Re: Need Help with ONE update

From: Len Dolby (lsdolby_at_ignore.ntlwor.com)
Date: 04/28/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:28:11 +0100

I have no internet access on the ME PC (it's an HP)
Have completely wiped the HDD and used HP's restore disk set (2 CD's) via a
boot disk to re-load ME and all hardware drivers (automatically)

Successful. PC works, but CDRW drive seems to be kaput. Separate DVD drive
works fine. For some reason they are set up (by HP installation) as drives M
and N ( and there's no drives D .. L ).

Your procedure - part 1 step 2 errored, probably because in step 4, there
are NO files IUCTL.DLL anywhere on C:
Nor is there a file IUENGINE.DLL ( nor a Windows Update folder, so the
subsequent steps cannot be done )

No access to internet till I return the PC to its owner (I have cable access
via a LAN card, not compatible with her dial-up modem)

I'm just hoping that ME Update will run - any thoughts on what I should do
if it doesn't ? As stated, my memory of ME update engine change goes back to
when I loaded ME upgrade over W98 on my daughter's PC - perhaps a "clean"
install is different ?
Appreciate yr thoughts - Len

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23avhemQLEHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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
> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "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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