Hi mTIE.
Thanks for your great advice on this problem, worked for me, I have spent
ages trying to solve this problem now I can put this one to bed.

owe you one
chears peter.

"mTIE" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This thread is a little old, so maybe you don't care anymore, but here's the
> answer:
> I had the same problem, and it took me a long time to figure out the fix.
>
> First, The advice at http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm _might_ be
> usefull to people with Windows XP but it was no help to me. (I'm running
> Windows ME.)
>
> I found some good advice on these newsgroups from "Smirnoff" who says:
> 1. Delete all copies of WMP.DLL (There should only be one, probably in
> C:\Windows\system; If you're nervous about deleting files, back it up first,
> or just rename it.)
> 2. Re-install Windows Media player. (I found if you just click on the
> player icon after deleting WMP.DLL, it will automatically walk you thru
> downloading a new copy from the web and reinstalling.)
> 3. Re-install 828026.
>
> This is very good advice but VERY IMPORTANT: When you go back to Windows
> update, install 828026 ONLY! Do not install any other updates at the same
> time!
>
> I went thru this routine, and when I went to Windows Update, it told me
> there were two critical updates I needed: 828026 and 885492. Like a good
> little sheep, I took the path of least resistence and let it install both.
> This put my system back to where it was before, where Windows Update keeps
> insisting that I need 828026 no matter how many times I install it!
>
> What I've learned is:
> Installing WMP9 installs version 9.0.0.2980 of WMP.dll
> Patch 828026 upgrades this to version 9.0.0.3075.
> Patch 885492 upgrades this to version 9.0.0.3250.
>
> What I think happened to you, me, and a lot of other unfortunates is we
> installed both patches to WMP9 at the same time -- becuase Windows Update
> told us to. WU installed the second patch first. Then the first patch
> failed because WMP.dll was then newer than the one it was trying to deliver.
> However, it fails without any error message and tells you that it was
> successfull. But then the next time you go back to WU, it sees that you
> have WMP9 but you don't have the registry entry that shows that 828026 was
> installed, so it just keeps trying....
>
> (sigh. NEFW: Nothing Ever F****** Works)
>
>
>
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Start here:
> > http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm
> >
> > --
> > Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> > http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
> >
> >
>