windows updates
 

Hi. I have win-ME and IE 6 and a 4 year old computer. I'm ready to bite
the bullet and install .net framework on my computer but I can't use the
windows update feature. When I get to the right place, it says:
Click Start, click Windows Update, and then click Product Updates for a list of available components.

When I click start, there is no option to click Windows Update or
Product Update. When I try it on the internet from this URL
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...=6519&sid=1020
I get to a page that ask for admin rights (?) or also tells me to click
windows update.

I'm going in circles and don't know what to do. Appreciate some help!
Thanks!!

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Hugs, Erika

When I click start, there is no option to click Windows Update

In which case use the URL http://windowsupdate,microsoft.com or
http://v4.windowsupdate,microsoft.com
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Erika wrote:

Hi. I have win-ME and IE 6 and a 4 year old computer. I'm ready to
bite the bullet and install .net framework on my computer but I can't
use the windows update feature. When I get to the right place, it
says:
Click Start, click Windows Update, and then click Product Updates
for a list of available components.

When I click start, there is no option to click Windows Update or
Product Update. When I try it on the internet from this URL
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...=6519&sid=1020
I get to a page that ask for admin rights (?) or also tells me to
click windows update.

I'm going in circles and don't know what to do. Appreciate some help!
Thanks!!

Mike M wrote:
When I click start, there is no option to click Windows Update


In which case use the URL http://windowsupdate,microsoft.com or
http://v4.windowsupdate,microsoft.com

Yes. that takes me to the Administrator page (not an option in ME) and
then at the bottom says:
If the option to run as the local administrator is not available:


Click Start, right-click Windows Update, and then click Properties.
Click the Shortcut tab, and then select the Run as different user check box.

all of which options are not available to me.


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Hugs, Erika

Erika,

I wonder if this registry patch may help:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg
Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options

Download, right-click and select merge.

Reboot and test.

Curious with the result.

Zee







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Hugs, Erika

oops!! wrote:
I wonder if this registry patch may help:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg
Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options

Download, right-click and select merge.

Reboot and test.

Curious with the result.

Zee

thanks for writing, Zee. I looked at that URL and I'm not getting it.
There's nothing to download or right-click. I hate to tinker with the
registry on my own!


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Hugs, Erika

Erika,

Try right-clicking the link and select "Save target as..."

See if you manage to download it that way.

Zee







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oops!! wrote:
I wonder if this registry patch may help:
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http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg
Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options
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Download, right-click and select merge.
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Reboot and test.
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Curious with the result.
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Zee
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thanks for writing, Zee. I looked at that URL and I'm not getting it.=20
There's nothing to download or right-click. I hate to tinker with the=20
registry on my own!
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Hugs, Erika

oops!! wrote:
Erika,

Try right-clicking the link and select "Save target as..."

See if you manage to download it that way.

Zee

Zee, it's not a link. It's plain text and this is what it says:
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000000



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Hugs, Erika

Erika,

I meant this link:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg

Right-click it and select "Save target as".

This will allow you to save the file "UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg" to your
PC.

After downloading, locate it and right-click it. Select "Merge", confirm you
want to merge and reboot after that.

Test.

Zee






"Erika" wrote in message
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oops!! wrote:
Erika,

Try right-clicking the link and select "Save target as..."

See if you manage to download it that way.

Zee

Zee, it's not a link. It's plain text and this is what it says:
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet
Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000000



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Hugs, Erika

oops!! wrote:
Erika,

I meant this link:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg

Zee, this link looks the same as the other one to me. I did search
around the mvps site and found this:

For Windows 98 and Windows Millenium Edition

Download the controls from http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...ansi/iuctl.cab and save them to your desktop. Extract the .cab file following the steps below:

1. Go to the desktop and right click the iuctl.cab file.
2. Click "Extract to."
3. Point to a known location (like the desktop) and click "OK."
4. Go to the location you selected and right click on the iuctl.inf file.
5. Click "Install."

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm

I see the files in the .cab file but I'm not getting any right-click
options visible to install. Any other ideas?

I appreciate the time you're taking to try to help me with this
situation. Thanks a bunch!


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Hugs, Erika

Erika,

Could you, please, right-click the link below:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg

You should now see a menu with an option "Save target as"?

Select it and you should now see a download popup, asking you where to save
the file...

Save it.

Now locate it and right-click it, From the menu select merge. Confirm yes if
asked for a confirmation to merge.

After merge successful, reboot and test.

Zee









"Erika" wrote in message
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oops!! wrote:
Erika,

I meant this link:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg

Zee, this link looks the same as the other one to me. I did search
around the mvps site and found this:

For Windows 98 and Windows Millenium Edition

Download the controls from
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...ansi/iuctl.cab and save them
to your desktop. Extract the .cab file following the steps below:

1. Go to the desktop and right click the iuctl.cab file.
2. Click "Extract to."
3. Point to a known location (like the desktop) and click "OK."
4. Go to the location you selected and right click on the iuctl.inf
file.
5. Click "Install."

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm

I see the files in the .cab file but I'm not getting any right-click
options visible to install. Any other ideas?

I appreciate the time you're taking to try to help me with this
situation. Thanks a bunch!


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Hugs, Erika