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Re: IE Running well so far
Got it, thanks. Sent you an old one.
Now all we have to do is compare... as if that was all that needed done...
but anyway, now I have one comparison basis from a different system..
--
MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
--
_________
"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:eqtwO2RxIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| MEB wrote:
| | Hehehe, I can't send you my eyes or my mind... tell you what you,
| | send me your file, I'll send you one of the old ones 86k.. biggest I
| | have and likely the best for cross-reference.
| | Where do you want it sent? That should tell you how much you need to
| | be concerned with the friggin file...
|
| Fine, I'm sending mine now to the address you posted-- WinZip got it
| down to 4.76 KB from 92 KB! If you look at it -- you agree to post a
| thorough analysis right here within 6 years -- on penalty of your
| machine must crumble to dust if you don't!
|
| Mine is tough enough to look at-- I don't need yours! They might be
| different depending on configuration & what optionals we took.
|
| | As for what to check/parse it with,, I do them by hand though SURELY
| | someone felt the same as you and didn't want to spend that kind of
| | time and wrote something, just never bothered to check. Perhaps a
| | standard xml creator would work to break it into the proper sectional
| | order...
|
| I don't have anything like that. I guess I'll have to do it by hand. You
| are getting the original, unaltered version. Can I really move things
| around in there, even delete the failures & duplicates-- & not upset
| Windows Update? What is wrong with editing it in Explorer, instead of
| UEdit?
|
| | maybe credible XML,, again just never bothered to run it on
| | it and don't have it installed this time.... heck probably one of my
| | web tools would work, never felt compelled or lazy enough to check..
| | Besides, its a good way to remember [repeat use] xml formatting...
| | Have you ever done any RSS, RDF, site XML [like for Google], or any
| | other style of XML editing? Its a pretty common format now, used to
| | store data, references, information, location, lots of other
| | stuff.... Look at something you already have like AVAST's... I just
| | use UEdit, heck I could probably make a macro and run it,, just never
| | got around to it
| |
| | --
| | MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| | --
| | _________
| |
| | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| | news:uaDmE8DxIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| || MEB wrote:
| || | HAHA, you really don't mean that right,, all your iuhist.xml shows
| || | is what WU installed and when,,, of course if your worried that
| || | somehow makes you vulnerable,,, then take a pill... then send it.
| || | Its WU's history file...period.
| ||
| || The file is mysterious. It certainly seems to have online
| || involvement, but, yea, looks like I can set IE to "work offline", &
| || the file still did work-- this time! Fine-- I'll go look for a pill.
| || In the meantime...
| ||
| || (a) What will you do with mine?
| || (b) Do you have stuff that analyses it?
| || (c) Send me something to analyse mine, then,
| || which is 93,255 bytes & tough to look at.
| ||
| || | The only way it would or could be a mess is if YOU manually edited
| || | it, its automatically created/added to by WU. And no, it doesn't
| || | need an Internet connection to work,, its only connection to the
| || | NET [supposedly] is to WU...
| ||
| || I've looked inside, but hopefully never deleted or moved any of the
| || lines. I have clicked the minus & plus signs-- is all, I think! It is
| || sloppy because...
| ||
| || (a) There are some failures. The failure reports remained inside,
| || although a later attempt resulted in a complete for the same update.
| ||
| || (b) The timestamps aren't all in order. Generally, looks like, the
| || newer dates are on top-- but there are plenty out of sequence!
| ||
| || (c) Some of the updates seem to be in the report TWICE-- & both were
| || a complete. For instance...!...
