Windows Security Update CD released.

***Veridian3*** · Feb 18, 2004, 10:13 AM

A good initiative from Microsoft, this CD contains Windows updates for XP, 2K, ME and 98/SE to help you protect your PC (and save downloading them all when you re-install). I've tested this product over the past few months and it is excellent, AND FREE!

Order

mkk · Feb 18, 2004, 10:59 AM

OMG Microsoft stocks will plummet now that they have used the word free in public. Sell! Sell!

No seriously, nice move. I think that could also be demanded considering the security problems and the price tag on the products, but it's not something I had expected to be honest.

Mr cairo · Feb 18, 2004, 11:21 AM

cant see an option for the UK on there

BWX · Feb 18, 2004, 11:53 AM

Why isn't there a downloadable, burnable version? If it's fee I don't see why we should have to get it on CD- Braodband users could just download and burn to disk in less than a half hour.

I think they just want my address!

Not really, but still.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 18, 2004, 12:20 PM

and they don't ask $5.00 or $9.99 for the cd shipping and hadleing and so on? I'd be shocked

***Veridian3*** · Feb 18, 2004, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cairo
cant see an option for the UK on there

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/security...ct/update.mspx

BWX · Feb 18, 2004, 12:21 PM

After all that I get this message after ordering:

The following error(s) has occurred:

We are unable to process your order at this time. Please contact Customer Service Monday through Friday, between 8 AM and 10 PM ET, at (800-360-7561), toll-free in the United States and Canada, and cite the following code: FE.

BS-- they did just want my info! F'ing BS

***Veridian3*** · Feb 18, 2004, 02:09 PM

Worked for me. You do get the option to opt out of any communication from them or their partners (phone, mail and e-mail) so i dont see what your problem is.

BWX · Feb 18, 2004, 02:51 PM

I don't really care they know where I live- I just wanted the CD- but it gave me that error and said to call them or something.

Dyre Straits · Feb 18, 2004, 03:43 PM

There's ALWAYS been the option to download the updates and store them in any manner you wish.

Just go here and enter the OS you're using in the Product/Technology box. You can also choose your preferred language on this page.

Then the next page will be a first page of many downloadable files you can store in a directory of your choosing. Once done, simply burn the contents to a CD/DVD.

EDIT: Here's another helpful site re: this: Annoyances.org

Nuke209 · Feb 18, 2004, 04:03 PM

i just ordered a free copy, free shipping, wow, cool stuff

swimtech · Feb 18, 2004, 05:01 PM

Thank you for the reference. Free really means free (like an Office XP SP2 CD I got a while back). Ordered and processed in a flash too!

Mazuko · Feb 18, 2004, 05:23 PM

My order went through without a hitch 110% free.

Good stuff thanks for the post.

BWX · Feb 18, 2004, 06:00 PM

Hrrrmph, I wonder why it won't give me mine? Oh well I guess I'll try again later.

krazy1 · Feb 18, 2004, 06:05 PM

Anyone else find it funny that the updates are only up till Oct. 2003?? What happend to Nov, Dec, & Jan??????

pinstripe007 · Feb 18, 2004, 06:06 PM

went through jsut fine...BWX maybe just got busy when you tried.

BWX · Feb 18, 2004, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by krazy1
Anyone else find it funny that the updates are only up till Oct. 2003?? What happend to Nov, Dec, & Jan??????

Yeah I saw that, I figured that when they had this idea and printed up the CD's that all they had was the updates until that time, but who knows.. could be a number of different reasons.

BWX · Feb 18, 2004, 06:18 PM

Hmm, I just tried again and it worked just fine- It must have been a site problem or something...

I still don't know why they need my phone number....

Matth · Feb 18, 2004, 08:54 PM

Must have pressed the CD's pretty early on - you'd have thought they would have planned on doing them at/after the original Win98 support end date, so that for keeping remaining Win98 users at the highest update level possible for their safety and others, it would have had everything available.

