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Hi Gang,
Long (unrelated) story but I've (past day or so) installed a fresh WinMe onto 'bare metal' and have just done 'all' the updates from the WU site. ( I didn't use the CD) Initially, there were 24 Critical Updates and about 10 (I think) Non-Critical Updates available. I tried to select ALL Critical Updates but it would not permit all-at-once as it wanted to do IE6 separately so I selected IE6 only. It then reported 23 CU's and some 45 N-CU's. Therefore this was completed BEFORE it did the 290700 update. I then installed ALL remaining CU's collectively and it then reported 0 CU's and the 45 N-CU's outstanding. Tried to select ALL N-CU's but it wanted to install Dx 9.0c separately, so I did that one first. It then reported 1 new CU and 44 N-CU's (as expected). I Installed the CU and started on the N-CU's which wanted a further 2 CU's. However, I didn't install the (34) language UD's. To be fair, it certainly helps to have broadband! The point being that there 'appears' to be some sort of order in which these things are installed, as some UD's call for further UD's. I haven't yet gone through Shane's list - I used 'select-all/copy' of the first batch of updates to catalogue them, but sadly, not the later ones. However, I could possibly attempt to determine them from the update history. Mart "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... great - thanks, Shane (was that on a Virtual machine, or bare metal??) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Shane" wrote in message ... "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 The optimised version (duplicates removed etc): http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2C896761.ex e - 290700 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...450dc3ae6b.exe - KB917344 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a9d05d2eed.exe - KB891711 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...81285bfd3f.exe - 873374 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...3dfbe08298.exe - Windows Media KB828026 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...58e89612b1.exe - 823559 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a04af2b34d.exe - MS JAVA VM http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CD13014E11.exe - JAVASCRIPT JS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8B4EA39180.exe - MDAC Q329414 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CFC147E1.ex e - 329048 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2380DB44 .exe - 329115 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...B9881555 .exe - 323172 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...40938B0D .exe - 323255 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...DF6695 2B.exe - WM320920 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4F68F1F1. exe - VBScript VBS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CC2DB309.ex e - 314757 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8138F506. exe - WM308567 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...FC26A971.ex e - CRLUPD http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...619BF3AE.ex e - 273991 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4B652105 .exe - 811630 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...07ED386A.ex e - 812709 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...7AD3 B062.exe - IE Audio http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9933E4A23C.exe - Euro Conversion Tool http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...567C1451.ex e - 287564 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...D5D0B5A6.ex e - 273017 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...06e53c3012.exe - IE6 KB918439 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9630fd4a9a.exe - KB918547 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ffaf52c841.exe - KB896358 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...c6e9ab7a42.exe - KB887797 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...d89121466e.exe - DX9c Setup http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...49a878677f.exe - KB904706 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...afab75c3a5.exe - IE6 KB916281 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...6670014c86.exe - KB833989 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ce10c660a1.exe - KB908519 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...fb8b376f52.exe - IE KB891781 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...aa71f51bef.exe - IE6 KB837009 |
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Mart,
