Re: Need Help with ONE update

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:47:28 -0400

Hi Len,

Those files won't exist until they are installed by the first visit to the
update site. There is nothing special you should have to do. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
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"Len Dolby" <lsdolby@ignore.ntlwor.com> wrote in message 
news:K5Xjc.243$9H5.162@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net...
>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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