Windows Update Problems

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This thread so far: http://snipurl.com/dipk. OP (Home User) has additional
problems (see http://snipurl.com/dip8) and is running IE v6.0.2800.1106IC.
[IC = Internet Content-customized version of IE, most likely obtained from
your ISP, Home User.]

Home User, I don't know how you ended up with it but your replies suggest
that you now have what the WinME Pros call 'version soup'. There would be a
long list of items in IE Help About Update Versions (e.g., SP1; q123456;
q789012; q345678; &c.) if all was well, and the problem about which you
first posted here is only a symptom of this larger problem.

MVP Noel Paton has an excellent page containing instructions on making
things right: http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm. And IIRC
someone else in WinME General newsgroup had another effective way to do it,
too.

I'll leave you in their able hands: Post all further replies to WinME
General newsgroup, please. Yours is a Windows problem, not an IE problem
per se.

OT for Noel: FreeSpirit is now haunting WinXP New Users!
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security

Home User wrote:
No, I do not boot with another Windows version.

There is no entry named "Outlook Express - Q..." Just an entry for
Outlook Express 6.
The only "Q" entry is for Windows Millennium Edition Q823559 Update.

Update Versions:;SP1;
This is a customized version of Internet Explorer.

Other problems I am experiencing: An issue with a web page that won't
load, while all others will. And, Windows Update asks me to install an
update for NET framework. I have ignored that.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
"Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478" tells us that you
have a later OE Update installed which supersedes KB837009/MS04-013.

Do you dual boot with another Windows version by any chance?

Look in Add/Remove Programs for an entry named 'Outlook Express - Q[six
numerals]'. What do you find?

IE Help About Update Versions: Post everything listed here, please.

Other than this bothersome announcement from WinUp, are you
experiencing any OE, IE or Windows problems? Could you learn to ignore
the bothersome announcement?
--
Home User wrote:
Hi; Yes, I am using the same machine. I have owned it for about five
years, and I do not recall reinstalling Windows.

I have, however, installed, uninstalled and reinstalled a lot of other
software over the years. I hope that isn't an issue... I hope my
system hasn't gone completely buggy!

Are you posting from the problem machine ("Newsreader: Microsoft
Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478")?

Have you ever reinstalled WinME after having first installed IE6?
--
Home User wrote:
I am using Windows Millennium 4.90.3000

Through the Microsoft Windows Update web site, I have repeatedly
ran the update for Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express
6 Service Pack 1 (KB837009).

It appears to be successful, but then on my next visit to the
site, it asks me to install it again.

According to my history, I've had about a dozen successful
installations over the last week. Why aren't they working? Am I
vulnerable to a security risk?

OK, Thanks for you help.



"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
X-Post to WinME General

This thread so far: http://snipurl.com/dipk. OP (Home User) has
additional
problems (see http://snipurl.com/dip8) and is running IE v6.0.2800.1106IC.
[IC = Internet Content-customized version of IE, most likely obtained from
your ISP, Home User.]

Home User, I don't know how you ended up with it but your replies suggest
that you now have what the WinME Pros call 'version soup'. There would be
a
long list of items in IE Help About Update Versions (e.g., SP1;
q123456;
q789012; q345678; &c.) if all was well, and the problem about which you
first posted here is only a symptom of this larger problem.

MVP Noel Paton has an excellent page containing instructions on making
things right: http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm. And IIRC
someone else in WinME General newsgroup had another effective way to do
it,
too.

I'll leave you in their able hands: Post all further replies to WinME
General newsgroup, please. Yours is a Windows problem, not an IE problem
per se.

OT for Noel: FreeSpirit is now haunting WinXP New Users!
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security

Home User wrote:
No, I do not boot with another Windows version.

There is no entry named "Outlook Express - Q..." Just an entry for
Outlook Express 6.
The only "Q" entry is for Windows Millennium Edition Q823559 Update.

Update Versions:;SP1;
This is a customized version of Internet Explorer.

Other problems I am experiencing: An issue with a web page that won't
load, while all others will. And, Windows Update asks me to install an
update for NET framework. I have ignored that.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
"Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478" tells us that
you
have a later OE Update installed which supersedes KB837009/MS04-013.