It never occurs to me that someone might actually want the language updates, but I guess that's about at the point where my interest fizzles out anyway. I've been turning those off via Personalise for as long as I can remember - and now, when I reinstall a 9x version, find myself having to remind myself it is absolutely pointless personalising the 9x WU sites nowadays! Presumably by my 'list' you mean the one I posted here as opposed to the one I gave the link to, which is solely concerning the Security Update CD updates? If so, well, they are from "windows update.log". When you install from Windows Update, the location each update came from is in the log - and in chronological order. I didn't used to allow them to install - just started the downloads then immediately cancelled them, got the urls from the log then downloaded for offline installation. But today it is *so* not an issue - like you say, with Broadband - to allow them all to install online, that doing so is a much easier means of acquiring the set! Then just do FIND /I ".EXE" "WINDOWS UPDATE.LOG" WHATEVER.TXT, then a little tidying, for instance with Editpad, and thar she blows Ishmael me old! Select All/Copy is certainly the way to get more detail about the updates which is definately useful, particularly if you don't wish to install superfluous stuff, e.g. like on a machine that won't be going online. Mind you, seeing as how deeply IE is into Win Me, perhaps it is still best to update it as far as one can whether going online or not? Especially, perhaps, if one is to insert media supplied by other users. Anyway, I would suggest that making this list is pretty much de rigour if one means to continue supporting Win Me users. You're probably being more conscientious than me, so I am not going to do any more with this. I think I am more inclined to take the web site down than update it (sic) - and maybe won't have the option when Tiscali goes to the wall! So I'm going back to setting up yet another Windows 7 build! Shane "Mart" wrote in message ... Hi Gang, Long (unrelated) story but I've (past day or so) installed a fresh WinMe onto 'bare metal' and have just done 'all' the updates from the WU site. ( I didn't use the CD) Initially, there were 24 Critical Updates and about 10 (I think) Non-Critical Updates available. I tried to select ALL Critical Updates but it would not permit all-at-once as it wanted to do IE6 separately so I selected IE6 only. It then reported 23 CU's and some 45 N-CU's. Therefore this was completed BEFORE it did the 290700 update. I then installed ALL remaining CU's collectively and it then reported 0 CU's and the 45 N-CU's outstanding. Tried to select ALL N-CU's but it wanted to install Dx 9.0c separately, so I did that one first. It then reported 1 new CU and 44 N-CU's (as expected). I Installed the CU and started on the N-CU's which wanted a further 2 CU's. However, I didn't install the (34) language UD's. To be fair, it certainly helps to have broadband! The point being that there 'appears' to be some sort of order in which these things are installed, as some UD's call for further UD's. I haven't yet gone through Shane's list - I used 'select-all/copy' of the first batch of updates to catalogue them, but sadly, not the later ones. However, I could possibly attempt to determine them from the update history. Mart "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... great - thanks, Shane (was that on a Virtual machine, or bare metal??) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Shane" wrote in message ... "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 The optimised version (duplicates removed etc): http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2C896761.ex e - 290700 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...450dc3ae6b.exe - KB917344 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a9d05d2eed.exe - KB891711 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...81285bfd3f.exe - 873374 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...3dfbe08298.exe - Windows Media KB828026 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...58e89612b1.exe - 823559 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a04af2b34d.exe - MS JAVA VM http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CD13014E11.exe - JAVASCRIPT JS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8B4EA39180.exe - MDAC Q329414 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CFC147E1.ex e - 329048 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2380DB44 .exe - 329115 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...B9881555 .exe - 323172 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...40938B0D .exe - 323255 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...DF6695 2B.exe - WM320920 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4F68F1F1. exe - VBScript VBS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CC2DB309.ex e - 314757 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8138F506. exe - WM308567 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...FC26A971.ex e - CRLUPD http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...619BF3AE.ex e - 273991 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4B652105 .exe - 811630 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...07ED386A.ex e - 812709 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...7AD3 B062.exe - IE Audio http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9933E4A23C.exe - Euro Conversion Tool http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...567C1451.ex e - 287564 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...D5D0B5A6.ex e - 273017 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...06e53c3012.exe - IE6 KB918439 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9630fd4a9a.exe - KB918547 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ffaf52c841.exe - KB896358 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...c6e9ab7a42.exe - KB887797 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...d89121466e.exe - DX9c Setup http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...49a878677f.exe - KB904706 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...afab75c3a5.exe - IE6 KB916281 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...6670014c86.exe - KB833989 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ce10c660a1.exe - KB908519 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...fb8b376f52.exe - IE KB891781 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...aa71f51bef.exe - IE6 KB837009 |
