Re: Updates/upgrades
"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:ej6us$5MIHA.3852@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
| "MEB" <meb@not
here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| news:u761$e3MIHA.5720@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
| > Hey, Gary;; I'm still directing people that you have CDROMs available
for
| > a
| > minimal cost containing 9X [and other] updates , is this still true?
|
| Yes. I ask $3, cash or check. When I get the money, I send the CDs. I
don't
| want to put my mailing address here, so I ask people to email
| "updates_at_grystmill.com".
Right, I was sending them to the site,,, is it mentioned there?
|
| > One of those CDs was the SecCD 2004, and another was likely the
previously
| > offered updates, is this correct?
|
| The one is a copy of the SecUp CD 2004, the other contains all updates
| subsequent to that CD's release. IOW, it covers everything you'd do to a
| fresh install to bring it up to date.
|
| > So what was the other CD [you mentioned three before didn't you]?
|
| None other. 2 CDs only. I *did* produce a Time Zones updater that I host
on
| my website. I don't distribute that via CD.
Okay, chalk that to numerous other issues in mind, and ,, well you know ...
|
| > Did you create some form of autoupdate installer for those updates,
| > included on the updates CD?
|
| No. The SecUp 2004 CD is self-contained and auto-installed, but the
| subsequent Updates are simply organized by OS (98, 98SE or ME), type of
| Update, and order of installation, with detailed Readmes included to
suggest
| procedures.
So it would still be useful for parties presently running 9X to save their
windows Update.log and iuhist.xml so they could potentially determine the
order and what they might need, by comparing what was installed by the SecCD
{or perhaps after mid 2004}.. most of those will be for IE 6 and OE anyway
....
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/ref/gen/windows/manual_update_98.htm -
Manually updating a new installation of Windows 98SE
though now, apparently, they will be searching Microsoft (or the Internet)
for any files they don't have saved locally or which aren't on the second
subsequent updates CD.
|
| > Would you be willing to offer your site as a repository for other
| > languages/updates or are you [or others] aware of sites which already
| > offer
| > those non-English versions?
|
| No, I will not host any stored Updates. I distribute them via CD now so
that
| the costs are covered. I don't feel like paying for online storage and
| potentially high transfer costs. I think that in the case of Updates for
| other languages, it's a task for each of the communities that serve
| non-English users. I hope they prepared like I did. I'm sure they're out
| there somewhere, but it was a lot easier to get them via WU. By using WU
to
| figure out which Updates to install and in what order, I avoided
| redundancies and needless installations of subsequently superceded
patches.
| Of course, it also excludes patches, etc., that weren't included at WU a
| year ago. Most of those were either superceded or they pertain to specific
| cases or scenarios and should only be installed if conditions demand
(e.g.,
| HotFixes.)
|
| If someone were to express a desire to host the Updates on a website, I'd
be
| willing to talk. Best method would be a pair of ISOs, but if someone were
to
| have unlimited space, it could get a lot more customizable according to
| users' needs, with copies of various Updates organized in various manners,
| the SecUp CD torn apart, etc. But providing the stuff I have is about as
far
| as I want to go on any such project. Don't feel like yanking the MS chain
| *that* hard.
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
|
www.grystmill.com
|
|
Okay, thanks Gary, I certainly understand. Perhaps there will be other
postings which can direct to *official patch* collections [unmodified] for
other languages. And MAYBE, someone will be sparked to offer some space
somewhere.
--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
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| >
| > | "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
| > | news:ukpfC3wMIHA.5244@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| > | > They did? I haven't looked in a while. Yoyos!
| > | > --
| > | > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
| > | > news:OmSFO3vMIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| > | >> So, while I wasn't looking, they apparently deleted all 9x Updates
| > from
| > | >> the Windows Update Catalog (now renamed "Microsoft Update
Catalog".)
| > | >>
| > | >> --
| > | >> Gary S. Terhune
| > | >> MS-MVP Shell/User
| > | >>
www.grystmill.com
| > | >>
| > | >> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
| > | >> news:uigmsLkMIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| > | >>> Download Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (IE6 SP1) setup:
| > | >>>
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CB-5E5D-48F5-B02B-20B602228DE6&displaylang=en
| > | >>>
| > | >>> Disable your anti-virus, start the downloaded setup program, and
| > | >>> install,
| > | >>> then reboot when prompted.
| > | >>>
| > | >>> After that, go to Windows Update, scan your system and start
| > installing
| > | >>> the Critical Updates. Don't try to take them all in one
| > shot....spread
| > | >>> them out.
| > | >>>
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
| > | >>> --
| > | >>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| > | >>>
| > | >>>
| > | >>> "xotha" <xotha-the-welsh@spaniel.dog> wrote in message
| > | >>> news:Ok%23O4maMIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| > | >>>> Hey,
| > | >>>>
| > | >>>> I just had to re-install W98SE (NL) because I had a
| > | >>>> Diskpartitionproblem.
| > | >>>> Now I lost all my updates/upgrades from W98Se.
| > | >>>> Can anybody help me to get them back??
| > | >>>>
| > | >>>> tks//
| > | >>>>
| > | >>>>
| > | >>>> Xotha
| > | >>>
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