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Old August 19th 04, 05:16 AM
Ron
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Default Windows ME Upgrade

Can anyone help me obtain the manual or a copy of, that was
packaged with the Windows ME Upgrade Disk?
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Old August 19th 04, 06:09 AM
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I don't think that any manual accompanied any Win Me CD upgrade or full
and the best you can expect to find is a somewhat thin leaflet.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Ron wrote:

Can anyone help me obtain the manual or a copy of, that was
packaged with the Windows ME Upgrade Disk?


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Old August 19th 04, 06:06 PM
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-----Original Message-----
I don't think that any manual accompanied any Win Me CD

upgrade or full
and the best you can expect to find is a somewhat thin

leaflet.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Ron wrote:

Can anyone help me obtain the manual or a copy of, that was
packaged with the Windows ME Upgrade Disk?


.
Sounds reasonable, but whatever was provided I am

interested in obtaining as it contains some information I seek.
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Old August 19th 04, 07:17 PM
Noel Paton
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The point that Mike was trying to make is that there is NO information in
the leaflet that came with Win ME!!

If you're looking for specific info, then let us know what, and we can
almost certainly point you in the right direction.


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"Ron" wrote in message
...

-----Original Message-----
I don't think that any manual accompanied any Win Me CD

upgrade or full
and the best you can expect to find is a somewhat thin

leaflet.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Ron wrote:

Can anyone help me obtain the manual or a copy of, that was
packaged with the Windows ME Upgrade Disk?


.
Sounds reasonable, but whatever was provided I am

interested in obtaining as it contains some information I seek.



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Old August 19th 04, 07:19 PM
Mike M
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Since you don't know what was provided I can't really understand how you can
say "it contains some information I seek". If you require information asking
for it is usually the best way of obtaining the information. Most of the
information relating to Win Me is included as part of Help & Support. In
addition there are a dozen or so text files on the CD such as Cleanhd,txt,
general.txt, programs.txt and readme.txt.

For example I received no documentation whatsoever with my Win Me CD but mine
was a "Technical Beta Special Edition" given to me by Microsoft in recognition
of my work in testing during the Win Me beta.
--
Mike Maltby



Ron wrote:

Sounds reasonable, but whatever was provided I am
interested in obtaining as it contains some information I seek.


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Old August 19th 04, 08:43 PM
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FWIW, I actually bought my ME upgrade off-the-shelf...... and got not a lot
more (and pick your unfavourite deity alone knows where it is now, after
two moves in the past 6 months!)g


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"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Since you don't know what was provided I can't really understand how you
can say "it contains some information I seek". If you require information
asking for it is usually the best way of obtaining the information. Most
of the information relating to Win Me is included as part of Help &
Support. In addition there are a dozen or so text files on the CD such as
Cleanhd,txt, general.txt, programs.txt and readme.txt.

For example I received no documentation whatsoever with my Win Me CD but
mine was a "Technical Beta Special Edition" given to me by Microsoft in
recognition of my work in testing during the Win Me beta.
--
Mike Maltby



Ron wrote:

Sounds reasonable, but whatever was provided I am
interested in obtaining as it contains some information I seek.




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Old August 19th 04, 09:24 PM
Mike M
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after two moves in the past 6 months!)g

Given the state of this flat at the moment I'm surprised I find anything
including my bed or the loo so perhaps I ought to think about moving as if
nothing else I might get rid of some of my junk. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mike


Noel Paton wrote:

FWIW, I actually bought my ME upgrade off-the-shelf...... and got not
a lot more (and pick your unfavourite deity alone knows where it is
now, after two moves in the past 6 months!)g


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Old August 19th 04, 09:35 PM
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I'll take it !!(now all I have to do is find somewhere to put it!g)

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"Mike M" wrote in message
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after two moves in the past 6 months!)g


Given the state of this flat at the moment I'm surprised I find anything
including my bed or the loo so perhaps I ought to think about moving as if
nothing else I might get rid of some of my junk. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mike


Noel Paton wrote:

FWIW, I actually bought my ME upgrade off-the-shelf...... and got not
a lot more (and pick your unfavourite deity alone knows where it is
now, after two moves in the past 6 months!)g




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Old August 20th 04, 02:48 AM
Ron
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-----Original Message-----
I'll take it !!(now all I have to do is find somewhere to

put it!g)

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Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post

messages to NG's

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
after two moves in the past 6 months!)g


Given the state of this flat at the moment I'm surprised

I find anything
including my bed or the loo so perhaps I ought to think

about moving as if
nothing else I might get rid of some of my junk. :-)

Cheers,
--
Mike


Noel Paton wrote:

FWIW, I actually bought my ME upgrade

off-the-shelf...... and got not
a lot more (and pick your unfavourite deity alone

knows where it is
now, after two moves in the past 6 months!)g




.
With regards to specifics, I am referencing "Digital

Dave's Tip" in the February 26, 2001 issue of ComputorEdge
and I quote "...Microsoft...put instructions in the manual
that comes with WinMe on how to do a clean disk install
using the upgrade version."
I support in the technology area of a small, local private
school and recently reformatted a number of HD's and was
obliged to install Windows 98 Full Edition first, followed
by a 98SE Upgrade. You can understand the savings in time
if I could accomplish this directly from the Upgrade disk,
hence my inquiry.
Appreciate your taking the time to read my Post and Reply.

Ron
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Old August 20th 04, 03:17 AM
Mike M
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Ron,

See CLEANHD.TXT which is in the Win 9x folder on the Win Me CD and also as
KB271673 - "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=271673).

The penultimate paragraph of Cleanhd.txt states:
"4. snip If you have the Windows
Me Upgrade product, you must insert a CD or floppy disk from
a previous version of Windows. The instructions will tell you
when to insert the Windows Me CD back into the drive."

Both Noel and myself could have told you this if you had asked. This
question is frequently asked in these newsgroups.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Ron wrote:

With regards to specifics, I am referencing "Digital
Dave's Tip" in the February 26, 2001 issue of ComputorEdge
and I quote "...Microsoft...put instructions in the manual
that comes with WinMe on how to do a clean disk install
using the upgrade version."
I support in the technology area of a small, local private
school and recently reformatted a number of HD's and was
obliged to install Windows 98 Full Edition first, followed
by a 98SE Upgrade. You can understand the savings in time
if I could accomplish this directly from the Upgrade disk,
hence my inquiry.
Appreciate your taking the time to read my Post and Reply.


 




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