BleepingComputer.com: IE 6 problems

I am using windows 98 SE and IE 6. It will not open any pop-up or second windows. Nor will it download any window updates and install them. All that I get is blank window showing the first windows image on it. I have tried to repair the IE still won't work. and installing it to previous version(IE 5) works the pop-ups but some of my programs require IE 5.5 or higher. I also found my IE.inf file and tried reinstall and not luck either. Can someone help me???????

Your windows update problem -

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- What do you mean by "first windows image"?

Until someone more knowledgeable can help you why not use another browser and forget about IE6?
see http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

I started having the same problems that you describe on Tuesday, March 22 - the day before you posted your problem. I have tried many things including uninstalling and reinstalling my virus scanner and firewall, and checking around for fixes. This is the first similar occurance that I have found and the date coincidence seems to indicate a wider problem that just our computers. When i try to click on certain links I get a new window that is just an empty frame with the title Microsoft Internet Explorer, and it just spins its wheels. This also happened when I tried to click on the links in the bleeping computer email for new registration. If I click on the tutorial link, I get this empty window.
Hopefully someone can help us.

SUCCESS!! I tried various things but the final successful step was replacing OLEAUT32.DLL following the instructions near the end of http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm Good Luck

Congratulations!

And thanks for posting back on how you accomplished your fix.
It may help others here too.

rbakery, on Mar 29 2005, 01:34 PM, said:

me too!!, after trying all that other bleep about re regestering over 10 dll files and still got nothing, finally something works. its been months of copying links into the same window, damn that pissed me off!