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Rob - 20 Apr 2004 22:48 GMT

I used to have "active desktop" option, but lost it after re-installation of
NT4 sp6a and IE 6. Any clues?

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Ghostrider - 21 Apr 2004 20:24 GMT

> I used to have "active desktop" option, but lost it after re-installation of
> NT4 sp6a and IE 6. Any clues?

Been some time, but there is a trick to it. Re-install
Windows NT and followed by SP4 and IE4. IE4 has the active
desktop. Then update with SP6a and IE6.

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Andrew Rossmann - 21 Apr 2004 22:44 GMT

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup and a copy
was sent to the cited author.]

> I used to have "active desktop" option, but lost it after re-installation of
> NT4 sp6a and IE 6. Any clues?

Details here:
http://www.jsiinc.com/subg/tip3200/rh3235.htm

(Just replace ie5setup.exe with ie6setup.exe)

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