Regarding 'Service Packs' for WinMe, WarumWolf asked :-

Does anybody know what the reason is ... ?

You already had part of the answer embedded earlier in your post :-

... MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME

But also be aware that MS never issued 'Service Packs' as such for WinMe.

However, MVP Gary Terhune has made a couple of update CD's available, see
below :-

snip
.... My Updates CDs are now
ready to go. One is a copy of the Security Updates
CD from 02/04, the other contains everything since,
with a few minor exceptions. No IE 5 or 5.5, only IE6
SP1. Good for Win98, 98SE and ME.

Anyone interested should email
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

/snip

Give Gary a call, he may be able to help you.

Mart


"WarumWolf" wrote in message
...
When I go to the download site, even restricting the search to Windows
Millennium Edition, it gives me hundreds of results that don't have to do
anything with Windows ME but many other Microsoft Products. Furthermore,
in
the list there are very few downloads for ME, not even a single Service
Pack.

Does anybody know what the reason is and how I can get the Service Packs
for
ME? My ME System is not on the internet so I have to use the download
service.

Thanks in advance
Wolf

"Mike M" wrote:

Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I
download the updates/patches?

James,

The same place that you always have. By either going on line with the
system and visiting the Windows Update site or if using a different
system
by visiting the Windows Update Catalogue
(http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp) and the
Microsoft Download Centre (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/) and
downloading the patches from there. If using the latter routes you can
save the patches to disk and then burn them to a CD for use whenever you
require them.

I'd recommend you start by visiting the Windows Update Catalogue and have
a look at what is listed there for the Windows Millennium operating
system.
--
Mike Maltby



WUBS wrote:

Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I
download the updates/patches?

Once a year, I like to reformat my drive on the laptop and reinstall
WinME, which now leaves me vulnerable, as I have no patches/updates
to reinstall!

My laptop is a Pentium 266, so XP or Vista is out of the question,
and I cannot afford a new laptop, nor could I justify the expense if
I could as I only use it for Internet and Word Processing.

Please point me to any link here that has the patches available for
download.

I thank you all in advance!