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Now that I know your and Mark's 'whole story', I can tell you mine too: I since upgraded to a higher powered Dell machine with WinVista Home Premium, but still maintain my 'fully functional', homemade WinME machine with 'all updates' installed. Still have your Security Updates CD, Shane and Gary's 2 CD's, just in case. Twice this situation of having a back-up system was helpful, when I ran into trouble with 'Mr. Vista'. But by now I am in full control over 'Mr. Vista' also and it took me less than 3 months. It is a much better OS than a lot of people give it credit for. Personally I prefer it over ME now, even though I still hold ME in high esteem. It always delights me to come back to this group. May it live for a long time to come. Cheers, Harry. "Shane" wrote in message ... Mart, It never occurs to me that someone might actually want the language updates, but I guess that's about at the point where my interest fizzles out anyway. I've been turning those off via Personalise for as long as I can remember - and now, when I reinstall a 9x version, find myself having to remind myself it is absolutely pointless personalising the 9x WU sites nowadays! Presumably by my 'list' you mean the one I posted here as opposed to the one I gave the link to, which is solely concerning the Security Update CD updates? If so, well, they are from "windows update.log". When you install from Windows Update, the location each update came from is in the log - and in chronological order. I didn't used to allow them to install - just started the downloads then immediately cancelled them, got the urls from the log then downloaded for offline installation. But today it is *so* not an issue - like you say, with Broadband - to allow them all to install online, that doing so is a much easier means of acquiring the set! Then just do FIND /I ".EXE" "WINDOWS UPDATE.LOG" WHATEVER.TXT, then a little tidying, for instance with Editpad, and thar she blows Ishmael me old! Select All/Copy is certainly the way to get more detail about the updates which is definately useful, particularly if you don't wish to install superfluous stuff, e.g. like on a machine that won't be going online. Mind you, seeing as how deeply IE is into Win Me, perhaps it is still best to update it as far as one can whether going online or not? Especially, perhaps, if one is to insert media supplied by other users. Anyway, I would suggest that making this list is pretty much de rigour if one means to continue supporting Win Me users. You're probably being more conscientious than me, so I am not going to do any more with this. I think I am more inclined to take the web site down than update it (sic) - and maybe won't have the option when Tiscali goes to the wall! So I'm going back to setting up yet another Windows 7 build! Shane "Mart" wrote in message ... Hi Gang, Long (unrelated) story but I've (past day or so) installed a fresh WinMe onto 'bare metal' and have just done 'all' the updates from the WU site. ( I didn't use the CD) Initially, there were 24 Critical Updates and about 10 (I think) Non-Critical Updates available. I tried to select ALL Critical Updates but it would not permit all-at-once as it wanted to do IE6 separately so I selected IE6 only. It then reported 23 CU's and some 45 N-CU's. Therefore this was completed BEFORE it did the 290700 update. I then installed ALL remaining CU's collectively and it then reported 0 CU's and the 45 N-CU's outstanding. Tried to select ALL N-CU's but it wanted to install Dx 9.0c separately, so I did that one first. It then reported 1 new CU and 44 N-CU's (as expected). I Installed the CU and started on the N-CU's which wanted a further 2 CU's. However, I didn't install the (34) language UD's. To be fair, it certainly helps to have broadband! The point being that there 'appears' to be some sort of order in which these things are installed, as some UD's call for further UD's. I haven't yet gone through Shane's list - I used 'select-all/copy' of the first batch of updates to catalogue them, but sadly, not the later ones. However, I could possibly attempt to determine them from the update history. Mart "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... great - thanks, Shane (was that on a Virtual machine, or bare metal??) