You misunderstood (and misquoted). This process has happened to me before.
I was describing a previous experience in my last post. I do not want update
issues to happen again, so I want to know the proper order prior to
installing any updates.

What I am looking for is a complete list of the order in which Windows
Updates came out and/or should be installed beginning in mid 2001 and
continuing through today. I have 31 updates that windows update says need
installing. Previously, I tried to install them all at once and it got all
screwed up. I am not having problems with my computer. I am not having
problems with 1 particular update. I simply want a comprehensive list of the
order in which to install the 31 updates so that after I install them, my
computer isn't telling me every day that I need to install updates that I
have already installed.

I thank everyone for their time in trying to help. I am sorry for not
conveying myself clearly initially. Would it help if I posted a list of the
31 updates I need to install?



"PA Bear" wrote:

> Please include all of previous message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup,
> DD.
>
> > I have installed every update and every
> > day windows tells me that I have 1 particular update that needs
> > installing.
>
> I see. You didn't mention this in your original post. Which update?
> 837009, by any chance?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP
>
> dannydud0828 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?
> <paste>
> dannydud0828 wrote:
> > I have Windows ME on my computer and recently had to go to the recovery CD
> > and reformat my hard drive. Now everything is back to normal, but I lost
> > all of the Windows Updates that have been installed since I purchased the
> > computer. I have read the threads about install order becoming a problem
> > and making people install updates multiple times without success. I am
> > hoping to avoid this problem. So I was wondering if there is a
> > comprehensive list of which order to install the updates. I have 31
> > updates to install (23 critical and 8 wWindows ME), dating back to the
> > middle of 2001. Can anyone help???
> </paste>
> >
> > Yes, I had installed SP1. I did not uninstall IE6 prior to reinstalling
> > WinME. I reformatted the hard drive because I could not get the computer
> > to work at all, so wiped it clean in order to at least have a working
> > computer.
> >
> > The reason I am asking this is becuase I have had this problem before. I
> > formatted my hard drive, leaving me with 5 years worth of windows updates
> > to install. One would think that I could let windows update do its thing
> > and that it would install the updates in the proper order. WRONG!! This
> > leaves me in the position where I have installed every update and every
> > day windows tells me that I have 1 particular update that needs
> > installing. When I go to similar discussions like this one, they tell me
> > that I have installed the updates in the wrong order. An example would
> > be having update 2 installed before update 1 makes update 1 not install
> > properly. This is why I am here. Instead of checking them all and
> > letting windows install them in its own order (which does not work - I
> > believe I have read hundreds of posts on this forum in which this is the
> > problem), I thought I would install them 1 by 1 in the porper order
> > saving me lots of headaches later. I also read the post saying to look
> > at the update numbers, and install them in order. Some of the updates
> > are numbered with a 6 digit number, some are numbered with a Q and a 6
> > dgit number. Am I to install from low to high, Q's first, or Q's last??
> > There HAS to be a schedule or a list somewhere where someone can simply
> > tell me install this update 1st, then this update 2nd, then this update
> > 3rd and so on. Windows does not do this properly by itself.
>
>