Windows Update does not go away

For the past couple months I keep getting an update for Outlook Express
Patch. I dont use it but I update it anyway and everytime I update and
install it Iam still getting notifications of this update. No matter how many
times I install the notification does not go away. I hit cancel on it and the
update notification remains there. How do I fix this? I have Windows 2000 Pro
with SP4

Thanks,
Ralph

See this KB article:

A dialog box with no text appears if you reply to a news message in Outlook
Express 6 Service Pack 1 (You may ignore the title)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555398

Also see this post of mine in a recent newsgroup discussion:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...7f3b0ed2?hl=en

For a reason yet to be determined, Windows Update was offering OE updates in
the wrong order to Win2k SP4 and WinXP SP1 users. They straightened it out
c. 14 Aug-05. Here's the fix:

1. Uninstall 'Windows 2000 Hotfix - KB897715' via Add/Remove Programs and
reboot.

2a. Assuming MSOE.DLL 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.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

rparmenter@verizon.net wrote:
> For the past couple months I keep getting an update for Outlook Express
> Patch. I dont use it but I update it anyway and everytime I update and
> install it Iam still getting notifications of this update. No matter how
> many times I install the notification does not go away. I hit cancel on
> it and the update notification remains there. How do I fix this? I have
> Windows 2000 Pro with SP4
>
> Thanks,
> Ralph