Re: Need Help with ONE update

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 06:16:38 -0400

Hi Len,

The update engine has changed several times over the past few years. The
easiest way to reload it is to reload the controls. To reinstall the Windows
Update site controls, you must first remove the old controls. The following
are generic steps for all versions of Windows, so not all may apply to your
system:

Remove Controls:
1. Click on Start, then Run.
2. Type in 'regsvr32 iuctl.dll /u' (without the quotes) click OK. You should
get a successful message, click OK on that as well.
3. Click on Start/find/files, choose to look in C:\
4. Type in the file name IUCTL.DLL and click Search Now. Delete every copy
of this file that you find.
5. Run the search again for the file IUENGINE.DLL. Again, delete every copy
of this file you find.

Delete Windows Update files:
1. Double-click on My Computer.
2. Open the C drive
3. Open the Program Files folder
4. Open the Windows Update folder.
5. Delete everything in the folder except the V4 folder.
6. Next, Open the V4 folder, if it exists.
7. Delete everything in the folder except the iuhist.xml file
8. Close Window

Then revisit the WindowsUpdate site and you will be prompted to reinstall
the V4 site controls. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
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"Len Dolby" <lsdolby@ignore.ntlwor.com> wrote in message 
news:AKKjc.52$7S2.51@newsfe1-win...
> I'm hoping some-one can help with just ONE thing
> Windows ME - one of its updates was a change of update engine
> Can anyone point me to the specific download (by name/number) of this 
> update
> ?
>
> I've poste in the ME group but to date no specific answer and this is 
> urgent
> am trying to fix a friends PC which needs complete reload.
>
> I know of the existence of this (and that ME updates don't work without 
> it)
> from about a year ago when I fixed my daughters PC
>
> Apologies for posting here - hope some-one will assist an old codger 
> without
> too much criticism for wrong posting. Friend needs his PC back for his 
> kids
> schoolwork, rather urgent.
>
>

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