PA Bear and Freudi,

Freudi, of course I was FORCED to skip the other steps since the initial
step failed...

Uninstalled 887797 and 897715 as Freudi said.
Booted into safe mode, run the file with the parameter n:v , got a message
"the update was installed succesfully".

Booted in Windows, went to Windows update and here are the results.

Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 SP1 (KB823353)
Total: 1 updates , 0 KB , 0 minutes *
(*Downloaded; ready to install)

KB823353 is still there.

Answering to PA Bear, now with 887797 and 897715 missing, 823353 is the only
reported update by Windows update...

msoe.dll and inetcomm.dll are now 6.00.2800.1478 while wab32.dll is
6.00.2800.1106.

Freudi, I am sorry for the misunderstanding. I didnt say you waste my time
by trying to help me but its really confusing re-writing all the procedures I
have already tried...
Yeah, I did write I succeeded in installing the file, but that was in just
one post, all the rest failed.

About SP2. When I tried SP2, I couldnt remove the warning for the firewall,
even though my liveupdate of symantec did download some fix...Antivirus was
easy to stop but firewall wasnt.

I am doubting that for the first month SP2 was released. If MS fixed that,
well thats good news then, still I will move to SP2 only if I have to.

Now lets stop arguing about SP2 for a change

This is the case now.

Thanks for all the support guys!

P.S. I started having a problem to post new messages through outlook express
PA Bear with all these installing/uninstalling...
I get this window after I press "send" which has no name, has 3 buttons and
a checkbox and has no letters on it!!! Whatever button I press it does
nothing...
On the other hand, all email functions are fine...



"PA Bear" wrote:

> Thanks, Freudi.
>
> Dimitri, here's another description of how to do what Freudi's asked you to
> try:
>
> <paste>
> Close OE. Clear History, delete Cookies and delete Temporary Internet Files
> via IE: Tools > Options > General, then...
>
> 1. Download the Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 Service
> Pack 1 (KB823353; all OSS) from the following link, saving it to your
> Desktop:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> (or http://snipurl.com/8x9i)
>
> [ Optional: 2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode. (During the reboot, keep
> pressing the F8 key until the Windows Startup menu appears > Choose Safe
> Mode > Enter.) ]
>
> 3. Rename the downloaded file to KB823353.EXE and copy it to C:\ (the root
> directory of drive C; assumes drive C is the boot drive)
>
> 4. Start > Run > (type in) C:\KB823353.EXE /N:V (Note the space) > press
> ENTER
>
> 5. Close the command window.
>
> 6. Reboot [into Windows] and then check in at Windows Update to see KB823353
> is still offered.
> </paste>
>
> Don't install any other OE updates, just answer #6 above and either state
> the current versions of MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL or post your reply using
> OE instead of the web interface.
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
> Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:
> <snip>
> > Okay, so you've skipped the steps I've mentioned after having KB823353
> > installed? ;-)
> >
> > Uninstall them (KB887797 and KB897715) once again please.
> >
> > After you've unistalled them, try to install KB823353 with the parameter
> > "/n:v".
> > Assuming you've saved the "IE6.0sp1-KB823353-x86-ENU.exe" file in
> > "C:\Downloads", you would have to enter the following in "Run" in the
> > Start menu:
> >
> > C:\Downloads\IE6.0sp1-KB823353-x86-ENU.exe /n:v
> >
> > Note, there's a blank after the EXE and no blank in the parameter.
> > Let me know, if the installation of KB823353 has been successful this time
> <snip>
>
>