[Alex Ethridge]

I agree with everything except the part about 'microsoft having a problem'. They aren't having a problem; we are--and I think it is deliberate. It's just another part of the push toward Vista.

You see, at least ten percent of computers out there are still on 9x and ME and Microsoft sees that as a potential source of revenue. It's sort of like the artificial message one gets when he tries to load Windows Defender onto Windows 2000. Windows Defender runs just great and is fully functional on Windows 2000. Thanks to some anonymous techie person who released a 'fix' for the artifical message, I am running Windows Defender on all my 2000 systems.

[scottieh]

I was able to resolve the problem with Windows Update on my Windows ME computer by removing all temporary internet files and cookies, and then renaming the \windows\wupdmgr.exe file to .old. I then manually entered the following url in IE:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com

This took me to the old windows update website and I was able to download updates.

[wallie215]

Found a website to do updates and I am D/L them now as I type. I knew some one had to have these for all the 98 users
www.w98upg.net.tf

[edwincupely]

I was experiencing this problem for a few days as far as I could be aware, and none of the solutions hacking the user agent entry in the registry worked for me. Finally I got a hint from a search in Google that it could be related to a Network Threat Protection Setting in Symantec Endpoint Protection software. Absolutely right, the setting is “Enable stealth mode Web browsing” under “Stealth Settings”.

Once you uncheck this setting, you don’t even need to restart the pc to get to Windows Updates web page. So If you have any Symantec or Norton antivirus software, or any other brand with this setting, try it before any more advanced solution like getting in the registry or installing / uninstalling the browser or the operating system.