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  #1  
Old March 13th 09, 07:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mark[_2_]
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Default Download Service Packs and Updates

Hello,

I can not find download-able Windows ME Service Packs/Updates anywhere on
the Microsoft website? Can you please tell me where they are located?

Thank you, Mark

  #2  
Old March 13th 09, 08:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Posts: 229
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

There is no such thing as a Service Pack for Windows Millennium Edition
(ME) - Updates are still available via Windows Updates (much to everybody's
surprise) for the moment, but no new ones have been created since July 2006,
and no more will be available in the future.

OTOH, if you're talking about Windows 2000 (W2K), then you're in the wrong
place

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mark" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I can not find download-able Windows ME Service Packs/Updates anywhere on
the Microsoft website? Can you please tell me where they are located?

Thank you, Mark


  #3  
Old March 14th 09, 12:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mark[_2_]
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Default Download Service Packs and Updates

Thanks for the info.
But I want to download the "updates" from the website, not Windows Updates.
I am reinstalling my friends WinME operating system but she has no internet
connection. I want to download at my house and put on disc to take there.

Thanks

"Noel Paton" wrote:

There is no such thing as a Service Pack for Windows Millennium Edition
(ME) - Updates are still available via Windows Updates (much to everybody's
surprise) for the moment, but no new ones have been created since July 2006,
and no more will be available in the future.

OTOH, if you're talking about Windows 2000 (W2K), then you're in the wrong
place

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mark" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I can not find download-able Windows ME Service Packs/Updates anywhere on
the Microsoft website? Can you please tell me where they are located?

Thank you, Mark



  #4  
Old March 14th 09, 01:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Default Download Service Packs and Updates

Mark wrote:

Thanks for the info.
But I want to download the "updates" from the website, not Windows
Updates. I am reinstalling my friends WinME operating system but she
has no internet connection. I want to download at my house and put on
disc to take there.


Unfortunately the options available to you may not be what you want
however you need to remember that Win Me is now some years out of support
with the extended support phase having finished in June 2006. What you
require is the old v4 Windows Update Catalog where you can search for and
download updates which can then be transferred to another PC. However the
v4 Catalog can only now be accessed by PCs running the legacy Operating
systems, Win 98, 98SE and Win Me since PCs running more modern operating
systems such as for example XP are automatically passed to the more recent
v7 Windows Update Catalog site which no longer includes patches for Win
98, 98SE or Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby


  #5  
Old March 14th 09, 09:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
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Default Download Service Packs and Updates

There is/was a Win98 MVP - Gary Terhune (sometimes visits the WinMe group,
but not seen him for quite a while) - who has produced a copy of the
Security Updates CD (for a very modest fee) and wrote in March of 2008 :-

quote
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 updates RemoveThis @grystmill.com
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
unquote

Might be worth a try? Others had (at the time) reported success.and
satisfaction.

Good luck

Mart



"Mark" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info.
But I want to download the "updates" from the website, not Windows
Updates.
I am reinstalling my friends WinME operating system but she has no
internet
connection. I want to download at my house and put on disc to take there.

Thanks

"Noel Paton" wrote:

There is no such thing as a Service Pack for Windows Millennium Edition
(ME) - Updates are still available via Windows Updates (much to
everybody's
surprise) for the moment, but no new ones have been created since July
2006,
and no more will be available in the future.

OTOH, if you're talking about Windows 2000 (W2K), then you're in the
wrong
place

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mark" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I can not find download-able Windows ME Service Packs/Updates anywhere
on
the Microsoft website? Can you please tell me where they are located?

Thank you, Mark





  #6  
Old March 14th 09, 10:19 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Mark!!
Note that the FIRST update to install, however you elect to do it, is the
290700 hotfix for System Restore.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290700
otherwise System Restore won't work for the rest of the updates - and it
really is essential!

ramble /on
Hmmm - interesting!
playing around with Google, I can find the downloads using the search string

millennium hotfix "download available" site:microsoft.com

unfortunately, this produces a list of 687 downloads!

Ah! - a better search is
millennium hotfix retired site:microsoft.com

this produces only 270 results! g ... and there are still a few where the
advice is to call MS for the hotfix - which isn't likely to get a good
response from the Support people nowadays! ("ME?? wassat? Win2K?? - which SP
is installed?")
Introducing another term reduces the hit rate down to 152...

millennium hotfix retired kbhotfixserver site:microsoft.com

This still introduces a few mis-hits, but it should at least be
manageable? - how many are missing, I have no idea!