Feb 18, 2004, 10:13 AM	#1
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,028 Rep Power: 181	Windows Security Update CD released. A good initiative from Microsoft, this CD contains Windows updates for XP, 2K, ME and 98/SE to help you protect your PC (and save downloading them all when you re-install). I've tested this product over the past few months and it is excellent, AND FREE! Order

Feb 18, 2004, 11:21 AM	#3
Mr cairo F0rum For Humans Only Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Slightly to the left Posts: 1,780 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	cant see an option for the UK on there __________________ *Please consider Sponsoring my wife for the race for life*

Feb 18, 2004, 11:53 AM	#4
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Why isn't there a downloadable, burnable version? If it's fee I don't see why we should have to get it on CD- Braodband users could just download and burn to disk in less than a half hour. I think they just want my address! Not really, but still. __________________

Feb 18, 2004, 12:20 PM	#5
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	and they don't ask $5.00 or $9.99 for the cd shipping and hadleing and so on? I'd be shocked __________________

Feb 18, 2004, 12:21 PM	#7
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	After all that I get this message after ordering: The following error(s) has occurred: We are unable to process your order at this time. Please contact Customer Service Monday through Friday, between 8 AM and 10 PM ET, at (800-360-7561), toll-free in the United States and Canada, and cite the following code: FE. BS-- they did just want my info! F'ing BS __________________

Feb 18, 2004, 10:59 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,494 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	OMG Microsoft stocks will plummet now that they have used the word free in public. Sell! Sell! No seriously, nice move. I think that could also be demanded considering the security problems and the price tag on the products, but it's not something I had expected to be honest.

Feb 18, 2004, 02:09 PM	Thread Starter #8
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,028 Rep Power: 181	Worked for me. You do get the option to opt out of any communication from them or their partners (phone, mail and e-mail) so i dont see what your problem is.

Feb 18, 2004, 02:51 PM	#9
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I don't really care they know where I live- I just wanted the CD- but it gave me that error and said to call them or something. __________________

Feb 18, 2004, 04:03 PM	#11
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	i just ordered a free copy, free shipping, wow, cool stuff __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

Feb 18, 2004, 05:01 PM	#12
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Thank you for the reference. Free really means free (like an Office XP SP2 CD I got a while back). Ordered and processed in a flash too! __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Feb 18, 2004, 05:23 PM	#13
Mazuko DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 1,008 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	My order went through without a hitch 110% free. Good stuff thanks for the post. __________________ E-bay feedback: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...me=STRK:ME:UFS

Feb 18, 2004, 06:00 PM	#14
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Hrrrmph, I wonder why it won't give me mine? Oh well I guess I'll try again later. __________________

Feb 18, 2004, 06:05 PM	#15
krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	Anyone else find it funny that the updates are only up till Oct. 2003?? What happend to Nov, Dec, & Jan?????? __________________

Feb 18, 2004, 06:06 PM	#16
pinstripe007 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 105 Rep Power: 0	went through jsut fine...BWX maybe just got busy when you tried. __________________ [color=blue] [color=red][color=darkgreen]\|Desktop\| [/color]Mobo:[/color] DFI nForce2 "Ultra Infinity" [color=red]CPU:[/color] AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ 3200+ Barton [color=red]RAM:[/color] 2x256 & 1x512 PC3200 Buffalo Technology CH-5 @ 11-2-2-2.0 [color=red]Vid:[/color] Sapphire ATI r9700pro @ 360/320 [color=darkgreen]\|Laptop - Prostar 3722\| [color=red]Display: [/color][color=blue]15.4" WSXGA+ [/color][color=yellow]; [color=red]CPU: [/color][color=blue]1.7 GHz Dothan 2MB L2 Cache[/color]; [color=red]RAM: [/color][color=blue]1024MB PC2700 DDR[/color]; [color=red]Vid: [/color][/color][/color][color=blue]ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128M[/color] [/color]

Feb 18, 2004, 06:18 PM	#18
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Hmm, I just tried again and it worked just fine- It must have been a site problem or something... I still don't know why they need my phone number.... __________________

Feb 18, 2004, 08:54 PM	#19
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Must have pressed the CD's pretty early on - you'd have thought they would have planned on doing them at/after the original Win98 support end date, so that for keeping remaining Win98 users at the highest update level possible for their safety and others, it would have had everything available.