Kent, I don't know where to start to unravel all of this, short of backing
up your personal data, /formatting/ and reinstalling WinME.
I think it'd be best to leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME
General newsgroup as you'll get the best help there.
I see that you've managed to continue the crossposting to the other
newsgroups. Good! Should the WinME guys choose to eliminate the
crossposting to Win98.Internet.OE and OE6 newsgroups, we certainly wouldn't
mind. If you lose your way to WinME general, you can bookmark and use the
following link to get the
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...dowsme.general
[This thread in Google Groups archive:
http://tinyurl.com/r29wx]
Best of luck!
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
Kent wrote:
Thanks for your reply. I believe I may have seen the MS IE6 download page
you referenced but I thought it was an upate for IE6 to get SP1 not IE6
including SP1. I'm not a full-time computer guy and was doing the best I
knew how. Thanks for the info on the siteadvisor website. I'm not
familiar with the site and therefore did not check it. You are probably
correct in that I have downloaded more than I wanted. I have just dumped
all my Temporary Internet Files and Cookies and I ran Ad-Ware to find the
spyware, etc. Will Ad-Ware find it all? It found, and I deleted, 1 RegKey
and 7 RegValue "Critical Objects." They were Alexa data miners with a TAC
of 5. Do you recommend that I uninstall the garbage I downloaded (even
though everything appears to be working) and reinstall from the MS IE6
site you referenced? If I went back to my original 5.5 versions of both
would Windows Update upgrade both to 6?
"PA Bear" wrote:
Forwarded via crosspost to WinME General and OE6 newsgroups for various
reasons. eg
5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much
searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at
http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that,
when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5.
Oh, my! IE6 (SP1) comes with OE6 (SP1), not OE5.5. Why didn't you just
download it all from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...downloads.mspx
or via Windows Update?
OE Help about: What version is displayed here (e.g., 5.50.1234.5678)?
OE Help About Files: What versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL are
displayed here?
(This download also downloaded and installed [no choice] Advanced
Searchbar that then appeared at the top of my IE window. I scanned the
downloaded setup.exe using Norton Antivirus with no hits. I also
scanned my computer after the IE 6 download and it came up clean.
After the install, I located and removed the Advanced Searchbar using
Add/Remove Programs.)
You might have gotten much more than you bargained for, especially after
seeing this page:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/win...s.com?aff_id=0 !!
Chances are that other hijackware/spyware persists on the machine.
Understand that Home/Small Office editions of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) do
not detect such things.
Your original problem was most likely caused by the install of KB911567.
Uninstalling it probably would've fixed it, or see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ (ignore the title).
Kent wrote:
Fixed Missing WAB DLL !!!
Our system: Windows ME, Outlook 2000, Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook
Express 6. (IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 were on our system when we bought it
and we upgraded to IE 6 and OE 6.) After using Outlook 2000 for more
than five years, a few days ago we received an error message that our
Windows Address Book could not be accessed and that the WAB DLL file
was missing. We were no longer able to send emails. With the
much-appreciated help of Microsoft Discussion Groups participants Jim
Pickering, PA Bear, Michael Santovec, Russ Valentine, Hal Hostetler,
Milly Staples and JoAnne Paules and after 3 Ă,½ days of my own
research and work, the problem has been resolved. Below is the final
process I used. I hope it will help someone else.
1. Research revealed that Outlook 2000 requires Outlook Express to
run. Our Outlook Express 6 was (at that point) corrupt and would not
launch. That appeared to be our problem. IE 6 and OE 6 are, however,
no longer available on the MS website and cannot be purchased.
2. I used Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and first uninstalled OE
6. I then uninstalled IE 6 the same way. A window appeared saying
that the original IE 5.5 version would be reloaded. It was.
3. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909 OLEXP: How to
Manually Uninstall and Reinstall Outlook Express on Windows
Millennium. This article states that a number of steps must be
followed to completely remove OE before the original version (5.5) is
reloaded. Once I had carefully completed all the removal steps it
told me to go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup
tab, to check the box next to Outlook Express and then click Apply.
This reinstalled OE 5.5.
4. With IE 6 and OE 6 removed and IE 5.5 and OE 5.5 reinstalled, I
could again use my Outlook 2000 to send mail.
5. After learning that IE 6 is more secure than IE 5.5, and after much
searching, I located a free downloadable copy of IE 6 and OE at
http://www.windowsdownloads.com/. I downloaded a setup.exe file that,
when executed downloaded and installed IE 6 and OE 5.5. I was
concerned that there might be a conflict since the versions of IE 6
and OE 5.5 did not match. So far, I have not had a problem and my
Outlook 2000 runs fine. (This download also downloaded and installed
[no choice] â?oAdvanced Searchbarâ? that then appeared at the top
of my IE window. I scanned the downloaded setup.exe using Norton
Antivirus with no hits. I also scanned my computer after the IE 6
download and it came up clean. After the install, I located and
removed the Advanced Searchbar using Add/Remove Programs.)
6. I then downloaded all available updates for IE 6 and OE 5.5.
"Kent" wrote:
Thanks for the info. The only problem is that in Step 3 it says:
Part 3: Uninstall Outlook Express from Windows Me
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs, and then click the Windows
Setup tab.
3. Under Components, scroll down until you see Outlook Express
listed. Click to clear the Outlook Express check box.
4. Click Apply, and then click OK.
Outlook Express is not listed in my Windows Setup Tab window. I
cannot unclick the box to uninstall it because it is not listed.
Now what?
I have learned that the OE version I have (that is corrupt) is OE
6. I also have IE 6. Perhaps I'll try to download IE 6 and OE 6.
"Michael Santovec" wrote:
OLEXP: How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall OLEXP on Win Me
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278909
"Kent" wrote in message
...
I'm running Windows ME and Outlook 2000. Suddenly I can no
longer access my
address book in Outlook. I get a missing wab dll message which
is really a
missing wab32.dll. I now understand that Outlook 2000 requires
OE to run. I
have never used OE, it is on my computer but it won't launch. It
must be
corrupt. I'm trying to reinstall OE (I'm guessing 5) so my
Outlook 2000 will
function again. I'm assuming my system came with IE5/OE5 but
I'm not certain.
"Michael Santovec" wrote:
If you upgraded from IE5/OE5 to IE6/OE6, uninstalling IE6/OE6
will get
you back to version 5.
Otherwise you'd have to install IE5 which includes OE5. And
that's going to be a mess. It's not even an option for newer
versions of Windows which came with IE6.
Why do you need OE 5? If you have some data files from OE5,
OE6 can read them
"Kent" wrote in message
news
I need a copy of OE 5.0. Do you know where I can get one or
can I purchase
one from you? my email is .
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