For months now I can't get windows updates for Windows ME. I just get 'can't find server'. Neither Microsoft nor BT. can help me. I've tried everything I can think of. I have a BT.Yahoo browser and I.Explorer 6. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem?

Curlyben

Where are you getting this error message ?
Is it from the link in the start menu or the updates link in IE ?
Have you tried going directly to the update page via google ?
Can you surf normally ok ?
Have you tried clearing your internet cache (cookies, temp files and history) and following the link again ???

These should give you some ideas.

Nez

Averil,are you saying that you cant find ME update on the MS site,even though you've contacted MS?
Or are you saying,MS is not offering you any more updates?

If you want updates for ME,but for some reason MS are giving you the run-around,try these links:

http://www.comusolv.com/updates/me/c...l_security.htm

This link above will show you all the critical and security ME updates available.

Then go to:

http://www.comusolv.com/updates/winME.htm

Then go to other other patches and updates,then Internet Explorer updates,then accessories and have a look.

Please dont ask me,what files,or updates are already installed on your PC,as you will have to find out yourself.If your unsure ask someone you know,who can help you,but dont simply install anything,as you could/will,make a critical error.


Personally,I would have stuck with Windows 98 SE,as it's far superior than it's later sibling,ME.Or if/when funds allow,try and upgrade to XP.

Anys9

Thank you, I've tried to get through to windows update every which way including MS, no joy. I've looked at the sites you mention and I can't get any of the items listed as I cant get through to windows update. (I did try.) So the situation is mysteriously hopeless.

I'm planning to buy a CD of WinXP online and trust it will not wipe out my personal files if I put it in the slot and let it run - to overwrite the WinME, if it will do this. Or would this be a bad move?

ScottGem

Just make sure you get the Upgrade CD and not the full product. You shouldn't have a problem. But you should back up important data files just in case.

Curlyben

Have you tried reinstalling IE ?
Here's how to do it

AS the last update was March 19, 2003, you may already be fully up to date and not able to access the update site because of this.

Anys9

Thank you, I'm not going to reinstall Int.Explorer, having spent 2 days trying to make the NetProtect firewall work as per BT tech.help by reinstalling it & the antivirus program 3 times. No use, just back to square one. So I shall try to get hold of the update windows XP disc, can no longer put up with WinME. It's all been a useless hassle. Cheers, Anys.

LeeAnnMemphis

I don't know much about computers, but I use them all day. Our office recently THREW AWAY every machine we had that ran on Windows ME. The computer guy at work said that ME is the worst windows ever put out by microsoft, it was out for a very short time, and they have stopped putting out any updates, etc. for ME cause it is basically hopeless. He also said it is a waste of time to try and put newer versions of windows on the PC- he went into the details why but it was way over my head. The fact that an accounting office, (who are notoriously cheap) considered these machines a lost cause and spent the money on all new machines meant to me that Windows ME must be pretty worthless.

Anys9

Many thanks LeeAnn, I shall bear what you say in mind before buying anything else. Meanwhile I have a laptop on XP which seems OK.
Cheers, Anys.

Nez

Leeann,good call by your office.ME was/is "the worst OS ever released by MS".Origionally code-named "Neptune",it was to signal the end of the X9 OS,but delays,and the continued working of NT5 (Windows 2000),led to it's cancellation.Then in 1999,MS decided to release Windows 98 Third Edition,but they called it Millenium.New deskface,same old useless code.It was/is bug ridden,prone to misbehave,and generally was/is an embarresment.MS should simply have done nothing,until the release of Windows 2000.The trouble was,MS could only see the money sign in their eyes,and the rest,as they say,is history.