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Shane" wrote in message ... "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 The optimised version (duplicates removed etc): http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2C896761.ex e - 290700 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...450dc3ae6b.exe - KB917344 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a9d05d2eed.exe - KB891711 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...81285bfd3f.exe - 873374 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...3dfbe08298.exe - Windows Media KB828026 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...58e89612b1.exe - 823559 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a04af2b34d.exe - MS JAVA VM http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CD13014E11.exe - JAVASCRIPT JS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8B4EA39180.exe - MDAC Q329414 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CFC147E1.ex e - 329048 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2380DB44 .exe - 329115 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...B9881555 .exe - 323172 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...40938B0D .exe - 323255 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...DF6695 2B.exe - WM320920 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4F68F1F1. exe - VBScript VBS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CC2DB309.ex e - 314757 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8138F506. exe - WM308567 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...FC26A971.ex e - CRLUPD http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...619BF3AE.ex e - 273991 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4B652105 .exe - 811630 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...07ED386A.ex e - 812709 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...7AD3 B062.exe - IE Audio http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9933E4A23C.exe - Euro Conversion Tool http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...567C1451.ex e - 287564 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...D5D0B5A6.ex e - 273017 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...06e53c3012.exe - IE6 KB918439 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9630fd4a9a.exe - KB918547 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ffaf52c841.exe - KB896358 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...c6e9ab7a42.exe - KB887797 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...d89121466e.exe - DX9c Setup http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...49a878677f.exe - KB904706 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...afab75c3a5.exe - IE6 KB916281 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...6670014c86.exe - KB833989 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ce10c660a1.exe - KB908519 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...fb8b376f52.exe - IE KB891781 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...aa71f51bef.exe - IE6 KB837009 |
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Interesting, Mart - IIRC, every time I've been to WU for updates in ME, it's
always insisted on installing 290700 first - then IE6 (but maybe that's because I usually delay IE6 for various reasons, and I may have missed the fact that it came down first the few times I might have installed it direct from WU - or I might have assumed that I'd already installed 290700). Hmmmm - clean ME VPC... (accepts ActiveX download) - gets Administrators only warning??? - refresh gets to the right page... review gets 24 up-dates, and IE is top of the list...... click on 'Install Now', and up pops a warning that IE6 must be installed first!.... cancel out, and remove IE6 from the list.... click Install.... and 290700 has to be installed before anything else!! (unless you 'Remove' it) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Mart" wrote in message ... Hi Gang, Long (unrelated) story but I've (past day or so) installed a fresh WinMe onto 'bare metal' and have just done 'all' the updates from the WU site. ( I didn't use the CD) Initially, there were 24 Critical Updates and about 10 (I think) Non-Critical Updates available. I tried to select ALL Critical Updates but it would not permit all-at-once as it wanted to do IE6 separately so I selected IE6 only. It then reported 23 CU's and some 45 N-CU's. Therefore this was completed BEFORE it did the 290700 update. I then installed ALL remaining CU's collectively and it then reported 0 CU's and the 45 N-CU's outstanding. Tried to select ALL N-CU's but it wanted to install Dx 9.0c separately, so I did that one first. It then reported 1 new CU and 44 N-CU's (as expected). I Installed the CU and started on the N-CU's which wanted a further 2 CU's. However, I didn't install the (34) language UD's. To be fair, it certainly helps to have broadband! The point being that there 'appears' to be some sort of order in which these things are installed, as some UD's call for further UD's. I haven't yet gone through Shane's list - I used 'select-all/copy' of the first batch of updates to catalogue them, but sadly, not the later ones. However, I could possibly attempt to determine them from the update history. Mart "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... great - thanks, Shane (was that on a Virtual machine, or bare metal??) