Hi Robert. I never reinstalled WinME. Windows Update did offer me KB837009.
I downloaded and installed it (sucessfully), however, Windows Update keeps
telling me that I need this update. This is probably because I have an
incomplete copy of OE 6 SP1. When I try to install KB837009 from the
Microsoft website, I get an error message, that in order to install this
update, Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 must be installed. Sounds like that
I need to back up my OE 6 data, uninstall OE 6 and then reinstall OE 6 SP1
from Internet Explorer 6 SP1, which I have. Do you agree? If so, how do I
back up my OE 6 data, so I can restore it after the reinstall of OE 6 SP1.
Another item of note is that Windows Update used to work properly, until a
Symmantic technician had me delete several registry entries, in order to
manually delete Norton Antivirus 2005. This was done because, after
installing this program, this computer froze on a screen, which said that
Norton Antivirus could not find the virus signatures. Since we could not get
to Control Panel to uninstall the program, we removed it manually from the
registry. I think that he told me to remove some incorrect registry entries.
Another solution to my problem, possibly would be to use System Restore and
restore the system back to a date when everything was working OK. What do
you think about this option? As per your last question, my OE 6 MSOE.DLL
version is 6.00.2800.1478, which is later than the 6.00.2800.1427 version
that you referenced. Thanks for helping. Paul.

"PA Bear" wrote:

X-post to WinME General

Have you ever reinstalled WinME without first having uninstalled IE6?

Did Windows Update offer you 837009?

OE Help About Files: Is MSOE.DLL version 6.00.2800.1427?
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~PA Bear


phdosik wrote:
My Windows version is Millennium Edition. Thank you for your interest.
Paul.

"PA Bear" wrote:

Windows version, please?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

phdosik wrote:
When I downloaded and tried to install KB837009 from the Microsoft
website,
I received a message that in order to install this update, Outlook
Express
Service Pack 1 must be installed. My version of Outlook Express is
6.00.2800.1123. However, when I look for the list of files that have
been
installed, seven (7) required files for SP1 are missing (Msimm.exe,
Oemig50.exe, Oemiglib.dll, wab.exe wabfind.dll, wabimp.dll and
wagmig.exe).
To correct this problem, should I uninstall Outlook Express 6 from the
Control Panel Add/Remove Programs and then install Outlook Express SP1
from
Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (which is installed ) by adding the component
Outlook Express 6? I tried to repair and reinstall Internet Explorer 6
SP1, however, neither of these two options helped. If I uninstall
Outlook
Express 6, I assume that I will loose all my settings and data. If so,
how
do I back it up and reinstall the data after I install Outlook Express
6
SP1? Thanks. Paul.