This problem was solved - on the advice of Spy Sweeper - by turning off the
Spy Sweeper BHO shield and then running the update.

"Frank C" wrote:

Subject line error - should be KB918419

"Frank C" wrote:

Microsoft July updates included KB918419 for Excel. I received an alert from
Spy Sweeper that a Browser Helper Object was to be installed. Since I did not
see why Excel would need a BHO, I denied the change. The update failed.
Should I allow the change?
Thanks
Frank C
Dell Dimension 8400
Win XP SP 2
I. E. 6.0 SP 2
Office 2003 SP 2