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windows updates
Hi. I have win-ME and IE 6 and a 4 year old computer. I'm ready to bite
the bullet and install .net framework on my computer but I can't use the windows update feature. When I get to the right place, it says: Click Start, click Windows Update, and then click Product Updates for a list of available components. When I click start, there is no option to click Windows Update or Product Update. When I try it on the internet from this URL http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...=6519&sid=1020 I get to a page that ask for admin rights (?) or also tells me to click windows update. I'm going in circles and don't know what to do. Appreciate some help! Thanks!! -- Hugs, Erika |
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Mike M wrote:
When I click start, there is no option to click Windows Update In which case use the URL http://windowsupdate,microsoft.com or http://v4.windowsupdate,microsoft.com Yes. that takes me to the Administrator page (not an option in ME) and then at the bottom says: If the option to run as the local administrator is not available: Click Start, right-click Windows Update, and then click Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and then select the Run as different user check box. all of which options are not available to me. -- Hugs, Erika |
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Erika, I wonder if this registry patch may help: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options Download, right-click and select merge. Reboot and test. Curious with the result. Zee "Erika" wrote in message = ... Mike M wrote: When I click start, there is no option to click Windows Update =20 =20 In which case use the URL http://windowsupdate,microsoft.com or=20 http://v4.windowsupdate,microsoft.com =20 Yes. that takes me to the Administrator page (not an option in ME) and = then at the bottom says: If the option to run as the local administrator is not available: =20 =20 Click Start, right-click Windows Update, and then click Properties.=20 Click the Shortcut tab, and then select the Run as different user = check box.=20 =20 all of which options are not available to me. =20 =20 --=20 =20 Hugs, Erika |
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oops!! wrote:
I wonder if this registry patch may help: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options Download, right-click and select merge. Reboot and test. Curious with the result. Zee thanks for writing, Zee. I looked at that URL and I'm not getting it. There's nothing to download or right-click. I hate to tinker with the registry on my own! -- Hugs, Erika |
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Erika, Try right-clicking the link and select "Save target as..." See if you manage to download it that way. Zee "Erika" wrote in message = ... oops!! wrote: I wonder if this registry patch may help: =20 http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg Removes the Administrator message in Internet Options =20 Download, right-click and select merge. =20 Reboot and test. =20 Curious with the result. =20 Zee =20 thanks for writing, Zee. I looked at that URL and I'm not getting it.=20 There's nothing to download or right-click. I hate to tinker with the=20 registry on my own! =20 =20 --=20 =20 Hugs, Erika |
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oops!! wrote:
Erika, Try right-clicking the link and select "Save target as..." See if you manage to download it that way. Zee Zee, it's not a link. It's plain text and this is what it says: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Restrictions] "NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000000 -- Hugs, Erika |
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Erika, I meant this link: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg Right-click it and select "Save target as". This will allow you to save the file "UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg" to your PC. After downloading, locate it and right-click it. Select "Merge", confirm you want to merge and reboot after that. Test. Zee "Erika" wrote in message ... oops!! wrote: Erika, Try right-clicking the link and select "Save target as..." See if you manage to download it that way. Zee Zee, it's not a link. It's plain text and this is what it says: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Restrictions] "NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000000 -- Hugs, Erika |
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oops!! wrote:
Erika, I meant this link: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg Zee, this link looks the same as the other one to me. I did search around the mvps site and found this: For Windows 98 and Windows Millenium Edition Download the controls from http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...ansi/iuctl.cab and save them to your desktop. Extract the .cab file following the steps below: 1. Go to the desktop and right click the iuctl.cab file. 2. Click "Extract to." 3. Point to a known location (like the desktop) and click "OK." 4. Go to the location you selected and right click on the iuctl.inf file. 5. Click "Install." http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm I see the files in the .cab file but I'm not getting any right-click options visible to install. Any other ideas? I appreciate the time you're taking to try to help me with this situation. Thanks a bunch! -- Hugs, Erika |
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Erika, Could you, please, right-click the link below: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg You should now see a menu with an option "Save target as"? Select it and you should now see a download popup, asking you where to save the file... Save it. Now locate it and right-click it, From the menu select merge. Confirm yes if asked for a confirmation to merge. After merge successful, reboot and test. Zee "Erika" wrote in message ... oops!! wrote: Erika, I meant this link: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/UnlockNoBrowserOptions.reg Zee, this link looks the same as the other one to me. I did search around the mvps site and found this: For Windows 98 and Windows Millenium Edition Download the controls from http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...ansi/iuctl.cab and save them to your desktop. Extract the .cab file following the steps below: 1. Go to the desktop and right click the iuctl.cab file. 2. Click "Extract to." 3. Point to a known location (like the desktop) and click "OK." 4. Go to the location you selected and right click on the iuctl.inf file. 5. Click "Install." http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm I see the files in the .cab file but I'm not getting any right-click options visible to install. Any other ideas? I appreciate the time you're taking to try to help me with this situation. Thanks a bunch! -- Hugs, Erika |
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