Endless reboot requests occur when Internet Explorer attempts to download Visual Basic components (257642)

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Upgrading to Service Pack 4 or later

The best way to solve this problem is to install the latest Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack. That will update the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\Wizards\PDWizard\Redist folder to contain the latest files. Then you can use the PDW to rebuild the package. The Wizard uses the components in this folder before the ones in the Windows\System or System32 folders, so that when it generates the .inf file information, it uses these file version numbers. This method has the advantage of automatically producing the correct .inf file the first time (instead of requiring manual editing of them afterwards, as mentioned in the following workarounds).

Manually updating the Redist folder

If you are using the PDW, you can also manually update the Visual Basic Runtime and OLE files in the Redist folder:

1. If you do not already have Extract.exe installed under your system folder, get it from your Windows CD-ROM. You can find Extract.exe in your Windows or Winnt folder or on your Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT installation CD-ROM or diskettes.)
   
   Extract.exe is a command-line utility. Therefore, it is used from an MS-DOS command prompt. To extract the files within a cabinet file, be sure the Extract.exe utility is in the MS-DOS path or copy the Extract utility to the same folder as the cabinet file.
2. Download the latest Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 run-time components. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
   
   Download the VBRUN60.cab package now.
   
   For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

   Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
   
   Create a local folder called C:\VBRUN, and then save the .cab file in this folder.
3. From a DOS prompt, navigate to the System32 folder:

   cd C:\Winnt\System32

4. To extract all the files in the .cab file located

   extract.exe /a C:\Vbrun\Vbrun60.cab /l C:\Vbrun\

   This extracts Vbrun60.exe from the .cab file.
   
   For more information on using the Extract.exe utility, type the following command at an MS-DOS command prompt:

   extract.exe /?

   See the "References" section of this article for information on how to use Extract.exe.
5. Extract the contents of this self-extracting .exe file as follows:

   VBRUN60.EXE /C /T:"C:\VBRUN"

6. Copy the extracted files to the Redist subfolder of the folder in which Visual Basic is installed. By default, the path is

   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\Wizards\PDWizard\Redist

   Be sure to copy the following files: Oleaut32.dll, Olepro32.dll, Asycfilt.dll, Stdole2.tlb, Msvbvm60.dll, and Comcat.dll.

Manually correcting the .inf file

Another way to work around this problem is to change the versioning inside the .inf file that is created by the PDW each time that you create a new .cab file:

1. Locate the .inf file in the support folder under the package folder that is created by the PDW.
2. Open the .inf file with Microsoft Notepad.
3. Verify the file version of the following files with the latest files that are distributed by Microsoft: Oleaut32.dll, Olepro32.dll, Asycfilt.dll, Stdole2.tlb, Msvbvm60.dll, and Comcat.dll.
   
   For the latest Visual Basic 6 Service Pack, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   290887 VBRun60sp6.exe installs Visual Basic 6.0 SP6 run-time files

4. Save the .inf file.
5. Run the .bat file that was created by the PDW to repackage the .cab file again.