"Johnny_B" wrote in message
news:wVMEc.13158$Ch.2565@okepread04...

In Add/Remove programs, I receive the following error message when trying
to remove Microsoft Windows Update Notification 4.0: "Could not locate INF
file wucrtupd.inf."

No such file on this Win98 system.

The Update Notification program no longer appears in the Task Scheduler in
System Tray, and I cannot find the missing .inf file. Windows Update does
not give me the option to reinstall as it shows I successfully installed
the program in March 2004. So I can neither add nor remove the program
from my computer.

There appear to have been no updates since the
Feb. 2004 (free) MS Windows Security Disk and
none are expected.

In MSCONFIG utility under Startup tab, I have the check box enabled for
SchedulingAgent (mstask.exe), but TaskMonitor (C:\Windows\Taskmon.exe) is
no longer listed there.
Windows 98SE.

MSTASK is a sort of agenda for routines (e.g.
ScanDisk) you want the PC to run unattended,
e.g. while you are asleep. This is generally a
bad idea for home PC users. TASKMON
does not help your PC run better. (It may
provide some useful information for debugging
particular processes, but how many of us are
programmers these days?)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)