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Microsoft do NOT
give you the ability to download the entire IE6 SP1 from their
website. Instead they give you a 500KB exe file that you download
and then run from your machine.
But what it you want
to download the FULL IE6 SP1...?
You may have more
than one PC connected via dialup and do not want to spend an hour
installing on each machine. |
Well it IS possible to pull down the FULL set of
files, then save to CD so you can
update all your PC's quickly.
How to download the full IE6 SP1...
-First of all you will need to visit the Microsoft website and get
the IE6 SP1 installer
using this link:
ie6setup.exe (479kb)
-Create the following folder on your computer:
C:\Downloads
-Now save this file to this location on your computer.
-Go to the Start Menu and select Run
A small window will appear. type in the following
including
the quotation marks:
"C:\Downloads\ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"
A screen like the one below will appear:

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NB
- Please note that sometimes the process will fail, if this
happens try again later and you should have more success. Not sure
why, but sometimes you just can't access the Microsoft download
site!
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You then have to accept the agreement before you can proceed.
When you click on the next button a window like the one below will
appear:

Now you can select where you want the
files to be saved.
Then select the operating system you
require. (You can select ALL if you wish... this would be 49MB)
Then click the next button and a window
like the one below will appear showing you the download progress for
ie6 sp1 files:

You will now download ie6 sp1 onto your PC!
Just open C:\Downloads folder and there are the files...
You can now burn them into CD and install onto other computers as
appropriate.
I hope this article on how to download IE SP1 was useful?
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