I undertook a similar exercise with a clean WinMe installation earlier this
year and assuming Danny intends to update from the WU site, then just let WU
follow its own sequence.

The WU seems to set its own order and will advise what can or what cannot be
downloaded in a single session. Some updates (IE6 - I think) may require a
reboot before the next update can proceed. But a warning notice will be
shown. WU generally leads the user by the hand so there shouldn't be a
problem.

N.B. Some of those critical updates take care of themselves and so the
actual count becomes somewhat less than the expected 30+ updates.

If Danny has access to broadband, then it will speed things up, but its all
worth it in the end <g>

Mart



"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Please include all of previous message(s) in your replies to the
> newsgroup. Thanks.
>
> Yes, he /said/ he reformatted but I just wanted to make sure everything's
> hunky-dory before he gets lost in updating.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP
>
>
> James Kosin wrote:
>> PA Bear wrote:
>> > X-post to WinME General
>> >
>> > Before proceeding further with installing updates, please take the time
>> > to address the following questions. Doing so might save you a lot of
>> > headaches:
>> >
>> > Prior to reinstalling WinME, had you installed IE6 SP1?
>> >
>> > If so, did you uninstall IE6 before reinstalling WinME?
>>
>> I believe he did say he wiped the drive. Most vendors provide a utility
>> to cleanly remove everything from the drive by doing a low-level write
>> to test the drive. This destroys all data on the computer and cleans
>> the drive.
>>
>> James
>