PA Bear,

Antivirus was not active during the procedure.

As I said in my previous message, after the procedure it went down to
msoe.dll version 6.00.2800.1437.

Therefore with unistalling 897715, reboot, unistalling 887797, reboot, the
version is
msoe.dll version 6.00.2800.1437.

Something you didnt get right cause perhaps it was not so clear.
I never had 823353 in my installed components, it never appeared in
add/remove, it just came up in WINDOWS UPDATE and it would never install...
The procedure in windows update would report that it had successfully
installed 823353 but it would never appear as installed in add/remove, it
would only appear every time in windows update!

So...

With 897715 and 887797 uninstalled the versions are :

msoe.dll 6.00.2800.1437
inetcomm.dll 6.00.2800.1441

And something else. I said that I dont want to install SP2 for the annoying
messages. That means that I will definately not install SP2...Therefore I
dont care if SP2 is in anyway affected by the specific problem I have right
now because I am not interested in installing it for the reasons I described
before...Omg, remembering how annoying it was, I wouldnt even bother and I
also do not recommend that SP2 is installed if you have your own firewall!

Hey, thanks for all your effort so far!

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Please include all of previous message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup.
>
> Did you do all this with OE and your anti-virus application closed
> throughout?
>
> What versions are MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL now?
>
> If you uninstall 897715, reboot, uninstall 887797 & reboot, is 823353 found
> in Add/Remove Programs? If so, uninstall it & reboot, then post back with
> the then-current versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL.
>
> I would not install SP2 while this problem persists.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
>
> dimie71 wrote:
> > Thanks for your answer PA Bear.
> > Unfortunately it didnt work.
> > Here is the result.
> >
> > 1. Unistalled 887997 and rebooted. Checked windows update and the only
> > result I had was 823353, still downloaded, reinstalled, still came up in
> > the next check.
> >
> > 2. Tried from Step 2a and below.
> >
> > msoe.dll (of course not msimn.exe !) version was 6.00.2800.1437
> >
> > I thought what the heck, will try it anyway (wasnt a good thought after
> > all). Managed to install 823353 manually!
> > Managed to install 887797 manually.
> > Managed to install 897715 manually.
> >
> > After all the reboots, I returned to windows update and found out that
> > 823353 was still waiting fom me there!!!
> >
> > Was that caused from the msoe.dll version? I mean, if it was
> > 6.00.2800.1409 or earlier, would it work?
> > How do I get to the versions of msoe.dll that will make it work? (assuming
> > thats the case here)
> >
> > About your suggestion for WinXP SP2, well used to run SP2, I was terribly
> > annoyed by the continueing messages concerning my firewall (unfortunately
> > I havent met anybody who can disable that warning), removed SP2, WinXP
> > kept crashing after the roll back, tried multiple ways of repairing, all
> > failed, so I decided I will stick with SP1 which is fine so far (after I
> > reinstalled WinXp)
> > I have my own purchased antivirus&firewall software so SP2 was really a
> > pain in the butt.
> > Would move on to SP2 if that annoying firewall message could go away.
> >
> > "PA Bear" wrote:
> > > > msoe.dll version 6.00.2800.1478
> > >
> > > 1. Uninstall 887797 ('Windows XP - KB887797'?) via Add/Remove Programs
> > > and reboot.
> > >
> > > 2a. Assuming MSOE.DLL (not Outlook Express/MSIMN.EXE) is now
> > > v6.00.2800.1409 or earlier (i.e., v6.00.2800.1123 or v6.00.2800.1106),
> > > install (KB)823353 manually using the file downloaded from
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> > >
> > > 2b. Optional: Reboot and install KB887797 via
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...6-a1a3da675baf
> > >
> > > 3. Reboot and (re)install (KB)897715 manually using the file downloaded
> > > from
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...d-28502b3d2518
> > >
> > > Alternatively, after #1 above, check in at Windows Update and install
> > > whatever OE Cumulative Update is now offered and reboot. Then return to
> > > Windows Update to see if another one's now offered you.
> > >
> > > OT: I'd get WinXP SP2 installed ASAP, too.
> <paste>
> dimie71 wrote:
> > I have a similar but somehow different problem with this update.
> > Like most people said it keeps coming back, update finds it already
> > downloaded, reinstalls everytime and next time its still there.
> > I tried all possible solutions described in here so far, none worked.
> > I get some other error messages as if I am not running Outlook Express 6
> > or 6 SP1.
> >
> > First of all i unistalled the update KB897715 and tried to install through
> > windows update but also manually (by downloading the file) the update
> > KB823353. Still it didnt work.
> >
> > When I try to install the update by executing the file I get this message
> > > This update requires Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
> >
> > When I try to install the version for thats for Outlook Express 6 without
> > SP1, I get a message saying :
> > This update requires Outlook Express 6 to be installed !!!
> >
> > Ok, here's some info you might find useful before you ask for them
> >
> > Running WinXP Pro SP1.
> > At the about screen of Outlook Express, its version 6 (I already knew
> > that...).
> > More specifically its 6.00.2800.1123 (after unistalling the KB897715, dont
> > know if it was different before).
> > msoe.dll version 6.00.2800.1478
> <snip>
>