Download Service Packs and Updates

Mark wrote:
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?


you can get the updates for your windows ME from this Microsoft link


http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us

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Mark wrote:
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?


you can get the updates for your windows ME from this Microsoft link


http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us


Not if you're using Vista, you can't!

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Noel Paton wrote:
"samanderson123 via WindowsKB.com" u50227@uwe wrote in message
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Mark wrote:
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?


you can get the updates for your windows ME from this Microsoft
link http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us


Not if you're using Vista, you can't!

Yeah. A real pain, that, I've always thought.

Shane wrote:

you can get the updates for your windows ME from this Microsoft
link
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us
Not if you're using Vista, you can't!

Yeah. A real pain, that, I've always thought.

Vista like XP and Windows 7 can however visit the Windows Update
Catalogue, the problem here though for those wanting patches for Win 9x
systems is that the version of the catalogue available to those running
Vista, XP or W7 doesn't contain any Win 9x "stuff" and that you have to
use a 9x system to access the version of the catalogue containing the 9x
bits.
--
Mike Maltby

Did someone call me g

Been busy today so only just seen this thread again, yes I like Vista but
then I liked XP/ ME and 98 when I was using them, I like Windows 7 as well.
Each one has their strengths and weaknesses and when you think about all the
combinations of software and hardware on the machines that are around you
will always get some who don't like what they are running at the time.
You'll never get it right for everyone at the same time g

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Shane" wrote in message
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Harry,

snip
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).

There's also the infamous Quackfix solution hotfix, which has never been
published, as such - just been to the KB, and it's still listed as being 'on
request', and amazingly, the article hasn't been put on the 'retired' list!!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301540
(maybe it's because of the SDK-related bits??)

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mike M" wrote in message
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Access the v4 Windows Update Catalog using Win Me (or 98 or 98SE), running
in a VM if necessary, to check which patches are still available. One
that I know has only ever been available from the WU site and has never to
my knowledge been listed in either the Catalog or the Download Centre is
the update to MovieMaker.
--
Mike


Noel Paton wrote:

Thanks, Mart - I already have a few copies of it
There were a few updates that weren't included in that, though -
mostly for IE6, but I want to check whether my listing is complete,
so I'll ping Gary (and Mike) and see what they have as a list.

One
that I know has only ever been available from the WU site and has never to
my knowledge been listed in either the Catalog or the Download Centre is
the update to MovieMaker.

Just to put that up for the hell of it!

http://download.windowsupdate.com/ms...567C1451.ex e

I don't suppose it really counts.


Shane

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Did someone call me g

Been busy today so only just seen this thread again, yes I like Vista but
then I liked XP/ ME and 98 when I was using them, I like Windows 7 as
well. Each one has their strengths and weaknesses and when you think about
all the combinations of software and hardware on the machines that are
around you will always get some who don't like what they are running at
the time. You'll never get it right for everyone at the same time g

Are you saying "you can please all of the people some of the time, and Joan
all of the time"???

Have you seen the latest W7, Joan? Seen all the wallpapers coming with it
now? It looks more and more like Linux every build! And now you can use what
logon picture you want (within reason). Funnily enough the first one I tried
it with - and that is still set - that was the requisite less-than-256KB, is
a Linux wallpaper! Ha ha. Looks great, though!

Shane




--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Shane" wrote in message
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Harry,

snip
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).

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Shane wrote:

you can get the updates for your windows ME from this Microsoft
link
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us
Not if you're using Vista, you can't!

Yeah. A real pain, that, I've always thought.

Vista like XP and Windows 7 can however visit the Windows Update
Catalogue, the problem here though for those wanting patches for Win 9x
systems is that the version of the catalogue available to those running
Vista, XP or W7 doesn't contain any Win 9x "stuff" and that you have to
use a 9x system to access the version of the catalogue containing the 9x
bits.

Yes. I'd mercifully forgotten about that! I just reminded myself why I don't
see MS being relevant to humanity anymore, regardless of how good the next
OS could be. Bit like our Government regardless of the occasional good it
does. Might as well be addressing rocks on Mars.

Shane

Very well Shane,

I succumb to your superior wisdom but, nevertheless, stand by my personal
observations, relying on personal experience just the same. No matter what
anyone thinks, I have to be happy with what I've got and that I am,
regardless of 'the square windows in my comet', or the 'Spanish Armada'.
In case you (or 'Figgs') should wonder about the improvement in my spelling
(!) it can also be accredited to 'WinVista'. Don't know what to do about
'Figgs', my 'spielchecker' doesn't seem to like it either.
Promise to take things more serious from now on
& Cheers,

Harry.


"Shane" wrote in message
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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