i attempted to download internet explorer 6 to update my browser. i have a windows me edition computer. it says that the installation was not complete, that i had to reboot to finish installation. i rebooted and it says that some components were not able to be installed and it is ended setup. please help!!

You don't need IE for Windows updates any longer and the older versions have always presented a security risk so why not try Opera and Firefox instead and see which one you prefer?;

http://www.opera.com/ Opera is proprietary software, ie: not 'open source', but it is free. It comes ready for use.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/ Firefox is open source and free. It does work in the basic format but there are lots of addons or extensions which allow it to do extra things. I only have it as a standby so the only extension I have is NoScript, which I think is essential.

Both browsers have excellent support systems and you could always post questions here if you did decide to try them and had problems.

IE7 won't run on ME .... XP or 2003 only.

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try getting ie7 here http://www.filehippo.com/download_internet_explorer/