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Shane" wrote in message ... "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 The optimised version (duplicates removed etc): http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2C896761.ex e - 290700 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...450dc3ae6b.exe - KB917344 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a9d05d2eed.exe - KB891711 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...81285bfd3f.exe - 873374 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...3dfbe08298.exe - Windows Media KB828026 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...58e89612b1.exe - 823559 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a04af2b34d.exe - MS JAVA VM http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CD13014E11.exe - JAVASCRIPT JS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8B4EA39180.exe - MDAC Q329414 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CFC147E1.ex e - 329048 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2380DB44 .exe - 329115 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...B9881555 .exe - 323172 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...40938B0D .exe - 323255 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...DF6695 2B.exe - WM320920 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4F68F1F1. exe - VBScript VBS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CC2DB309.ex e - 314757 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8138F506. exe - WM308567 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...FC26A971.ex e - CRLUPD http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...619BF3AE.ex e - 273991 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4B652105 .exe - 811630 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...07ED386A.ex e - 812709 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...7AD3 B062.exe - IE Audio http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9933E4A23C.exe - Euro Conversion Tool http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...567C1451.ex e - 287564 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...D5D0B5A6.ex e - 273017 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...06e53c3012.exe - IE6 KB918439 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9630fd4a9a.exe - KB918547 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ffaf52c841.exe - KB896358 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...c6e9ab7a42.exe - KB887797 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...d89121466e.exe - DX9c Setup http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...49a878677f.exe - KB904706 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...afab75c3a5.exe - IE6 KB916281 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...6670014c86.exe - KB833989 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ce10c660a1.exe - KB908519 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...fb8b376f52.exe - IE KB891781 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...aa71f51bef.exe - IE6 KB837009 |
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Shane,
I've snipped previous for brevity but just a couple of points, part of the 'long story' was that my 'original' WinMe desktop box is a 'very old' 200MHz and I'd just 'acquired an 'old' 1.7GHz Base Unit. Having a virgin (and legit) copy of XP Pro, I thought that I'd retire the old WinMe OS and scavenge all the hardware goodies from the old box and transfer them to the new one and install the XP Pro. Before installing XP - or more precisely, activating it - I wanted to confirm the setup was still going to be good for WinMe (just-in-case). Jeepers! hadn't realised just how S L O W the 200MHz box was. So I now have a spare 40 Gb HDD with WinMe set up for this now 'new' XP box and hardware, which just whistles.(Should have chucked the 200 MHz mobo years ago!) If ever I need to revert for some reason - which coincidentally gave me the opportunity to check the WU site and confirm the CU's etc., - then it's a (fairly) simple task to swap the HDD. But still have an old Sony VAIO notebook with WinMe installed to (try to) use it to continue to address WinMe 'bare metal' News Group issues. Regarding your comment :- Anyway, I would suggest that making this list is pretty much de rigour if one means to continue supporting Win Me users. I don't think I'll 'publish' the list - it's some 15KB in plain text format - unless someone actually requests it. You're probably being more conscientious than me, Probably not, as it's only academic anyway - my conclusion being that you can't beat the WU site method (whilst it lasts). However, I'll keep your previous list of downloads (and well done for editing it) for future reference. Mart |
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Yes Noel, I seem to recall that last time I installed WinMe (perhaps a year
