Windows Millennium (ME) Patches
Windows Millennium (ME) Patches
No one will help you, no one will support you, no one will ever hear you cry!
The best patch to this sorry-looking, miserable, ill-fated, bugged, problematic and sick operating system is to format your hard disk and install a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro (Home Edition if you must). Even Windows 98 SE is a better choice (As Microsoft themselves say, and as support for this Joke-OS is virtually non-existent). No, an upgrade is not an option. Format your HD and get done with it.
Required Patches
If you really must, Windows ME requires the following security-related patches:
Make sure you read Internet Explorer 5.X and 6.0 Patches and Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Patches before you go on.
August 2005
MS05-040 : Vulnerability in Telephony Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (893756)
July 2005
MS05-037 : Vulnerability in JView Profiler Could Allow Remote Code Execution (903235)
June 2005
MS05-032 : Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent Could Allow Spoofing (890046)
MS05-030 : Cumulative Security Update in Outlook Express (897715)
MS05-026 : Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Remote Code Execution (896358)
May 2005
MS05-024 : Vulnerability in Web View Could Allow Remote Code Execution (894320)
April 2005
MS05-016 : Vulnerability in Windows Shell that Could Allow Remote Code Execution (893086)
February 2005
MS05-015 : Vulnerability in Hyperlink Object Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (888113)
MS05-013 : Vulnerability in the DHTML Editing ActiveX Control could allow code execution (891781)
MS05-012 : Vulnerability in OLE and COM Could Allow Remote Code Execution (873333)
MS05-010 : Vulnerability in the License Logging Service Could Allow Code Execution (885834)
MS05-009 : Vulnerability in PNG Processing Could Lead to Buffer Overrun (890261)
January 2005
MS05-001 : Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Code Execution (890175)
December 2004
MS04-041 : Vulnerability in WordPad Could Allow Code Execution (885836)
October 2004
MS04-037 : Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (841356)
MS04-032 : Security Update for Microsoft Windows (840987)
MS04-031 : Vulnerability in NetDDE Could Allow Remote Code Execution (841533)
July 2004
MS04-024 : Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (839645)
MS04-023 : Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Code Execution (840315)
October 2003
July 2003
MS03-030 : Unchecked Buffer in DirectX Could Enable System Compromise (819696)
MS03-023 : Buffer Overrun In HTML Converter Could Allow Code Execution (823559)
June 2003
MS03-020 : Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer (818529)
April 2003
MS03-011 : Flaw in Microsoft VM Could Enable System Compromise (816093)
March 2003
MS03-008 : Flaw in Windows Script Engine could allow code execution (814078)
February 2003
MS03-006 : Flaw in Windows Me Help and Support Center Could Enable Code Execution (812709)
November 2002
MS02-065 : Buffer Overrun in Microsoft Data Access Components Could Lead to Code Execution (329414)
MS02-050 : Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing (328115) (Reposted)
October 2002
MS02-055 : Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility Could Enable Code Execution (323255)
MS02-054 : Unchecked Buffer in File Decompression Functions Could Lead to Code Execution (329048)
August 2002
March 2002
MS02-013 : 04 March 2002 Cumulative VM Update
December 2001
MS01-059 : Unchecked Buffer in Universal Plug and Play Can Lead to System Compromise
November 2001
MS01-054 : Invalid Universal Plug and Play Request Can Disrupt System Operation
April 2001
MS01-022 : WebDAV Service Provider Can Allow Scripts to Levy Requests as User
March 2001
MS01-019 : Passwords for Compressed Folders are Recoverable
MS01-017 : Erroneous VeriSign-Issued Digital Certificates Pose Spoofing Hazard
November 2000
MS00-091 : Incomplete TCP/IP Packet Vulnerability
October 2000
MS00-079 : HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
MS00-074 : WebTV for Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability
MS00-073 : Malformed IPX NMPI Packet Vulnerability
MS00-072 : Share Level Password Vulnerability
August 2000
MS00-059 : Java VM Applet Vulnerability
February 2000
MS00-011 : VM File Reading Vulnerability
Note: Applying these patches will not help your OS. Your OS is sick. It was a genetic hybrid, a no-no, a product of some really bad stuff someone at Microsoft took one stormy night. Format your HD and burn your ME CD.
Do it now!
For more info see
General Information About Windows Millennium Edition Hotfixes – 295413
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