Re: OE6 Update Problem
From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/05/04
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Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 01:02:39 -0400
Posting this chapter of your ongoing problems to the *original* thread would
have been more preferable, Roger. If WU is still identifying 837009 as
being needed, post to Windows Update newsgroup for some suggestions.
<IMO> As for Norton GoBack, well, this wouldn't be the first time a Norton
product screwed up Windows and Windows Update.</IMO>
-- ~PA Bear Roger Fink wrote: > If you check the thread I started about 35-40 threads earlier you'll find > that I just managed to put the rest of the house in order, thanks to some > typically expert MVP advice and a little diligence. The solution to my IE > problems, which took 5 minutes preceded by twelve hours of "research and > preparation", was to replace the corrupted file <Oleaut32.dll> using a > small > download from Microsoft. Regarding OE, when GoBack finished I ran a check > at > Windows Update and it said that everything was current, and no critical > updates were necessary. I assume that between the time Windows Update was > calling for the installation of the two patches and the time to which > GoBack > reverted the OS (where all updates had been installed), I did something > that > caused WU to misread the system, since the OE version # has stayed > consistent through these posts. I suspect that it was removing Java VM. > I'm > not a rank amateur anymore, but I'm worlds away from having any real > insight > into issues like this, and I'm just happy to get a clean bill of health > from > WU. > > PA Bear wrote: >> Are you posting from the problem machine? Are you running Win98SE? >> Did Windows Update V4 scanning engine identify MS04-013 (837009) as >> being needed? >> >> From your headers: "Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437". The >> machine has a later OE Cumulative Update (MS04-018/823353) already >> installed (which is what the error message was telling you, in its >> convoluted way). >> >> Roger Fink wrote: >>> As part of an attempt to solve a problem I've described elsewhere, >>> I've reinstalled IE6 SP-1 from the Microsoft disc. According to >>> Windows Update (for 98SE) I now need to install the update described >>> in KB837009 (cum. update for OE6 SP-1) and KB867801 (cum. update for >>> IE6 SP-1). Until I fix things I can't download directly from Windows >>> Update, but I have located and >>> saved the individual files. Installing 867801 was no problem, but >>> 837009 won't install, telling me it needs to have OE6 SP-1 installed >>> first. I figured it was on the IE6 SP-1 disc. Apparently not. Where >>> is this?
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