Numerous Windows errors

I am unsure of what to do. Here are the symptoms. I
tried to load the ie6 update but it could not finish
loading. I got an error message stating that "setup could
not continue due to a previous installation has pending
work. You need to reboot your computer to complete that
installation before completing Internet Explorer setup.
Setup will now close." I read a post that seemed close to
my problem that indicated that I should run wininit.exe
but the file cannot be run from windows and the computer
will not restart in DOS mode. I even tried to rename the
file as suggested but all that did was create a message at
startup that said the file wininit.exe could not be
found. I then thought maybe my windows install is
corrupted so I would reinstall the OS, but the intall
fails about a third of the way through. I know that I
could nuke my drive but that would prove to be
catatrophic. You all have always been very good in
helping me. Can you help me recover from this? Nothing
will install untill I can resolve the pending installation
of ie6 update

Noel
Sun Sep 26 04:16:29 CDT 2004

Albert
You need to read the instructions a lot more carefully!
the instructions were probably similar to these.....

Do a Search for the file WININIT.INI - if you find it, then rename it to
WININIT.JNK, and reboot - your problem should be gone.

If you don't find it, then try this - Start|Run - enter SCANREG /FIX into
the dialog box, and click OK - windows will reboot - see if that fixes it.


NOTE:- the file to rename/delete is WININIT.INI - NOT wininit.exe!!!!


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"albert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1f3f01c4a12f$861d52a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I am unsure of what to do. Here are the symptoms. I
> tried to load the ie6 update but it could not finish
> loading. I got an error message stating that "setup could
> not continue due to a previous installation has pending
> work. You need to reboot your computer to complete that
> installation before completing Internet Explorer setup.
> Setup will now close." I read a post that seemed close to
> my problem that indicated that I should run wininit.exe
> but the file cannot be run from windows and the computer
> will not restart in DOS mode. I even tried to rename the
> file as suggested but all that did was create a message at
> startup that said the file wininit.exe could not be
> found. I then thought maybe my windows install is
> corrupted so I would reinstall the OS, but the intall
> fails about a third of the way through. I know that I
> could nuke my drive but that would prove to be
> catatrophic. You all have always been very good in
> helping me. Can you help me recover from this? Nothing
> will install untill I can resolve the pending installation
> of ie6 update