Do you dual boot with another Windows version by any chance?

Look in Add/Remove Programs for an entry named 'Outlook Express -
Q[six
numerals]'. What do you find?

IE Help About Update Versions: Post everything listed here,
please.

Other than this bothersome announcement from WinUp, are you
experiencing any OE, IE or Windows problems? Could you learn to
ignore
the bothersome announcement?
--
Home User wrote:
Hi; Yes, I am using the same machine. I have owned it for about
five
years, and I do not recall reinstalling Windows.

I have, however, installed, uninstalled and reinstalled a lot of
other
software over the years. I hope that isn't an issue... I hope my
system hasn't gone completely buggy!

Are you posting from the problem machine ("Newsreader: Microsoft
Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478")?

Have you ever reinstalled WinME after having first installed IE6?
--
Home User wrote:
I am using Windows Millennium 4.90.3000

Through the Microsoft Windows Update web site, I have repeatedly
ran the update for Cumulative Security Update for Outlook
Express
6 Service Pack 1 (KB837009).

It appears to be successful, but then on my next visit to the
site, it asks me to install it again.

According to my history, I've had about a dozen successful
installations over the last week. Why aren't they working? Am I
vulnerable to a security risk?

lol I've been watching his progress in there g
Joan

PA Bear wrote:

OT for Noel: FreeSpirit is now haunting WinXP New Users!

In another thread here ("Web Page Hangs in IE6 SP1 using Win ME"), OP states
that Noel's page and IEradicator have solved his problems.
--
~PA Bear

Home User wrote:
OK, Thanks for you help.



"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
X-Post to WinME General

This thread so far: http://snipurl.com/dipk. OP (Home User) has
additional problems (see http://snipurl.com/dip8) and is running IE
v6.0.2800.1106IC. [IC = Internet Content-customized version of IE, most
likely obtained from your ISP, Home User.]

Home User, I don't know how you ended up with it but your replies
suggest that you now have what the WinME Pros call 'version soup'.
There would be a long list of items in IE Help About Update
Versions (e.g., SP1; q123456; q789012; q345678; &c.) if all was well,
and the problem about which you first posted here is only a symptom of
this larger problem.

MVP Noel Paton has an excellent page containing instructions on making
things right: http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm. And IIRC
someone else in WinME General newsgroup had another effective way to do
it, too.

I'll leave you in their able hands: Post all further replies to WinME
General newsgroup, please. Yours is a Windows problem, not an IE
problem per se.

OT for Noel: FreeSpirit is now haunting WinXP New Users!
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security

Home User wrote:
No, I do not boot with another Windows version.

There is no entry named "Outlook Express - Q..." Just an entry for
Outlook Express 6.
The only "Q" entry is for Windows Millennium Edition Q823559 Update.

Update Versions:;SP1;
This is a customized version of Internet Explorer.

Other problems I am experiencing: An issue with a web page that won't
load, while all others will. And, Windows Update asks me to install
an update for NET framework. I have ignored that.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
"Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478" tells us
that you have a later OE Update installed which supersedes
KB837009/MS04-013.

Do you dual boot with another Windows version by any chance?

Look in Add/Remove Programs for an entry named 'Outlook Express -
Q[six numerals]'. What do you find?

IE Help About Update Versions: Post everything listed here,
please.

Other than this bothersome announcement from WinUp, are you
experiencing any OE, IE or Windows problems? Could you learn to
ignore the bothersome announcement?
--
Home User wrote:
Hi; Yes, I am using the same machine. I have owned it for about
five years, and I do not recall reinstalling Windows.

I have, however, installed, uninstalled and reinstalled a lot of
other software over the years. I hope that isn't an issue... I
hope my system hasn't gone completely buggy!

Are you posting from the problem machine ("Newsreader: Microsoft
Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478")?

Have you ever reinstalled WinME after having first installed
IE6? --
Home User wrote:
I am using Windows Millennium 4.90.3000

Through the Microsoft Windows Update web site, I have
repeatedly ran the update for Cumulative Security Update for
Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 (KB837009).

It appears to be successful, but then on my next visit to the
site, it asks me to install it again.

According to my history, I've had about a dozen successful
installations over the last week. Why aren't they working?
Am I vulnerable to a security risk?