Internet Explorer problem

[Andy71SS]

It was suggested I move this thread over to here, so here I go
Running XP Home SP2, IE 6.0
I may have generated this problem :-(
My problem is on the wifes PC while in IE at any time I get zapped back to the desk top. I could be in there for any amount of time 5,10 min or more, then in a flash no warning, no error msg I'm back on the desktop.
The only thing that I had done and I'm not 100% if this caused it is I ran JV16 and cleaned the registry. Something may have been deleted that shouldn't have. I've used the program before on several PC's with no problems, only deleting items that were deemed safe to delete. The bad part is I didn't check the backup box.
I've gone into system error logs but can't find anything in there. Now, is there anyway to find out if something is missing from the registry? Or how to re-install IE? I've looked into re-installing IE but it seems like a long drawn out process. Any shorter way of doing it?
Any guidance would be appreciated,
Andy

 

[MSeng]

If this was done recently and you have System Restore turned on then you could try reverting back to a known good configuration. Otherwise your best bet is to run an IE repair (see the MSKB article) -

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

 

[Andy71SS]

Thanks.
I'll start with restore first.

I wanted to get some input from more intelligent folks before I possibly did something dumb again