| ||
| || - <itemStatus xmlns="" timestamp="2006-06-14T19:32:42">
| || - <identity
| ||
| itemID="win98se.windows98andwindows98secondedition.ver_platform_win32_wi
| ||
| ndows.4.10.x86.en......com_microsoft.windowsmedia9-windows98me-kb917734-
| || x86-182459." name="WINDOWSMEDIA9-WINDOWS98ME-KB917734-X86-182459">
| || <publisherName>com_microsoft</publisherName>
| || <language>en</language>
| || </identity>
| || - <description hidden="0">
| || - <descriptionText>
| || <title>Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 98
| || and Windows ME (KB917734)</title>
| || <eula href="/msdownload/update/v3/static/eula/en/eula.htm" />
| || <details href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66393" />
| || </descriptionText>
| || </description>
| || - <platform name="ver_platform_win32_windows">
| || <processorArchitecture>x86</processorArchitecture>
| || <version major="4" minor="10" build="" servicePackMajor=""
| || servicePackMinor="" />
| || </platform>
| || <downloadStatus value="COMPLETE" />
| ||
| ||
| <downloadPath>h:\WUTemp\com_microsoft.WINDOWSMEDIA9-WINDOWS98ME-KB917734
| || -X86-182459</downloadPath>
| || <client>IU_Site</client>
| || <installStatus value="COMPLETE" needsReboot="0" />
| || </itemStatus>
| ||
| || - <itemStatus xmlns="" timestamp="2006-06-14T18:39:32">
| || - <identity
| ||
| itemID="win98se.windows98andwindows98secondedition.ver_platform_win32_wi
| ||
| ndows.4.10.x86.en......com_microsoft.windowsmedia9-windows98me-kb917734-
| || x86-182459." name="WINDOWSMEDIA9-WINDOWS98ME-KB917734-X86-182459">
| || <publisherName>com_microsoft</publisherName>
| || <language>en</language>
| || </identity>
| || - <description hidden="0">
| || - <descriptionText>
| || <title>Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 98
| || and Windows ME (KB917734)</title>
| || <eula href="/msdownload/update/v3/static/eula/en/eula.htm" />
| || <details href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66393" />
| || </descriptionText>
| || </description>
| || - <platform name="ver_platform_win32_windows">
| || <processorArchitecture>x86</processorArchitecture>
| || <version major="4" minor="10" build="" servicePackMajor=""
| || servicePackMinor="" />
| || </platform>
| || <downloadStatus value="COMPLETE" />
| ||
| ||
| <downloadPath>h:\WUTemp\com_microsoft.WINDOWSMEDIA9-WINDOWS98ME-KB917734
| || -X86-182459</downloadPath>
| || <client>IU_Site</client>
| ||
| || |
| || | --
| || | MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| || | --
| || | _________
| || |
| || | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| || | news:uHBPRK7wIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
| || || MEB wrote:
| || || | Thanks PCR, thought you said you had an older installation for a
| || || | check...
| || ||
| || || I have only one, fully updated installation of Win98SE.
| || ||
| || || | BTW if you could send me your old iuhist for comparison, it
| || || | would be appreciated.
| || ||
| || || I have only one IUHist.xml. It requires an internet connection to
| || || work. Are you sure mine would work on your machine? I'm not sure I
| || || want to part with it! Is it safe to have someone else look inside
| || || mine? It's a big mess, anyhow!
| || ||
| || || | I started new testing phases after the December
| || || | 2005 issues., so all iuhist [that I remembered to save] after,
| || || | have not got that in it. I'd like to compare my old ones with
| || || | yours to see what else was removed. Perhaps you may have some
| || || | other things missing which I may not have [due to several
| || || | re-installations during the final support days or before] or
| || || | overlooked..
| || || |
| || || | m_brahier at hotmail dot com
| || || |
| || || | --
| || || | MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| || || | --
| || || | _________
| || || |
| || || | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| || || | news:enYFst5wIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| || || || MEB wrote:
| || || || | Okay, hopefully someone has an older installation that can
| || || || | verify prior WU installation to confirm that aspect. Doesn't
| || || || | PCR run an old installation?
| || || ||
| || || || JUST like for you, IUHist.xml shows 823353 came in for me from
| || || || Windows Update. I got it one day before you.
| || || ||
| || || || It is not at the Catalog for Win98 in any of the categories
| || || || (looking for 823353 or MS04-018), which finally has begun to
| || || || work again after 3 days...
| || || || http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp
| || || ||
| || || || And it wasn't among my downloads from the Catalog. So, either I
| || || || didn't look quick enough for it or it never was there.
| || || || HOWEVER...
| || || ||
| || || || http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=19527
| || || || Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-018
| || || || Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (823353)
| || || ||
| || || || ...from our IUHist.xml DOES serve to get to it. Thanks to you &
| || || || Terhune (especially for testing it)-- I took it in, just in
| || || || case I ever need to reinstall it. I took in...
| || || ||
| || || || . Microsoft Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1
| || || || IE6.0sp1-KB823353-x86-ENU.exe
| || || || Desc: Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
| || || || Size: 1,996,544 bytes
| || || || Ver: 6.00.2800.1168
| || || ||
| || || || I'm not sure whether the version refers to the update or the
| || || || Extractor. I DO verify that the files you mentioned are indeed
| || || || the versions I've got. Thanks again to you & Terhune.
| || || ||
| || || || | --
| || || || | MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| ||
| ||
| || ...snip
| || --
| || Thanks or Good Luck,
| || There may be humor in this post, and,
| || Naturally, you will not sue,
| || Should things get worse after this,
| || PCR
| || pcrrcp@netzero.net
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| Should things get worse after this,
| PCR
| pcrrcp@netzero.net
|
|
Got it, thanks. Sent you an old one.
