Re: Windows Update and "cabinet.dll"?

ClydeBD,

See if this MSKB article is of assistance :

You receive the 0x80070485 initialization error message while the
Windows Update Web site is loading
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836923

" CAUSE
This problem occurs because the Cabinet.dll file may be damaged or
missing "


MowGreen [MVP]
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ClydeBD wrote:

> I am running/ using Windows 98:
> Just after I connected to the WU site and it began to check my update
> status, I received the message, "Windows Update has encountered an error and
> can not display the required page."
> *I previously had a crash in my Norton antivirus program when it encountered
> an apparently corrupted file "cabinet.dll". Could this be the problem and
> how could I replace the file? Scandisk and Norton Discdoctor apparently do
> not recognize it as a file that needs to be "repaired."