I may see about putting a list up on my site - adding it to my to-do list!
g - with direct links to the relevant files.
The problem there will be to separate out the essentials from the
unneeded/irrelevant (how many ME boxes have 1394 ports with problems?).
If anyone has a definitive list, I'd be interested. (I'll ping Gary and see
what he can let me have). I'm not sure what the legal situation would be
about hosting the files themselves on the site - even if I weren't worried
about the security and cock-up aspects.

ramble /off
If any of that helps, then great

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mart" wrote in message
...
There is/was a Win98 MVP - Gary Terhune (sometimes visits the WinMe group,
but not seen him for quite a while) - who has produced a copy of the
Security Updates CD (for a very modest fee) and wrote in March of 2008 :-

quote
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 updates RemoveThis @grystmill.com
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
unquote

Might be worth a try? Others had (at the time) reported success.and
satisfaction.

Good luck

Mart



"Mark" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info.
But I want to download the "updates" from the website, not Windows
Updates.
I am reinstalling my friends WinME operating system but she has no
internet
connection. I want to download at my house and put on disc to take there.

Thanks

"Noel Paton" wrote:

There is no such thing as a Service Pack for Windows Millennium Edition
(ME) - Updates are still available via Windows Updates (much to
everybody's
surprise) for the moment, but no new ones have been created since July
2006,
and no more will be available in the future.

OTOH, if you're talking about Windows 2000 (W2K), then you're in the
wrong
place

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mark" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I can not find download-able Windows ME Service Packs/Updates anywhere
on
the Microsoft website? Can you please tell me where they are located?

Thank you, Mark






  #7  
Old March 14th 09, 11:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
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Posts: 1,190
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

Hi Noel,

If you want to contact me 'off-group' (via Mike if necessary), I do still
have a copy of the MS 'Security Update CD (Feb 2004) which covers most of
the essential updates (inc. the 290700 hotfix).

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Mark!!
Note that the FIRST update to install, however you elect to do it, is the
290700 hotfix for System Restore.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290700
otherwise System Restore won't work for the rest of the updates - and it
really is essential!

ramble /on
Hmmm - interesting!
playing around with Google, I can find the downloads using the search
string

millennium hotfix "download available" site:microsoft.com

unfortunately, this produces a list of 687 downloads!

Ah! - a better search is
millennium hotfix retired site:microsoft.com

this produces only 270 results! g ... and there are still a few where
the advice is to call MS for the hotfix - which isn't likely to get a good
response from the Support people nowadays! ("ME?? wassat? Win2K?? - which
SP is installed?")
Introducing another term reduces the hit rate down to 152...

millennium hotfix retired kbhotfixserver site:microsoft.com

This still introduces a few mis-hits, but it should at least be
manageable? - how many are missing, I have no idea!

I may see about putting a list up on my site - adding it to my to-do list!
g - with direct links to the relevant files.
The problem there will be to separate out the essentials from the
unneeded/irrelevant (how many ME boxes have 1394 ports with problems?).
If anyone has a definitive list, I'd be interested. (I'll ping Gary and
see what he can let me have). I'm not sure what the legal situation would
be about hosting the files themselves on the site - even if I weren't
worried about the security and cock-up aspects.

ramble /off
If any of that helps, then great

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mart" wrote in message
...
There is/was a Win98 MVP - Gary Terhune (sometimes visits the WinMe
group, but not seen him for quite a while) - who has produced a copy of
the Security Updates CD (for a very modest fee) and wrote in March of
2008 :-

quote
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 updates RemoveThis @grystmill.com
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
unquote

Might be worth a try? Others had (at the time) reported success.and
satisfaction.

Good luck

Mart



"Mark" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info.
But I want to download the "updates" from the website, not Windows
Updates.
I am reinstalling my friends WinME operating system but she has no
internet
connection. I want to download at my house and put on disc to take
there.

Thanks

"Noel Paton" wrote:

There is no such thing as a Service Pack for Windows Millennium Edition
(ME) - Updates are still available via Windows Updates (much to
everybody's
surprise) for the moment, but no new ones have been created since July
2006,
and no more will be available in the future.

OTOH, if you're talking about Windows 2000 (W2K), then you're in the
wrong
place

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mark" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I can not find download-able Windows ME Service Packs/Updates
anywhere on
the Microsoft website? Can you please tell me where they are located?

