Can Windows Me Lock-up Office XP Updates?

The whole point of what was on the website was that once you get to Windows
Update, you divert to the Catalog - and get the 329115 update from there,
before downloading anything else!

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Now we have to repair the 329115 patch which IER has broken - Go to Windows
Update, and do a scan for downloads there.

In the left pane, look under the 'See Also header - is 'Windows Update
Catalog' listed? If not, see below.

If it is, than click on it, and select 'Find Updates for MS Windows
operating systems'

Highlight 'Windows Millennium Edition', and click on Advanced search options

In the 'Contains these words' box type 329115 and click 'Search'

There should be a Single Critical patch - click on the entry, and then Add
it to your Download basket, and go to the download basket - click on the
Browse button, and browse to the Desktop icon, and click OK, then click
'Download Now'

Once it's downloaded, log off the Internet and close IE then double-click on
the 'WU' folder created on your desktop, and keep burrowing down the 6
layers until you get to the 329115_ME.EXE file, and double-click on that.
accept the warning, and install the patch

Reboot

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"Craig S" wrote in message
...
Mike / Noel: IE6 Re-Installed & working but Office Updates still Freezes
at
51%;
The following has occurred:
The 329115 Patch in Noel's copy-righted Instructions would always Default
to
Windows Update when the 329115 DnLoad link was clk'd, so I updated what it
gave;
Windows KEEPS saying KB837009 (OE SP1) is a Critical Update Required even
after I installed it 3 times ( showed Successful & is in History 3 times).
Only once did Win Update let me go to 329115 page and it finally DnLoaded;
Error Msg when 329115.EXE Clk'd on Desktop: "Q329115.EXE File is Linked to
Missing export NTDLL.DLL:strstr" ; (I see NTDLL.DLL in Windows\System)
Behind that Error Block is: "A Device attached to the System is not
functioning" (and the C:\Windows\Desktop Path for 329115.EXE is the header
on
that block).
Maybe I can just look at Office Downloads & go by dates to manually
Update;
Any idea How to Tell Win Updates that KB837009 OESP1 is Loaded?
Thanks for all that you did!!

"Craig S" wrote:

Well, your mention to Download to where ie6setup is, since I had
mentioned 2 places I wasn't sure if you meant to Download to the Special
Folder I created but I moved the Windows Update Setup File back over to
My
Documents\IE6SP1 I created and the Download Did Not Like it. Moved all
back
to Windows and it completed. I Clk the ie6setup.exe to Finish.
The fact that Install & Run is part of Download and Install later
"logic" proves that software engineers clearly hate people of low to
average
expertise.
Will advise when I get the nerve to start the Delete/Re-Install. Many
Thanks for your patience.
"Mike M" wrote:

Mike, things were Downloading fine (12.7 MB displayed / then 13011
KB) but then it asked "Do you want to Install & Run Internet Explorer
Service Pack 1?"

Rather than clicking No click Yes. The download continues and when
finished presents you with the following:
"Setup has finished downloading from the Windows Update.
Run "ie6setup.exe from the "folder you downloaded the files to" folder
when ready to complete Setup".
and an OK button.

BTW in "f" in my previous post I forgot to mention that you have the
ability to choose the folder to which the files are downloaded. It is
best to make this the folder containing ie6setup.exe.
--
Mike Maltby



Craig S wrote:

Mike, things were Downloading fine (12.7 MB displayed / then 13011
KB) but then it asked "Do you want to Install & Run Internet Explorer
Service Pack 1?"
I said No, and then it falls apart. Error msg: "Unable to Download
Components; make sure Internet Connection OK, etc."
Surely Install & Run if Chosen is not related to Download - Install
Later. When I tried ie6setup.exe again it gives a choice to
Resume or Start Over; I Started Over & reached same Dead-end over it
wanting to Install & Run. After the Advanced tab was clk'd and I
chose Download Only, it created a Windows\Windows Update Setup Files
Folder where it said to Clk ie6setup.exe
when ready. That's where I've been operating from -
Any other ideas?