I'll leave you in the hands of the experts in WinME General newsgroup, Coen.
See Joan's reply: There may be other things wrong with the machine since you
did not uninstall IE6 SP1 before you reinstalled WinME.
--
~PA Bear

Coen wrote:
> No, I did not uninstall anything before reinstalling WinME.
>
> I don't see what you mean by hiding KB837009, I don't recognize that in my
> (Dutch) version of WU.
>
> Do you mean that I don't need to worry about WU offering this update any
> more?
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> X-post to WinME General
>>
>>> I reinstalled ME and other (essential) updates...
>>
>> Did you uninstall IE6 SP1 /prior/ to reinstalling WinME?
>>
>> My question notwithstanding: Go to Windows Update website | Select CUSTOM
>> and scan | Uncheck (deselect) KB837009 and "hide" it.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> Coen wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I read and tried all what has been said about this issue, I still have
>>> essential update kb837009 been offered.
>>> I reinstalled ME and other (essential) updates; kb837009 is boring me.
>>> I have run kb837009.exe /n:v in safe mode and in normal mode.
>>> I removed KB837009 and did it again.
>>> MSOE.DDL and INECOMM.DLL are both 6.00.2800.1478.
>>> WU still asks for essential update 837009.
>>> Who can help, what else can I do?
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Coen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "PA Bear" wrote:
>>>
>>>> For each reference, all posts in this thread may be accessed via Google
>>>> Groups:
>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...tollick&rnum=1
>>>> (or http://snipurl.com/kkzl).
>>>>
>>>> See Subject of this response: Your 837009 problem may not be related to
>>>> the
>>>> 896688/904706 problem, John so I'm splitting my responses into separate
>>>> subthreads.
>>>>
>>>> Try forcing an install of 837009 again, using a fresh download from the
>>>> link I'm posting in this reply:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Download the Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6
>>>> Service
>>>> Pack 1 (KB837009; all OSS) from the following link, saving it to your
>>>> Desktop:
>>>>
>>>> http://snipurl.com/kiro
>>>>
>>>> 2. Rename the downloaded file to "KB837009.EXE" (without the quotes)
>>>> and
>>>> copy it to C:\ (the root directory of drive C);
>>>>
>>>> 3. Close OE, IE and disable your anti-virus application.
>>>>
>>>> 4. Start > Run > (type of copy/paste in) C:\KB837009.EXE /N:V (Note the
>>>> space) > press ENTER
>>>>
>>>> 5. Close the command window.
>>>>
>>>> 6. Reboot.
>>>>
>>>> 7. Open OE and look in OE Help > About > Files: Confirm that MSOE.DLL
>>>> and
>>>> INETCOMM.DLL are both v6.00.2800.1409.
>>>>
>>>> 8. Confirm that Windows Update no longer offers you 837009.
>>>> --
>>>> ~PA Bear
>>>>
>>>> John Tollick wrote:
>>>>> This is the message WU gives me :-
>>>>> *******************************
>>>>> No Updates Were Installed
>>>>>
>>>>> The following items failed to install. To try installing them again,
>>>>> click
>>>>> Review and install updates, and then click Install Now again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
>>>>> (KB896688) Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 Service
>>>>> Pack
>>>>> 1 (KB837009) Security Update for DirectX 9 (KB904706)
>>>>> ************************************
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "John Tollick" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> yep, WU has been offering me 3 updates for a while now :-
>>>>>> KB904706; KB837009; and KB896688. None of these will install (see
>>>>>> previous for how WU breaks this news to me each time I try)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "PA Bear" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On trying to download 823353 as suggested...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The links I'm posting are for downloading 837009 for OE6 SP1, not
>>>>>>> 823353 (which is already installed on your machine, from what you've
>>>>>>> posted here).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just checked my IE it is :-
>>>>>>>> Version 6.0.2800.1106
>>>>>>>> Update versions SP1; q313829; q867282; q891781; 890923; q883939;
>>>>>>>> q903235; q896727;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Something's fishy: The latest IE Cumulative Update you have
>>>>>>> installed
>>>>>>> is 806727 (Aug-05). Does Windows Update not offer you 896688
>>>>>>> (Nov-05), John?? --
>>>>>>> ~PA Bear