or so back), I chose NOT to install IE6 first and 290700 was certainly a front runner - if not the leader - in the download order. I've never done VPC before as I've only ever had XP Home. Now I've (nearly) got XP Pro up-and-running to my satisfaction, I'll probably dip my toes in the water. Just a little concerned about one or two capacitors on the 1.7GHz mobo, though 8^¬ Hmm... Mart "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Interesting, Mart - IIRC, every time I've been to WU for updates in ME, it's always insisted on installing 290700 first - then IE6 (but maybe that's because I usually delay IE6 for various reasons, and I may have missed the fact that it came down first the few times I might have installed it direct from WU - or I might have assumed that I'd already installed 290700). Hmmmm - clean ME VPC... (accepts ActiveX download) - gets Administrators only warning??? - refresh gets to the right page... review gets 24 up-dates, and IE is top of the list...... click on 'Install Now', and up pops a warning that IE6 must be installed first!.... cancel out, and remove IE6 from the list.... click Install.... and 290700 has to be installed before anything else!! (unless you 'Remove' it) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk snipped for brevity |
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VPC will run quite happily in Home (XP or Vista) - but the networking (and
some other) capabilities are restricted to those of the host OS, so running (say) XP Pro in a VPC on XP Home, you're still limited to the networking capabilities of Home, rather than Pro. MS only says that it's 'Unsupported', not impossible Bulging capacitors? - bad news!. I've never tried replacing them (and don't intend to start now), as although I have the equipment, my skills are so old that I'd be sure to mess up the first few attempts at it! g - I usually advise clients to get a new mobo, but they are becoming harder and harder to find, so the economics of new/repair are changing, and I suspect that soon someone is going to be stupid enough to insist that I attempt the repair! g I've never liked buying second-hand boards (or machines for that matter) - you can never tell the history - unless I've known the machine for a while, or know the owner well enough to trust what he says. -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Mart" wrote in message ... Yes Noel, I seem to recall that last time I installed WinMe (perhaps a year or so back), I chose NOT to install IE6 first and 290700 was certainly a front runner - if not the leader - in the download order. I've never done VPC before as I've only ever had XP Home. Now I've (nearly) got XP Pro up-and-running to my satisfaction, I'll probably dip my toes in the water. Just a little concerned about one or two capacitors on the 1.7GHz mobo, though 8^¬ Hmm... Mart "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Interesting, Mart - IIRC, every time I've been to WU for updates in ME, it's always insisted on installing 290700 first - then IE6 (but maybe that's because I usually delay IE6 for various reasons, and I may have missed the fact that it came down first the few times I might have installed it direct from WU - or I might have assumed that I'd already installed 290700). Hmmmm - clean ME VPC... (accepts ActiveX download) - gets Administrators only warning??? - refresh gets to the right page... review gets 24 up-dates, and IE is top of the list...... click on 'Install Now', and up pops a warning that IE6 must be installed first!.... cancel out, and remove IE6 from the list.... click Install.... and 290700 has to be installed before anything else!! (unless you 'Remove' it) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk snipped for brevity |
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Mart,
I can't even imagine how slow 200MHz would seem! I'm sure the snow of last month melted quicker. I still haven't had 1st coffee of the day, so not sure if you're already doing this or what, but I took the 2x 40G HDDs out of the last machine and put them in this one (and not only are they still running fine, they score pretty high on the SpeedDisk Online test - and SMART scales). They're what I enable and disable in the BIOS where required. On one I have my 'maintenance' XP installation - that I use as master security scanner, which you can pretty much guarantee to be malware free, thus great for scanning the other installations *when they're not running* (maybe a good idea to actually turn the machine off for a few minutes before turning back on and enabling the old HDD? I get the impression it's possible for data to remain in RAM awhile even when the machine is off). The other is what I install Vista/2K8/W7 to. And both have room left over to use as a kind of cupboard for odds and ends (XP only needs 5GB for such use, and NT6 16G, though 24G for NT6 is better). Or you can carry on running Me from it, of course! Though I do think, quite apart from wanting the space for other stuff, that Me is less problematic on modern hardware from VM than on BM (though considerably more stable than 98, which is itself more stable than 95. Indeed I also have 98SE and 95OS2 VMs, too, only I don't know why). Now, I have a cappucino with my name on it! Shane Mart wrote: Shane, I've snipped previous for brevity but just a couple of points, part of the 'long story' was that my 'original' WinMe desktop box is a 'very old' 200MHz and I'd just 'acquired an 'old' 1.7GHz Base Unit. Having a virgin (and legit) copy of XP Pro, I thought that I'd retire the old WinMe OS and scavenge all the hardware goodies from the old box and transfer them to the new one and install the XP Pro. Before installing XP - or more precisely, activating it - I wanted to confirm the setup was still going to be good for WinMe (just-in-case). Jeepers! hadn't realised just how S L O W the 200MHz box was. So I now have a spare 40 Gb HDD with WinMe set up for this now 'new' XP box and hardware, which just whistles.