Now all we have to do is compare... as if that was all that needed done...
but anyway, now I have one comparison basis from a different system..
--
MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
--
_________
"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:eqtwO2RxIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| MEB wrote:
| | Hehehe, I can't send you my eyes or my mind... tell you what you,
| | send me your file, I'll send you one of the old ones 86k.. biggest I
| | have and likely the best for cross-reference.
| | Where do you want it sent? That should tell you how much you need to
| | be concerned with the friggin file...
|
| Fine, I'm sending mine now to the address you posted-- WinZip got it
| down to 4.76 KB from 92 KB! If you look at it -- you agree to post a
| thorough analysis right here within 6 years -- on penalty of your
| machine must crumble to dust if you don't!
|
| Mine is tough enough to look at-- I don't need yours! They might be
| different depending on configuration & what optionals we took.
|
| | As for what to check/parse it with,, I do them by hand though SURELY
| | someone felt the same as you and didn't want to spend that kind of
| | time and wrote something, just never bothered to check. Perhaps a
| | standard xml creator would work to break it into the proper sectional
| | order...
|
| I don't have anything like that. I guess I'll have to do it by hand. You
| are getting the original, unaltered version. Can I really move things
| around in there, even delete the failures & duplicates-- & not upset
| Windows Update? What is wrong with editing it in Explorer, instead of
| UEdit?
|
| | maybe credible XML,, again just never bothered to run it on
| | it and don't have it installed this time.... heck probably one of my
| | web tools would work, never felt compelled or lazy enough to check..
| | Besides, its a good way to remember [repeat use] xml formatting...
| | Have you ever done any RSS, RDF, site XML [like for Google], or any
| | other style of XML editing? Its a pretty common format now, used to
| | store data, references, information, location, lots of other
| | stuff.... Look at something you already have like AVAST's... I just
| | use UEdit, heck I could probably make a macro and run it,, just never
| | got around to it
| |
| | --
| | MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| | --
| | _________
| |
| | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| | news:uaDmE8DxIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| || MEB wrote:
| || | HAHA, you really don't mean that right,, all your iuhist.xml shows
| || | is what WU installed and when,,, of course if your worried that
| || | somehow makes you vulnerable,,, then take a pill... then send it.
| || | Its WU's history file...period.
| ||
| || The file is mysterious. It certainly seems to have online
| || involvement, but, yea, looks like I can set IE to "work offline", &
| || the file still did work-- this time! Fine-- I'll go look for a pill.
| || In the meantime...
| ||
| || (a) What will you do with mine?
| || (b) Do you have stuff that analyses it?
| || (c) Send me something to analyse mine, then,
| || which is 93,255 bytes & tough to look at.
| ||
| || | The only way it would or could be a mess is if YOU manually edited
| || | it, its automatically created/added to by WU. And no, it doesn't
| || | need an Internet connection to work,, its only connection to the
| || | NET [supposedly] is to WU...
| ||
| || I've looked inside, but hopefully never deleted or moved any of the
| || lines. I have clicked the minus & plus signs-- is all, I think! It is
| || sloppy because...
| ||
| || (a) There are some failures. The failure reports remained inside,
| || although a later attempt resulted in a complete for the same update.
| ||
| || (b) The timestamps aren't all in order. Generally, looks like, the
| || newer dates are on top-- but there are plenty out of sequence!
| ||
| || (c) Some of the updates seem to be in the report TWICE-- & both were
| || a complete. For instance...!...
