john wrote:

yep that's what I got too. I did a restore to get IE6 back and forget the 7,
I tried several times and each time the same problems

Some research shows that's not really an "error" when you try to
register certain DLLs. Nobody has said what the underlying technical
problem is. This article has tips on fixing OE, so I'll give them a
try, though it may not be OE's fault in the first place.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/.../oerepair.mspx

Brad