(Should have chucked the 200 MHz mobo years ago!) If ever I need to revert for some reason - which coincidentally gave me the opportunity to check the WU site and confirm the CU's etc., - then it's a (fairly) simple task to swap the HDD. But still have an old Sony VAIO notebook with WinMe installed to (try to) use it to continue to address WinMe 'bare metal' News Group issues. Regarding your comment :- Anyway, I would suggest that making this list is pretty much de rigour if one means to continue supporting Win Me users. I don't think I'll 'publish' the list - it's some 15KB in plain text format - unless someone actually requests it. You're probably being more conscientious than me, Probably not, as it's only academic anyway - my conclusion being that you can't beat the WU site method (whilst it lasts). However, I'll keep your previous list of downloads (and well done for editing it) for future reference. Mart |
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Harry,
As always there is a legion of users who just echo others in running this or that OS down; bored or ignored people trying to kill time and numb their minds. However, there is nonetheless a veritable army or us who dislike Vista in the main (and a navy who dislike it in the Spanish Main), having tested it with an open mind, that is run it for months, not just, say, a couple of days then dismissing it obviously having been looking for reasons to dislike it from the very beginning. From here your enthusiasm - though one cannot discount Joan's - for Vista looks like what one might expect when a user makes a 9 year jump, when 9 years is an epoch or three in IT terms. *I* think Vista is better than Win Me. Likewise I think my old Austin Ambassador was better than the car Fred Flintstone used to drive (actually the Ambassador was pretty good, just a bit ugly, so the comparison is not like-for-like). Windows 7 is, as is widely considered 'Vista done right'. Harry, even Microsoft essentially admit that Vista is a lemon. You should have tried a few years of XP first! XP Pro, set up with the Classic Theme, is nearly perfect; it's annoyances are just that, i.e. minor. There are DOS enthusiasts who run Windows down (though most of them are senile now), Windows 95 fans who run anything later down, 98 fans who run Me down, 9x fans who run XP down, and doubtless XP fans who run NT6 down. But when you work your way through them all, and prefer Win Me to 98SE, and both XP and Windows 7 to Vista, that must come close to perfect, unbiased criticism. Win Me may have (just) come out this century, but it belongs to the last. You sound like yesterday you were at Kittyhawk watching a motorised kite and today found yourself on a Comet with square windows. Shane webster72n wrote: Now that I know your and Mark's 'whole story', I can tell you mine too: I since upgraded to a higher powered Dell machine with WinVista Home Premium, but still maintain my 'fully functional', homemade WinME machine with 'all updates' installed. Still have your Security Updates CD, Shane and Gary's 2 CD's, just in case. Twice this situation of having a back-up system was helpful, when I ran into trouble with 'Mr. Vista'. But by now I am in full control over 'Mr. Vista' also and it took me less than 3 months. It is a much better OS than a lot of people give it credit for. Personally I prefer it over ME now, even though I still hold ME in high esteem. It always delights me to come back to this group. May it live for a long time to come. Cheers, Harry. "Shane" wrote in message ... Mart, It never occurs to me that someone might actually want the language updates, but I guess that's about at the point where my interest fizzles out anyway. I've been turning those off via Personalise for as long as I can remember - and now, when I reinstall a 9x version, find myself having to remind myself it is absolutely pointless personalising the 9x WU sites nowadays! Presumably by my 'list' you mean the one I posted here as opposed to the one I gave the link to, which is solely concerning the Security Update CD updates? If so, well, they are from "windows update.log". When you install from Windows Update, the location each update came from is in the log - and in chronological order. I didn't used to allow them to install - just started the downloads then immediately cancelled them, got the urls from the log then downloaded for offline installation. But today it is *so* not an issue - like you say, with Broadband - to allow them all to install online, that doing so is a much easier means of acquiring the set! Then just do FIND /I ".EXE" "WINDOWS UPDATE.LOG" WHATEVER.TXT, then a little tidying, for instance with Editpad, and thar she blows Ishmael me old! Select All/Copy is certainly the way to get more detail about the updates which is definately useful, particularly if you don't wish to install superfluous stuff, e.g. like on a machine that won't be going online. Mind you, seeing as how deeply IE is into Win Me, perhaps it is still best to update it as far as one can whether going online or not? Especially, perhaps, if one is to insert media supplied by other users. Anyway, I would suggest that making this list is pretty