re: Windows Update Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 2:18 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ed (741 messages posted) I suggest you start a new thread, mentioning MAC in the name of the thread, to attract the attention of anyone with experience of the actual problem you've encountered. Consider whether you've ever installed any Mac software on your machine, that M$'s update site might be finding traces of. There are emulation programs and god-knows-what about, that I suppose might confuse the update site if you've ever installed them. Have you ever had a virus strike? That's the most likely thing I can think of that could have made significant changes to your system, which might result in it not being recognised by M$. The Windows Update site might simply be confused. Virus damage to key parts of your operating system might prevent the Update software recognising it as Windows; and it might simply *assume* that any O/S it doesn't recognise must be Mac. Without the slightest justification, naturally - just as a default reaction. It'll surely be scanning your Master Boot Record, before assuming that you're not running any version of Windows. Have you got drive overlay software installed? Or an unusual dual-boot arrangement? Both of those would make changes to a standard MBR layout, and might therefore cause the MBR to not be recognised as Windows. Virus damage to the Master Boot Record is also a possibility, I suppose. Though in that event I should think you'd be unable to boot the machine. Just thinking around the problem! If none of those possibilities apply in your case, try a new thread with a subject line that explicitly specifies Mac in the subject. Ed On Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 4:13 pm, thb63 wrote: >I've tried but it keeps recognizing my WinMe as a Mac. It's making me wish I had >a Mac. >Thanks any way. Written in response to: re: Windows Update (thb63: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 5:13 pm) Responses to this message: re: Windows Update (sean97: Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 6:25 pm) re: Windows Update (ScottieH: Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 5:28 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Windows Update (thb63: Sun, Mar 25, 2007, 5:53 pm) re: Windows Update (Steve: Sun, Mar 25, 2007, 8:32 pm) re: Windows Update (Keith Stanier: Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 5:07 am) re: Windows Update (Steve: Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 6:29 am) re: Windows Update (Keith Stanier: Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 2:21 pm) re: Windows Update (Steve: Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 2:47 pm) re: Windows Update (Ed: Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 5:09 am) re: Windows Update (thb63: Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 5:13 pm) re: Windows Update (Steve: Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 8:29 pm) re: Windows Update (Ed: Thu, Mar 29, 2007, 2:18 am) re: Windows Update (sean97: Thu, Mar 29, 2007, 6:25 pm) re: Windows Update (sean97: Fri, Mar 30, 2007, 2:30 pm) re: Windows Update (Steve: Fri, Mar 30, 2007, 5:11 pm) re: Windows Update (ScottieH: Sat, Apr 21, 2007, 5:28 pm) re: Windows Update (Jack: Tue, Dec 18, 2007, 8:11 pm) re: Windows Update (Gene J: Fri, Mar 30, 2007, 12:32 am) re: Windows Update (Steve: Fri, Mar 30, 2007, 6:36 am) re: Windows Update (Ed: Fri, Mar 30, 2007, 6:03 am) re: Windows Update (Steve: Sat, Mar 31, 2007, 9:12 am) re: Windows Update (Gene J: Sat, Mar 31, 2007, 10:02 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum