KB 896688 Commentary and Fix

I would venture if there are a million users of Windows (very conservative
estimate) and 5% were having a problem with KB896688 or any of the other
updates, that would mean that 50,000 computer users would be experiencing
problems! And that is a ridiculously low estimate! It is likely that many
users don't realize there is a problem right away. Contributors on this NG
are probably a lot more into their computers and a good bit more savvy about
how they are functioning. But for many folks, they might discover in a few
weeks that their Flash Player is not working, that WMP doesn't work when
launched within a website, that they can't access the Update site, or that
other 'Active X' problems are showing up. What to do then? They probably
start searching for viruses and end up sending the computer to the local
shop where they might very well be unaware of the issue and decide that the
OS must be reinstalled.

By the way, I just got another response from Microsoft concerning this
problem. The fix that they published:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;909889 does not work
with Windows 98SE systems! This is what I'm talking about. Why is the update
still up there on the site in its original form? We know it needs a registry
fix. We now know that the registry fix does not work for Windows 98. Yet
there it is.......waiting for its next 50,000 or more "uncommon" victims!

If anyone is interested, here is the KB896688 FIX for Windows 98, according
to their e-mail support: ..................................Marcus

1. Click Start, click Run, type Notepad.exe, and then click OK.
2. Paste the following text in the Notepad document:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0000031A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="ClassMoniker"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0000031A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\InprocServer
32]
@="ole32.dll"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0000031A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\ProgID]
@="clsid"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\CLSID]
@="{0000031A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

3. Click File, and then click Save.
4. In the Save in box, click Desktop.
5. In the File name box, type KB909889.reg.
6. In the Save as type box, click All Files, and then click Save.
7. Click File, and then click Exit.
8. On the desktop, double-click KB909889.reg, and then click Yes to add the
information to the registry.
9. Click OK to confirm that the information in the KB909889.reg file has
been added to the registry.
10. Restart the computer.

"Marcus" <> schrieb:

[Rant deleted]

> By the way, I just got another response from Microsoft concerning this
> problem. The fix that they published:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;909889 does not work
> with Windows 98SE systems!

Yup, that's a known problem with the KB article and has been mentioned
here and elsewhere. The OLEfix.zip does work on every Windows version,
since it's using REGEDIT4 and having the blank line at the end of the
REG file.

HAND,
Freudi

The email support was free?

You didn't post their fix quite right due to InprocServer 32's line wrap -
I have corrected that here.

Getting things perfect - well, perfect enough I think is worth while.
Web page changes are dauntingly tangled in red tape at microsoft.com.

"Marcus" <> wrote in message news:. ..
> I would venture if there are a million users of Windows (very conservative
> estimate) and 5% were having a problem with KB896688 or any of the other
> updates, that would mean that 50,000 computer users would be experiencing
> problems! And that is a ridiculously low estimate! It is likely that many
> users don't realize there is a problem right away. Contributors on this NG
> are probably a lot more into their computers and a good bit more savvy about
> how they are functioning. But for many folks, they might discover in a few
> weeks that their Flash Player is not working, that WMP doesn't work when
> launched within a website, that they can't access the Update site, or that
> other 'Active X' problems are showing up. What to do then? They probably
> start searching for viruses and end up sending the computer to the local
> shop where they might very well be unaware of the issue and decide that the
> OS must be reinstalled.
>
> By the way, I just got another response from Microsoft concerning this
> problem. The fix that they published:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;909889 does not work
> with Windows 98SE systems! This is what I'm talking about. Why is the update
> still up there on the site in its original form? We know it needs a registry
> fix. We now know that the registry fix does not work for Windows 98. Yet
> there it is.......waiting for its next 50,000 or more "uncommon" victims!
>
> If anyone is interested, here is the KB896688 FIX for Windows 98, according
> to their e-mail support: ..................................Marcus
>
> 1. Click Start, click Run, type Notepad.exe, and then click OK.
> 2. Paste the following text in the Notepad document:
>
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0000031A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="ClassMoniker"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0000031A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\InprocServer 32]
@="ole32.dll"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0000031A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\ProgID]
@="clsid"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\CLSID]
@="{0000031A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

>
> 3. Click File, and then click Save.
> 4. In the Save in box, click Desktop.
> 5. In the File name box, type KB909889.reg.
> 6. In the Save as type box, click All Files, and then click Save.
> 7. Click File, and then click Exit.
> 8. On the desktop, double-click KB909889.reg, and then click Yes to add the
> information to the registry.
> 9. Click OK to confirm that the information in the KB909889.reg file has
> been added to the registry.
> 10. Restart the computer.
>

I had no problem on 98 or 98se.
More importantly, I would ask what removed that entry from your registry?
Or if it was there how it became unregistered?
--
mae

"Marcus" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
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|
| I would venture if there are a million users of Windows (very conservative
| estimate) and 5% were having a problem with KB896688 or any of the other
| updates, that would mean that 50,000 computer users would be experiencing
| problems! And that is a ridiculously low estimate! It is likely that many
| users don't realize there is a problem right away. Contributors on this NG
| are probably a lot more into their computers and a good bit more savvy
about
| how they are functioning. But for many folks, they might discover in a few
| weeks that their Flash Player is not working, that WMP doesn't work when
| launched within a website, that they can't access the Update site, or that
| other 'Active X' problems are showing up. What to do then? They probably
| start searching for viruses and end up sending the computer to the local
| shop where they might very well be unaware of the issue and decide that
the
| OS must be reinstalled.
|
| By the way, I just got another response from Microsoft concerning this
| problem. The fix that they published:
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;909889 does not
work
| with Windows 98SE systems! This is what I'm talking about. Why is the
update
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