heh, heh. Info missing: Cumulative Update OE6 SP1 Win Me (KB887797)

Cumulative Update for Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows Me (KB887797)
Download size: 1.1 MB, 2 minutes
This non-security update helps resolve various issues found in Outlook Express. After you install this item, you may have to
restart your computer. Read more...
but "Read more..." link gives error page :-)

i then tried ms onsite and google searches such as
site:www.microsoft.com 887797 | kb887797

the page will show up someday.

always curious about 'issues'...

MsOsWin, your are too kind and have too gentle a sense of humor.

Me, I'm royally ****ed that Microsoft posted a bad link at Windows Update
and won't post the related KB article so we can know what the optional patch
does.

I did find a German site (not a Microsoft site) that lists the files which
are updated and the new version numbers, but not why they are updated;
someone there figured out that much on their own.

What's remarkable is that most of the queries I find in newsgroup searches
are from German or Polish users. I guess the hip English speaking users
don't even use Outlook Express for mail and news, but I do.

And this is the second or third day that Microsoft has left that bad link in
place, even though I reported it.

I guess Microsoft employees don't care, they just work there.

Someone there is overdue for an adverse personnel action, in my opinion.

Meanwhile, I don't download optional patches that have no description of
what they do. Looks like I'll be waiting for a long time.

- Don

<> wrote in message
news:Xns95C0F8275D72MsOsWinAnon@207.46.248.16...
>
>
> Cumulative Update for Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows Me
> (KB887797)
> Download size: 1.1 MB, 2 minutes
> This non-security update helps resolve various issues found in Outlook
> Express. After you install this item, you may have to
> restart your computer. Read more...
> but "Read more..." link gives error page :-)
>
> i then tried ms onsite and google searches such as
> site:www.microsoft.com 887797 | kb887797
>
> the page will show up someday.
>
> always curious about 'issues'...

The KB article now is available (two days late, but it's there) and, from
the description, it's a must-have:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887797

"Don Enderton" <> wrote in message
news:Yz2wd.1100431$...
> MsOsWin, your are too kind and have too gentle a sense of humor.
>
> Me, I'm royally ****ed that Microsoft posted a bad link at Windows Update
> and won't post the related KB article so we can know what the optional
> patch does.
>
> I did find a German site (not a Microsoft site) that lists the files which
> are updated and the new version numbers, but not why they are updated;
> someone there figured out that much on their own.
>
> What's remarkable is that most of the queries I find in newsgroup searches
> are from German or Polish users. I guess the hip English speaking users
> don't even use Outlook Express for mail and news, but I do.
>
> And this is the second or third day that Microsoft has left that bad link
> in place, even though I reported it.
>
> I guess Microsoft employees don't care, they just work there.
>
> Someone there is overdue for an adverse personnel action, in my opinion.
>
> Meanwhile, I don't download optional patches that have no description of
> what they do. Looks like I'll be waiting for a long time.
>
> - Don
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:Xns95C0F8275D72MsOsWinAnon@207.46.248.16...
>>
>>
>> Cumulative Update for Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows Me
>> (KB887797)
>> Download size: 1.1 MB, 2 minutes
>> This non-security update helps resolve various issues found in Outlook
>> Express. After you install this item, you may have to
>> restart your computer. Read more...
>> but "Read more..." link gives error page :-)
>>
>> i then tried ms onsite and google searches such as
>> site:www.microsoft.com 887797 | kb887797
>>
>> the page will show up someday.
>>
>> always curious about 'issues'...
>
>