[Am-info] Microsoft abandons older Windows - GET YOUR PATCHES NOW

[Gene Gaines]

Guys,

Got Windowze 98 or before?

Go get copies of all your updates and patches now, store them
locally, and you will be able to apply them as you wish in
the future.  (Heck, I'm still using 95 on one machine, cuz a
stripped 95 is faster for some things.)

The LangaList
Standard Edition

2003-03-20

A Free Email Newsletter from Fred Langa, described how to
download copies of old patches in the March 20, 2003 edition.

I'll quote below.

The complete newsletter is here:
    http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-03-20.htm#2

    
How To Save Your Win98 (And Other) Updates Offline

There's no single patch with all Win98 updates in it, but there's
a way to get all the separate patches, including some "cumulative"
patches that combine several (but not all) separate patches into
one larger download.

It's easy--- actually much easier than it used to be: Go to
Windows Update; select "Personalize" from "Other Options" in the
left menu, and activate the "Display the link to the Windows
Catalog" option, if you have not already done so. The Catalog will
appear in the "See Also" menu on the left. You can then use the
Catalog to pull down whatever Updates and Drivers you want. (It
also gives you an easy way to see what you've already downloaded.)
Items you select go onto a "download basket" from which you can
retrieve and place them where ever you want--- on your hard drive,
on a CD or whatever--- for safekeeping and later use.

Gene
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com

On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 12:44:29 PM, Erick wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:30:24 +0000, Roy Bixler wrote:

>>On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:12:26AM -0500, Erick Andrews quotes:
>>> "Thousands of companies and individuals could face security
>>>  headaches and inconvenience as Microsoft stops selling some
>>>  of its older products.
>>> 
>>> "It has announced it is withdrawing products such as Windows
>>>  98, Windows NT 4 and Outlook 2000.
>>> 
>>> "The decision was made because the programs contain code
>>>  outlawed under a legal deal with rival Sun Microsystems.
>>
>>That seems to me like it's removing support sooner than Microsoft
>>ordinarily does.  On the other hand, do you really buy their
>>explanation?  It seems to me equally plausible that a good part of (if
>>not all of) the reason is that Microsoft wants to give further
>>incentive to "encourage laggards to upgrade."
>>
>>R.

> I couldn't imagine otherwise.

> Erick

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