| ||
| || - <itemStatus xmlns="" timestamp="2006-06-14T19:32:42">
| || - <identity
| ||
| itemID="win98se.windows98andwindows98secondedition.ver_platform_win32_wi
| ||
| ndows.4.10.x86.en......com_microsoft.windowsmedia9-windows98me-kb917734-
| || x86-182459." name="WINDOWSMEDIA9-WINDOWS98ME-KB917734-X86-182459">
| || <publisherName>com_microsoft</publisherName>
| || <language>en</language>
| || </identity>
| || - <description hidden="0">
| || - <descriptionText>
| || <title>Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 98
| || and Windows ME (KB917734)</title>
| || <eula href="/msdownload/update/v3/static/eula/en/eula.htm" />
| || <details href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66393" />
| || </descriptionText>
| || </description>
| || - <platform name="ver_platform_win32_windows">
| || <processorArchitecture>x86</processorArchitecture>
| || <version major="4" minor="10" build="" servicePackMajor=""
| || servicePackMinor="" />
| || </platform>
| || <downloadStatus value="COMPLETE" />
| ||
| ||
| <downloadPath>h:\WUTemp\com_microsoft.WINDOWSMEDIA9-WINDOWS98ME-KB917734
| || -X86-182459</downloadPath>
| || <client>IU_Site</client>
| || <installStatus value="COMPLETE" needsReboot="0" />
| || </itemStatus>
| ||
| || - <itemStatus xmlns="" timestamp="2006-06-14T18:39:32">
| || - <identity
| ||
| itemID="win98se.windows98andwindows98secondedition.ver_platform_win32_wi
| ||
| ndows.4.10.x86.en......com_microsoft.windowsmedia9-windows98me-kb917734-
| || x86-182459." name="WINDOWSMEDIA9-WINDOWS98ME-KB917734-X86-182459">
| || <publisherName>com_microsoft</publisherName>
| || <language>en</language>
| || </identity>
| || - <description hidden="0">
| || - <descriptionText>
| || <title>Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 98
| || and Windows ME (KB917734)</title>
| || <eula href="/msdownload/update/v3/static/eula/en/eula.htm" />
| || <details href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66393" />
| || </descriptionText>
| || </description>
| || - <platform name="ver_platform_win32_windows">
| || <processorArchitecture>x86</processorArchitecture>
| || <version major="4" minor="10" build="" servicePackMajor=""
| || servicePackMinor="" />
| || </platform>
| || <downloadStatus value="COMPLETE" />
| ||
| ||
| <downloadPath>h:\WUTemp\com_microsoft.WINDOWSMEDIA9-WINDOWS98ME-KB917734
| || -X86-182459</downloadPath>
| || <client>IU_Site</client>
| ||
| || |
| || | --
| || | MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| || | --
| || | _________
| || |
| || | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| || | news:uHBPRK7wIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
| || || MEB wrote:
| || || | Thanks PCR, thought you said you had an older installation for a
| || || | check...
| || ||
| || || I have only one, fully updated installation of Win98SE.
| || ||
| || || | BTW if you could send me your old iuhist for comparison, it
| || || | would be appreciated.
| || ||
| || || I have only one IUHist.xml. It requires an internet connection to
| || || work. Are you sure mine would work on your machine? I'm not sure I
| || || want to part with it! Is it safe to have someone else look inside
| || || mine? It's a big mess, anyhow!
| || ||
| || || | I started new testing phases after the December
| || || | 2005 issues., so all iuhist [that I remembered to save] after,
| || || | have not got that in it. I'd like to compare my old ones with
| || || | yours to see what else was removed. Perhaps you may have some
| || || | other things missing which I may not have [due to several
| || || | re-installations during the final support days or before] or
| || || | overlooked..
| || || |
| || || | m_brahier at hotmail dot com
| || || |
| || || | --
| || || | MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| || || | --
| || || | _________
| || || |
| || || | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| || || | news:enYFst5wIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| || || || MEB wrote:
| || || || | Okay, hopefully someone has an older installation that can
| || || || | verify prior WU installation to confirm that aspect. Doesn't
| || || || | PCR run an old installation?
| || || ||
| || || || JUST like for you, IUHist.xml shows 823353 came in for me from
| || || || Windows Update. I got it one day before you.
| || || ||
| || || || It is not at the Catalog for Win98 in any of the categories
| || || || (looking for 823353 or MS04-018), which finally has begun to
| || || || work again after 3 days...
| || || || http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp
| || || ||
| || || || And it wasn't among my downloads from the Catalog. So, either I
| || || || didn't look quick enough for it or it never was there.
| || || || HOWEVER...
| || || ||
| || || || http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=19527
| || || || Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-018
| || || || Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (823353)
| || || ||
| || || || ...from our IUHist.xml DOES serve to get to it. Thanks to you &
| || || || Terhune (especially for testing it)-- I took it in, just in
| || || || case I ever need to reinstall it. I took in...
| || || ||
| || || || . Microsoft Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1
| || || || IE6.0sp1-KB823353-x86-ENU.exe
| || || || Desc: Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
| || || || Size: 1,996,544 bytes
| || || || Ver: 6.00.2800.1168
| || || ||
| || || || I'm not sure whether the version refers to the update or the
| || || || Extractor. I DO verify that the files you mentioned are indeed
| || || || the versions I've got. Thanks again to you & Terhune.
| || || ||
| || || || | --
| || || || | MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
| ||
| ||
| || ...snip
| || --
| || Thanks or Good Luck,
| || There may be humor in this post, and,
| || Naturally, you will not sue,
| || Should things get worse after this,
| || PCR
| || pcrrcp@netzero.net
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| Should things get worse after this,
| PCR
| pcrrcp@netzero.net
|
|