe mode due to what i believe was a static >vxd error. Tried the microsoft help file on ME startup but I had no luck >-After using a go back utility to take my hard drive back to what I thought was a >safe date, Internet explorer started acting erraticly (slow, crashes, dll errors >and the like) I went to microsoft and got an update but it would not finish the install. >"Setup was not able to install all components" error >-I attempted to use the microsoft solutions to the above error message and now I >get the following message whenever i try to install MSN from a cd or other source:"newer >version of internet explorer is required" and a bogus url. > >Thanks in advance, tried to be as concise as i could [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum