Windows Millennium currently retains active updates through the Windows Update
Service. This information on this page is designed to be a reference for what
updates are needed for the operating system. It is essentially the HPC:Factor
recommended updates procedure for using your Handheld PC in conjunction with
Windows Millennium Edition.
Support for Windows Millennium was originally supposed to end in December 2003.
In January 2004 Microsoft announced that it would extend the pay-per incident
support for Windows Millennium until June 2006. This means that while Windows
Millennium Edition will be regarded as a defunct operating system, work for
continuing support for other Microsoft technologies under Windows ME will continue,
as will corporate level patching. Whether or not any future patches will be
released to the consumer is another matter.
We recommend that if possible you upgrade your computer to Windows 2000 or
Windows XP. However if you must use Windows Millennium, we recommend that you
minimise any network shares that you setup on the computer and run current Anti-Virus
and Firewall software. Do not serve any information to the Internet from your
system, such as using Personal Web Server to host a web site.
Windows Millennium Edition Patches & Updates Guide
The following list of updates will provide you with the highest level of security
available to Windows Millennium. The Approximate total download size of all
the listed updates is 53.18MB
Prerequisites
This guide assumes a certain level of system components have already been updated.
These are the prerequisites for the installation:
Critical Updates:
Q273991
Windows Share Level Password Update
Q290700
System Restore Update
Q323172
Flaw in Certificate Enrolment Control
Q323255
Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility Code Execution
Q329048
Unchecked Buffer in File Decompression Functions Patch
Q329115
Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing
Q329414
Buffer Overrun in MDAC Might Lead to Code Execution
Q811630
HTML Help Update to Limit Functionality When It Is Invoked in IE
Q812709
Vulnerability in Help and Support Centre May Permit Code to Run
Q814078
Flaw in Windows Script Engine May Allow Code to Run
Q816093
Java Virtual Machine Security Update
Q823559
Buffer Overrun in the HTML Converter Could Allow Code Execution
Q873374
GDI+ Detection Tool
Q888113
Vulnerability in hyperlink object library code execution
Q891711
Cursor and Icon Handling Remote Code Execution
Q891781
DHTML editing ActiveX control code execution
Q896358
HTML Help code execution
Q904706 DirectShow remote code execution
Q908519 Web fonts remote code execution
Q911562 MDAC function could allow code execution
Q917344 JScript Remote Code Execution
Q918547 Graphics Rendering Engine Remote Code Execution
Q917344 JScript Remote Code Execution
Q892211 Update for Web Folders
Recommended Updates:
Q273017
IDE Hard drive Cache Package
Q287564
Windows Movie Maker Update
Q311311
Invalid UPnP Request Can Disrupt Computer Operation
Jet
4.0 SP8
Root Certificates
Update
Windows
Installer 2.0
Windows Automatic
Updating
MSXML 2.6 SP3
MSXML
3.0 SP7
Internet Explorer QFE's:
Q319303
Internet Explorer Navigation Sound Update
Q870669
Disable ADODB.Stream object from Internet Explorer
Q887797 Cumulative Update for OLE
Q916281 Cumulative Patch June 15 2006
Q918439 ART Image Rendering Remote Code Execution
Windows Media Player QFE's:
Q828026
Windows Media Player URL Script Command Update
Q917734 Windows Media Player Remote Code Execution
Additional Installation Items:
