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re: Single download source for winME updates? Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 5:31 pm Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) You can download them from Microsoft. Save them to the Desktop, and burn them to CDR. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Single download source for winME updates? Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 12:25 am Posted by Ed Crosby (23 messages posted) Steve, Thanks for the download link. I'll go take a look. Ed [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Single download source for winME updates? Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 1:04 am Posted by Ed Crosby (23 messages posted) Steve, They don't make it particularly easy, do they? I finally located the English download catalog (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp) and checkmarked several dozen security updates. I then clicked the link labeled "Go to download basket", only to find zero items in the basket! I went through the whole process again, with the same results. Bottom line: I can select the updates I want, but can't download them because they are not added to my "download basket". What do I do now? Thanks, Ed [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Single download source for winME updates? Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 7:25 am Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) Not sure what is wrong. I just tried it, and had no problem. Did you get to the Part where you have to Browse to the Download Location of your Choice, this makes the Download Button Clickable, on the Download Basket Page. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Single download source for winME updates? Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 11:43 pm Posted by Ed Crosby (23 messages posted) Steve, I did see the "browse to the download location..." button, but it was not active ("grayed out"). I didn't try entering a download location in the dialog box; maybe that would've worked. The download button was already clickable, but when I clicked it a new screen popped up telling me I had no items in my download basket. However on the previous screen the counter showing the number of items in my download basket incremented by 1 every time I checkmarked an update to download. I'll try again. Thanks, Ed >Did you get to the Part where you have to Browse to the Download Location of your Choice, this makes the Download Button Clickable, on the Download Basket Page. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Single download source for winME updates? Friday, May 11, 2007 at 7:18 am Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) Just type each update number in search window of link, and you will be able to find, and download the updates one at a time. Seems awkward, but I did this for a friend a few months ago how didn't have a broadband connection, and I downloaded about 65 to 70 XP updates in (3), 30 minutes sessions I spent on the project over a few days. ME probably only has about 25 Critical update to download, so it shouldn't take to long. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=38DF6AB1-13D4-409C-966D-CBE61F040027&freetext=&DisplayLang=en [Reply or follow-up to this message] Try WindizUpdate Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 4:10 am Posted by SJ Moll (2 messages posted) Hi Ed, You could try this - but you have to use Firefox, not IE: 1. Go to http://www.windowsupdate.62nds.com/ 2. Install the Firefox extension, then follow the instructions and collect the updates. 3. Once it's finished, you should be able to find them in C:\WUTemp (as long as you "show hidden folders"). This doesn't automatically install the updates; you have to do that manually, but at least you can find them all in (and copy them from) one folder. Hope that helps! SJ On Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 4:19 pm, Ed Crosby wrote: >Greetings, all: >Is there any one location on the 'Net where I can go to download all of the >critical/security updates published by Microsoft for winME so I can install them >LATER? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Try WindizUpdate Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 2:01 pm Posted by Ed Crosby (23 messages posted) SJ, "Real life" has intruded, postponing my ME update situation, but I hope to get back to the problem here shortly. I think the reason that I was able to checkmark the updates I wanted from the Microsoft catalog but was unable to get them to appear in my "download basket" is because I was using Netscape 7.1, which I greatly prefer to any version of IE. My next attempt will be to try to do the same thing using IE. If that doesn't work, I may install Firefox (which I downloaded a few weeks ago but have not yet installed) and try your solution. Thanks for the link! Best, Ed [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Try WindizUpdate Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 1:43 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32675 messages posted) It shouldn't be necessary to go to an alternative website to d/l ME updates. In fact, are 9x updates even available on that site? There may be a page on M$ site that lists all previous ME updates, so you can d/l and burn to CD. I s'pose some detective work would get you there. The page for 98 still up. However, Jack Gulley's website has a list, with links, to ME updates... Windows ME Update List http://users.adelphia.net/~jgulley/me/MEupdate.html Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Try WindizUpdate Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 1:49 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32675 messages posted) Jack Gulley has a list of the ME updates on his website, which will no longer be updated. If there are dead links, that's why. I'd try that rather than that alternative update site, which may not even have 9x updates available. I don't see why they would. Windows ME Update List http://users.adelphia.net/~jgulley/me/MEupdate.html Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Try WindizUpdate Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 2:10 pm Posted by Ed Crosby (23 messages posted) Carol, I had no trouble (well, it wasn't as easy as it should have been) getting to the MS download catalog with all of the winME critical and security updates, and I was able to checkmark the ones I wanted. However, when I went to the "download basket" to download the files, none of them were there -- the basket was empty. I was using Netscape 7.1, and I suspect that the MS site does not fully support that browser version (long live www.anybrowser.org!). I'll try again using IE when I have some more time. Cheers, Ed On Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 1:43 pm, Carol J wrote: > >It shouldn't be necessary to go to an alternative website to d/l ME updates. In fact, >are 9x updates even available on that site? > >There may be a page on M$ site that lists all previous ME updates, so you can d/l >and burn to CD. I s'pose some detective work would get you there. The page for 98 >still up. > >However, Jack Gulley's website has a list, with links, to ME updates... Windows ME >Update List > >http://users.adelphia.net/~jgulley/me/MEupdate.html > > > >color="006699">Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Try WindizUpdate Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 2:44 am Posted by SJ Moll (2 messages posted) On Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 1:43 pm, Carol J wrote: > >It shouldn't be necessary to go to an alternative website to d/l ME updates. In fact, >are 9x updates even available on that site? > Yes, they are. That's why I mentioned it; I've just recently had the same problem, with Windows ME. If you're going to go to an alternative site to find a list of updates, why not go to one that downloads them for you? It did the job quickly and reliably, so I thought it was worth sharing :o) Cheers, SJ [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Try WindizUpdate Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 10:46 pm Posted by Ed Crosby (23 messages posted) SJ The site you provided the link for (WindizUpdate) uses a browser plugin to scan your system in order to determine which updates you need. I can't use that, because I want to select the updates myself -- which include half a dozen or so that I've already installed. The reason is that I want to keep a CD of all important winME updates with my winME distribution disc so I can install them all again if I have to reinstall the OS. And I have 3 systems running winME, one of which is in a location without a telephone connection (i.e. no Internet access). 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