Where can I download the Updates/Patches to use when I rei..

WUBS · External Since: Jan 21, 2007 Posts: 1

Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I download the
updates/patches?

Once a year, I like to reformat my drive on the laptop and reinstall WinME,
which now leaves me vulnerable, as I have no patches/updates to reinstall!

My laptop is a Pentium 266, so XP or Vista is out of the question, and I
cannot afford a new laptop, nor could I justify the expense if I could as I
only use it for Internet and Word Processing.

Please point me to any link here that has the patches available for download.

I thank you all in advance!

-James

alasdair · External Since: Nov 28, 2006 Posts: 9

I suggest you pick a verion of Linux if you only wordprocess and surf
Alasdair

"WUBS" <WUBS DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F417BFB9-6943-4E68-A510-5833CD0D1FA5@microsoft.com...
> Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I download
the
> updates/patches?
>
> Once a year, I like to reformat my drive on the laptop and reinstall
WinME,
> which now leaves me vulnerable, as I have no patches/updates to reinstall!
>
> My laptop is a Pentium 266, so XP or Vista is out of the question, and I
> cannot afford a new laptop, nor could I justify the expense if I could as
I
> only use it for Internet and Word Processing.
>
> Please point me to any link here that has the patches available for
download.
>
> I thank you all in advance!
>
> -James

Mike M1 · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4241

> Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I
> download the updates/patches?

James,

The same place that you always have. By either going on line with the
system and visiting the Windows Update site or if using a different system
by visiting the Windows Update Catalogue
(http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp) and the
Microsoft Download Centre (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/) and
downloading the patches from there. If using the latter routes you can
save the patches to disk and then burn them to a CD for use whenever you
require them.

I'd recommend you start by visiting the Windows Update Catalogue and have
a look at what is listed there for the Windows Millennium operating
system.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby RemoveThis @gmail.com

WUBS <WUBS RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I
> download the updates/patches?
>
> Once a year, I like to reformat my drive on the laptop and reinstall
> WinME, which now leaves me vulnerable, as I have no patches/updates
> to reinstall!
>
> My laptop is a Pentium 266, so XP or Vista is out of the question,
> and I cannot afford a new laptop, nor could I justify the expense if
> I could as I only use it for Internet and Word Processing.
>
> Please point me to any link here that has the patches available for
> download.
>
> I thank you all in advance!

WarumWolf · External Since: Jun 09, 2007 Posts: 2

When I go to the download site, even restricting the search to Windows
Millennium Edition, it gives me hundreds of results that don't have to do
anything with Windows ME but many other Microsoft Products. Furthermore, in
the list there are very few downloads for ME, not even a single Service Pack.

Does anybody know what the reason is and how I can get the Service Packs for
ME? My ME System is not on the internet so I have to use the download service.

Thanks in advance
Wolf

"Mike M" wrote:

> > Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I
> > download the updates/patches?
>
> James,
>
> The same place that you always have. By either going on line with the
> system and visiting the Windows Update site or if using a different system
> by visiting the Windows Update Catalogue
> (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp) and the
> Microsoft Download Centre (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/) and
> downloading the patches from there. If using the latter routes you can
> save the patches to disk and then burn them to a CD for use whenever you
> require them.
>
> I'd recommend you start by visiting the Windows Update Catalogue and have
> a look at what is listed there for the Windows Millennium operating
> system.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby DeleteThis @gmail.com
>
>
> WUBS <WUBS DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I
> > download the updates/patches?
> >
> > Once a year, I like to reformat my drive on the laptop and reinstall
> > WinME, which now leaves me vulnerable, as I have no patches/updates
> > to reinstall!
> >
> > My laptop is a Pentium 266, so XP or Vista is out of the question,
> > and I cannot afford a new laptop, nor could I justify the expense if
> > I could as I only use it for Internet and Word Processing.
> >
> > Please point me to any link here that has the patches available for
> > download.
> >
> > I thank you all in advance!
>
>

Mike M1 · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4241

> even a single Service Pack.

Well that's no surprise since no service pack was ever released for Win
Me.

> My ME System is not on the internet so I have to use
> the download service.

Rather than use the Microsoft Download Centre use the Windows Update
Catalogue (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp)
which is a site that forms part of the Windows Update site but intended
for use in the circumstances you describe. That is it allows users to
download patches to another PC running say XP and then transfer them to
the off-line Win Me PC where they can be installed. The Windows Update
Catalogue currently has 64 critical patches for those running an English
version of Win Me (not all of which are required due to more than one
browser version being included), 9 other patches and 75 multi-language
updates.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows
mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com

WarumWolf <WarumWolf.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> When I go to the download site, even restricting the search to Windows
> Millennium Edition, it gives me hundreds of results that don't have
> to do anything with Windows ME but many other Microsoft Products.
> Furthermore, in the list there are very few downloads for ME, not
> even a single Service Pack.
>
> Does anybody know what the reason is and how I can get the Service
> Packs for ME? My ME System is not on the internet so I have to use
> the download service.
>
> Thanks in advance

WarumWolf · External Since: Jun 09, 2007 Posts: 2

Mike,

thanks for the quick help!

Wolf

"Mike M" wrote:

> > even a single Service Pack.
>
> Well that's no surprise since no service pack was ever released for Win
> Me.
>
> > My ME System is not on the internet so I have to use
> > the download service.
>
> Rather than use the Microsoft Download Centre use the Windows Update
> Catalogue (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp)
> which is a site that forms part of the Windows Update site but intended
> for use in the circumstances you describe. That is it allows users to
> download patches to another PC running say XP and then transfer them to
> the off-line Win Me PC where they can be installed. The Windows Update
> Catalogue currently has 64 critical patches for those running an English
> version of Win Me (not all of which are required due to more than one
> browser version being included), 9 other patches and 75 multi-language
> updates.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> MS-MVP Windows
> mike.maltby RemoveThis @gmail.com
>
>
> WarumWolf <WarumWolf RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > When I go to the download site, even restricting the search to Windows
> > Millennium Edition, it gives me hundreds of results that don't have
> > to do anything with Windows ME but many other Microsoft Products.
> > Furthermore, in the list there are very few downloads for ME, not
> > even a single Service Pack.
> >
> > Does anybody know what the reason is and how I can get the Service
> > Packs for ME? My ME System is not on the internet so I have to use
> > the download service.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
>

Mart · External Since: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 1115

Regarding 'Service Packs' for WinMe, WarumWolf asked :-

> Does anybody know what the reason is ... ?

You already had part of the answer embedded earlier in your post :-

>> > ... MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME

But also be aware that MS never issued 'Service Packs' as such for WinMe.

However, MVP Gary Terhune has made a couple of update CD's available, see
below :-

<snip>
> .... My Updates CDs are now
> ready to go. One is a copy of the Security Updates
> CD from 02/04, the other contains everything since,
> with a few minor exceptions. No IE 5 or 5.5, only IE6
> SP1. Good for Win98, 98SE and ME.
>
> Anyone interested should email updates.DeleteThis@grystmill.com
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
</snip>

Give Gary a call, he may be able to help you.

Mart

"WarumWolf" <WarumWolf.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I go to the download site, even restricting the search to Windows
> Millennium Edition, it gives me hundreds of results that don't have to do
> anything with Windows ME but many other Microsoft Products. Furthermore,
> in
> the list there are very few downloads for ME, not even a single Service
> Pack.
>
> Does anybody know what the reason is and how I can get the Service Packs
> for
> ME? My ME System is not on the internet so I have to use the download
> service.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Wolf
>
> "Mike M" wrote:
>
>> > Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I
>> > download the updates/patches?
>>
>> James,
>>
>> The same place that you always have. By either going on line with the
>> system and visiting the Windows Update site or if using a different
>> system
>> by visiting the Windows Update Catalogue
>> (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp) and the
>> Microsoft Download Centre (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/) and
>> downloading the patches from there. If using the latter routes you can
>> save the patches to disk and then burn them to a CD for use whenever you
>> require them.
>>
>> I'd recommend you start by visiting the Windows Update Catalogue and have
>> a look at what is listed there for the Windows Millennium operating
>> system.
>> --
>> Mike Maltby
>> mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> WUBS <WUBS.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Now that MS has pretty much ceased supporting WinME, where can I
>> > download the updates/patches?
>> >
>> > Once a year, I like to reformat my drive on the laptop and reinstall
>> > WinME, which now leaves me vulnerable, as I have no patches/updates
>> > to reinstall!
>> >
>> > My laptop is a Pentium 266, so XP or Vista is out of the question,
>> > and I cannot afford a new laptop, nor could I justify the expense if
>> > I could as I only use it for Internet and Word Processing.
>> >
>> > Please point me to any link here that has the patches available for
>> > download.
>> >
>> > I thank you all in advance!
>>
>>