Cannot do Windows Update in WinME

[wusyc]

I can go to WindowsUpdate site and choose what to download. It then downloads the files and attempts to install. It installs really quick but ends up with error. Checking the error log saying "Object not registered". Anyone has any idea?

[POBrien]

what version of Internet Explorer are you running?

[wusyc]

I am using IE 6.

[POBrien]

got it. I received a similar error message when I had IE 4.0. I upgraded to 5.0 to resolve.

Sorry, at the moment I don't have the fix.

anyone else?

[reghakr]

What component are you trying to add?

There are many Knowledge Base articles about problems with the Update Site. This seems to be the most likely one:

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q193385>WINUP-Problems When Viewing or Downloading From Windows Update (Q193385)</a>

If that doesn't help, go to the Knowldge base:
<a target="_blank" href=http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx>http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx</a>

and type in WINUP- in the "for solutions containing..." box.

reghakr

[TonyKlein]

Here are some more MS links:

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q193/6/57.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=problems%20with%20windows-update&rnk=8&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=W98>Troubleshooting Windows Update Connection and Download Problems</a>

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q241/7/83.ASP?LN=EN->Errors Using Windows Update Through a Proxy Server or Firewall</a>

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q241/2/34.ASP?LN=EN->Third-Party Products That Conflict with Windows Update</a>

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/1/16.ASP>WINUP-Permission Denied Error Message When Accessing Windows Update Web Site</a>

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q181/6/98.ASP>How to Troubleshoot Script Errors in Internet Explorer</a>

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q193/7/01.asp>WINUP-Blank Page Appears When Attempting to View Windows Update (Q193701)</a>

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;NL;q194174>Windows Update Does Not Continue After Clicking Product Updates (Q194174)</a>

And Mr. Scary's written the book on Windows Update problems: <a target="_blank" href=http://members.bellatlantic.net/~mrscary/winupfaq.htm>MrScary's Windows Update FAQ</a>

Good luck, Tony

[wusyc]

You guys are great. Thank you very very much. POBrien gave me a trigger to think that I should try to uninstall IE6. When I tried to do that (via Add/Remove) program, it also gave me a repair option.

I thought that there is no harm trying anyway. It ran through the process but it didn't tell me if anything was wrong and it had to reboot WinME. After the reboot, I tried doing WindowsUpdate again and it worked!!!