Thank you, Mark








  #8  
Old March 14th 09, 11:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 229
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

Thanks, Mart - I already have a few copies of it
There were a few updates that weren't included in that, though - mostly for
IE6, but I want to check whether my listing is complete, so I'll ping Gary
(and Mike) and see what they have as a list.


--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mart" wrote in message
...
Hi Noel,

If you want to contact me 'off-group' (via Mike if necessary), I do still
have a copy of the MS 'Security Update CD (Feb 2004) which covers most of
the essential updates (inc. the 290700 hotfix).

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Mark!!
Note that the FIRST update to install, however you elect to do it, is the
290700 hotfix for System Restore.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290700
otherwise System Restore won't work for the rest of the updates - and it
really is essential!

ramble /on
Hmmm - interesting!
playing around with Google, I can find the downloads using the search
string

millennium hotfix "download available" site:microsoft.com

unfortunately, this produces a list of 687 downloads!

Ah! - a better search is
millennium hotfix retired site:microsoft.com

this produces only 270 results! g ... and there are still a few where
the advice is to call MS for the hotfix - which isn't likely to get a
good response from the Support people nowadays! ("ME?? wassat? Win2K?? -
which SP is installed?")
Introducing another term reduces the hit rate down to 152...

millennium hotfix retired kbhotfixserver site:microsoft.com

This still introduces a few mis-hits, but it should at least be
manageable? - how many are missing, I have no idea!

I may see about putting a list up on my site - adding it to my to-do
list! g - with direct links to the relevant files.
The problem there will be to separate out the essentials from the
unneeded/irrelevant (how many ME boxes have 1394 ports with problems?).
If anyone has a definitive list, I'd be interested. (I'll ping Gary and
see what he can let me have). I'm not sure what the legal situation would
be about hosting the files themselves on the site - even if I weren't
worried about the security and cock-up aspects.

ramble /off
If any of that helps, then great

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mart" wrote in message
...
There is/was a Win98 MVP - Gary Terhune (sometimes visits the WinMe
group, but not seen him for quite a while) - who has produced a copy of
the Security Updates CD (for a very modest fee) and wrote in March of
2008 :-

quote
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 updates RemoveThis @grystmill.com
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
unquote

Might be worth a try? Others had (at the time) reported success.and
satisfaction.

Good luck

Mart



"Mark" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the info.
But I want to download the "updates" from the website, not Windows
Updates.
I am reinstalling my friends WinME operating system but she has no
internet
connection. I want to download at my house and put on disc to take
there.

Thanks

"Noel Paton" wrote:

There is no such thing as a Service Pack for Windows Millennium
Edition
(ME) - Updates are still available via Windows Updates (much to
everybody's
surprise) for the moment, but no new ones have been created since July
2006,
and no more will be available in the future.

OTOH, if you're talking about Windows 2000 (W2K), then you're in the
wrong
place

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mark" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I can not find download-able Windows ME Service Packs/Updates
anywhere on
the Microsoft website? Can you please tell me where they are
located?

Thank you, Mark









  #9  
Old March 14th 09, 04:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Posts: 2,047
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

Access the v4 Windows Update Catalog using Win Me (or 98 or 98SE), running
in a VM if necessary, to check which patches are still available. One
that I know has only ever been available from the WU site and has never to
my knowledge been listed in either the Catalog or the Download Centre is
the update to MovieMaker.
--
Mike


Noel Paton wrote:

Thanks, Mart - I already have a few copies of it
There were a few updates that weren't included in that, though -
mostly for IE6, but I want to check whether my listing is complete,
so I'll ping Gary (and Mike) and see what they have as a list.


  #10  
Old March 14th 09, 08:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Shane[_4_]
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Posts: 4
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

These are the links for the Security Update CD updates (more or less):

http://website.lineone.net/~shanebeatson/fixlistme.htm

Last time I tested these links they still worked - much to my surprise - and
I just now tested one and *it* still worked. Probably one or two don't
anymore, such as DirectX and Internet Explorer, being for versions
out-of-date even in Win Me terms (but excuse me if I don't test them all
myself!). Also the CD only updated to October '03 so there are about another
dozen or so to acquire after running these.

Actually, given the fact it's probably pointless leaving the site up without
having links to the later updates, I think I'll go find them. Get back to me
if you want, say, a list of the download urls for post-Security Update cd
updates.

Shane


"Mark" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I can not find download-able Windows ME Service Packs/Updates anywhere on
the Microsoft website? Can you please tell me where they are located?

Thank you, Mark

 




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