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WU v4 for WinMe
For those who need to know - and are still interested - the Windows Updates
for WinMe are still currently available at the MS WinMe WU site, in spite of being out of Support by some 18 months. Just did a Clean Install (failed HDD) and all 10+ Critical Updates/Service Packs and 45+ WinMe updates (inc. some 34 language fixes) are there. Using broadband, it wasn't very much slower than using the MS Security CD (2004) and all (seemingly) installed in their correct sequence. Let's hope that MS keep them available for a few more years yet. It would be a shame to pull them for the sake of a few hundred MB or so of web space. Have noticed also that the KB articles for WinMe have recently been pruned somewhat, but at least support is still there. Thanks MS - please don't abandon us altogether. Mart |
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WU v4 for WinMe
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Updates for WinMe are still currently available at the MS WinMe WU I've been keeping my eye on the WU site for a while now, in fact ever since the "can't help, you're using a Mac" episode earlier this year. I've got an "out of the box" clean install of Win Me (on a virtual machine) that has never been updated and have got into the habit of firing it up and checking WU with it every couple of weeks or so. Just did a Clean Install (failed HDD) Oh dear! I thought it was only me that had that sort of misfortune. I hope you didn't lose anything too important. Have noticed also that the KB articles for WinMe have recently been pruned somewhat, but at least support is still there. Thanks MS - please don't abandon us altogether. This is something that is particularly annoying me. Fortunately I've got a 2005 copy of the KB installed from TechNet on this box so can see the old articles even if they have been withdrawn. What I don't understand is why some very very old KB articles still remain whilst some needed by those running Win Me have gone. -- Mike - disc in post Mart wrote: For those who need to know - and are still interested - the Windows Updates for WinMe are still currently available at the MS WinMe WU site, in spite of being out of Support by some 18 months. Just did a Clean Install (failed HDD) and all 10+ Critical Updates/Service Packs and 45+ WinMe updates (inc. some 34 language fixes) are there. Using broadband, it wasn't very much slower than using the MS Security CD (2004) and all (seemingly) installed in their correct sequence. Let's hope that MS keep them available for a few more years yet. It would be a shame to pull them for the sake of a few hundred MB or so of web space. Have noticed also that the KB articles for WinMe have recently been pruned somewhat, but at least support is still there. Thanks MS - please don't abandon us altogether. |
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That's worth knowing as I still have the WinME box here that Kelly used and
I now keep for storage and for John to use if he has problems with his XP box. It's never had to be re-installed though and has all the critical updates that were made available for WinME before support was stopped. Joan "Mart" wrote in message ... For those who need to know - and are still interested - the Windows Updates for WinMe are still currently available at the MS WinMe WU site, in spite of being out of Support by some 18 months. Just did a Clean Install (failed HDD) and all 10+ Critical Updates/Service Packs and 45+ WinMe updates (inc. some 34 language fixes) are there. Using broadband, it wasn't very much slower than using the MS Security CD (2004) and all (seemingly) installed in their correct sequence. Let's hope that MS keep them available for a few more years yet. It would be a shame to pull them for the sake of a few hundred MB or so of web space. Have noticed also that the KB articles for WinMe have recently been pruned somewhat, but at least support is still there. Thanks MS - please don't abandon us altogether. Mart |
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Mart:
Don't know whether you remember it or not, quite a few months ago Gary S. Terhune (hope to get the name right) made two CD's available for the participants in this news group, for all the '98 and 'ME Updates and the Windows Security Updates. Correct me if I am wrong, but those were supposed to include 'all the necessary Updates' to my understanding. I secured the two CD's for myself at the time, in order to be prepared for enventualities. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... For those who need to know - and are still interested - the Windows Updates for WinMe are still currently available at the MS WinMe WU site, in spite of being out of Support by some 18 months. Just did a Clean Install (failed HDD) and all 10+ Critical Updates/Service Packs and 45+ WinMe updates (inc. some 34 language fixes) are there. Using broadband, it wasn't very much slower than using the MS Security CD (2004) and all (seemingly) installed in their correct sequence. Let's hope that MS keep them available for a few more years yet. It would be a shame to pull them for the sake of a few hundred MB or so of web space. Have noticed also that the KB articles for WinMe have recently been pruned somewhat, but at least support is still there. Thanks MS - please don't abandon us altogether. Mart |
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Yes Harry, I was aware. But I was just alerting folks to the fact that they