much de rigour if one means to continue supporting Win Me users. You're probably being more conscientious than me, so I am not going to do any more with this. I think I am more inclined to take the web site down than update it (sic) - and maybe won't have the option when Tiscali goes to the wall! So I'm going back to setting up yet another Windows 7 build! Shane "Mart" wrote in message ... Hi Gang, Long (unrelated) story but I've (past day or so) installed a fresh WinMe onto 'bare metal' and have just done 'all' the updates from the WU site. ( I didn't use the CD) Initially, there were 24 Critical Updates and about 10 (I think) Non-Critical Updates available. I tried to select ALL Critical Updates but it would not permit all-at-once as it wanted to do IE6 separately so I selected IE6 only. It then reported 23 CU's and some 45 N-CU's. Therefore this was completed BEFORE it did the 290700 update. I then installed ALL remaining CU's collectively and it then reported 0 CU's and the 45 N-CU's outstanding. Tried to select ALL N-CU's but it wanted to install Dx 9.0c separately, so I did that one first. It then reported 1 new CU and 44 N-CU's (as expected). I Installed the CU and started on the N-CU's which wanted a further 2 CU's. However, I didn't install the (34) language UD's. To be fair, it certainly helps to have broadband! The point being that there 'appears' to be some sort of order in which these things are installed, as some UD's call for further UD's. I haven't yet gone through Shane's list - I used 'select-all/copy' of the first batch of updates to catalogue them, but sadly, not the later ones. However, I could possibly attempt to determine them from the update history. Mart "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... great - thanks, Shane (was that on a Virtual machine, or bare metal??) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "Shane" wrote in message ... "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 The optimised version (duplicates removed etc): http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2C896761.ex e - 290700 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...450dc3ae6b.exe - KB917344 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a9d05d2eed.exe - KB891711 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...81285bfd3f.exe - 873374 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...3dfbe08298.exe - Windows Media KB828026 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...58e89612b1.exe - 823559 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...a04af2b34d.exe - MS JAVA VM http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CD13014E11.exe - JAVASCRIPT JS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8B4EA39180.exe - MDAC Q329414 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CFC147E1.ex e - 329048 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...2380DB44 .exe - 329115 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...B9881555 .exe - 323172 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...40938B0D .exe - 323255 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...DF6695 2B.exe - WM320920 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4F68F1F1. exe - VBScript VBS55 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...CC2DB309.ex e - 314757 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...8138F506. exe - WM308567 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...FC26A971.ex e - CRLUPD http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...619BF3AE.ex e - 273991 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...4B652105 .exe - 811630 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...07ED386A.ex e - 812709 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...7AD3 B062.exe - IE Audio http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9933E4A23C.exe - Euro Conversion Tool http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...567C1451.ex e - 287564 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...D5D0B5A6.ex e - 273017 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...06e53c3012.exe - IE6 KB918439 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...9630fd4a9a.exe - KB918547 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ffaf52c841.exe - KB896358 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...c6e9ab7a42.exe - KB887797 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...d89121466e.exe - DX9c Setup http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...49a878677f.exe - KB904706 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...afab75c3a5.exe - IE6 KB916281 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...6670014c86.exe - KB833989 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...ce10c660a1.exe - KB908519 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...fb8b376f52.exe - IE KB891781 http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...aa71f51bef.exe - IE6 KB837009 |
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last machine and put them in this one (and not only are they still
running fine, they score pretty high on the SpeedDisk Online test - and SMART scales). Not SpeedDisk. Speedfan! I haven't been using Norton for a long time now! |
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