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  #21  
Old March 15th 09, 08:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 1,190
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

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




  #22  
Old March 15th 09, 08:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Shane[_8_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 53
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

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





  #23  
Old March 15th 09, 10:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 1,526
Default Download Service Packs and Updates


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





  #24  
Old March 15th 09, 11:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 229
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

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





  #25  
Old March 16th 09, 02:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 1,190
Default Download Service Packs and Updates

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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Old March 16th 09, 02:31 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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)


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Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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snipped for brevity


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Old March 16th 09, 02:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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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.

--
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Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"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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Old March 16th 09, 09:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Shane[_8_]
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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



  #29  
Old March 16th 09, 10:08 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Shane[_8_]
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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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Old March 16th 09, 01:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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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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