are still (currently) available on the MS WU site, especially with the recent pruning/modifications/rationalisation of the KB and the fact that WinMe is now some 18 months out of Support time. And, a plaintive plea for continued consideration by MS - assuming they still read the WinMe NG's! Therefore for those who were thinking of doing a 'Clean Install' of WinMe, - for whatever reason - now *might be* a good time, especially for those other folk who weren't aware or hadn't got a copy of Gary's CD's. Unless MS continue their unofficial support of course! .. I secured the two CD's for myself at the time, .. You cant beat Belt & Braces Harry, but every Boy Scout also carries a piece of string g Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Mart: Don't know whether you remember it or not, quite a few months ago Gary S. Terhune (hope to get the name right) made two CD's available for the participants in this news group, for all the '98 and 'ME Updates and the Windows Security Updates. Correct me if I am wrong, but those were supposed to include 'all the necessary Updates' to my understanding. I secured the two CD's for myself at the time, in order to be prepared for enventualities. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... For those who need to know - and are still interested - the Windows Updates for WinMe are still currently available at the MS WinMe WU site, in spite of being out of Support by some 18 months. Just did a Clean Install (failed HDD) and all 10+ Critical Updates/Service Packs and 45+ WinMe updates (inc. some 34 language fixes) are there. Using broadband, it wasn't very much slower than using the MS Security CD (2004) and all (seemingly) installed in their correct sequence. Let's hope that MS keep them available for a few more years yet. It would be a shame to pull them for the sake of a few hundred MB or so of web space. Have noticed also that the KB articles for WinMe have recently been pruned somewhat, but at least support is still there. Thanks MS - please don't abandon us altogether. Mart |
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Indeed Joan, had it not been for the failing HDD, I probably wouldn't have
been too bothered and just 'settled' for WU advising that my previously working installation was 'up to date'. I guess it's called 'Peace of Mind'! Mart "Joan Archer" wrote in message ... That's worth knowing as I still have the WinME box here that Kelly used and I now keep for storage and for John to use if he has problems with his XP box. It's never had to be re-installed though and has all the critical updates that were made available for WinME before support was stopped. Joan "Mart" wrote in message ... For those who need to know - and are still interested - the Windows Updates for WinMe are still currently available at the MS WinMe WU site, in spite of being out of Support by some 18 months. Just did a Clean Install (failed HDD) and all 10+ Critical Updates/Service Packs and 45+ WinMe updates (inc. some 34 language fixes) are there. Using broadband, it wasn't very much slower than using the MS Security CD (2004) and all (seemingly) installed in their correct sequence. Let's hope that MS keep them available for a few more years yet. It would be a shame to pull them for the sake of a few hundred MB or so of web space. Have noticed also that the KB articles for WinMe have recently been pruned somewhat, but at least support is still there. Thanks MS - please don't abandon us altogether. Mart |
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"Mike M" wrote in message :-
... - disc in post Cheers Mike, I'll be listening for Santa's sleigh bells - or the front door bell, whichever sounds first g Mart |
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"Mart" wrote in message ... Yes Harry, I was aware. But I was just alerting folks to the fact that they are still (currently) available on the MS WU site, especially with the recent pruning/modifications/rationalisation of the KB and the fact that WinMe is now some 18 months out of Support time. And, a plaintive plea for continued consideration by MS - assuming they still read the WinMe NG's! Therefore for those who were thinking of doing a 'Clean Install' of WinMe, - for whatever reason - now *might be* a good time, especially for those other folk who weren't aware or hadn't got a copy of Gary's CD's. Unless MS continue their unofficial support of course! .. I secured the two CD's for myself at the time, .. You cant beat Belt & Braces Harry, but every Boy Scout also carries a piece of string g Ever so true, Mart and a Merry Chrismas and a truly Happy New Year to you, too. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Mart: Don't know whether you remember it or not, quite a few months ago Gary S. Terhune (hope to get the name right) made two CD's available for the participants in this news group, for all the '98 and 'ME Updates and the Windows Security Updates. Correct me if I am wrong, but those were supposed to include 'all the necessary Updates' to my understanding. I secured the two CD's for myself at the time, in order to be prepared for enventualities. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... For those who need to know - and are still interested - the Windows Updates for WinMe are still currently available at the MS WinMe WU site, in spite of being out of Support by some 18 months. Just did a Clean Install (failed HDD) and all 10+ Critical Updates/Service Packs and 45+ WinMe updates (inc. some 34 language fixes) are there. Using broadband, it wasn't very much slower than using the MS Security CD (2004) and all (seemingly) installed in their correct sequence. Let's hope that MS keep them available for a few more years yet. It would be a shame to pull them for the sake of a few hundred MB or so of web space. Have noticed also that the KB articles for WinMe have recently been pruned somewhat, but at least support is still there. Thanks MS - please don't abandon us altogether. Mart |
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Hello Harry!
How does one obtain the 2 CD's of Win 98 and ME updates from Gary? Do I just email him at: http://www.grystmill.com/ ? Also, I thought I read that Shane Beatson also had a CD set. But his home page of http://website.lineone.net/~shanebeatson/index.htm seems dead now. Thanks, O.J. "webster72n" wrote in message ... Mart: Don't know whether you remember it or not, quite a few months ago Gary S. Terhune (hope to get the name right) made two CD's available for the participants in this news group, for all the '98 and 'ME Updates and the Windows Security Updates. Correct me if I am wrong, but those were supposed to include 'all the necessary Updates' to my understanding. I secured the two CD's for myself at the time, in order to be prepared for enventualities. Harry. |
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WU v4 for WinMe
Postman Pat won!
Thanks Mike. Mart "Mart" wrote in message ... "Mike M" wrote in message :- ... - disc in post Cheers Mike, I'll be listening for Santa's sleigh bells - or the front door bell, whichever sounds first g Mart |
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