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Menno Hershberger - 31 Mar 2007 01:34 GMT

I just did a clean install of Windows 98 SE on someone's Compaq. I
installed IE 6 and then went after the updates. I think there was 17. They
installed, I rebooted, and then decided to go back and make sure that was
all and also to get DirectX 9. I was greeted with this!

"Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems
only.
To find updates for Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh
operating systems, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/."

How do I convince the update site that this machine isn't a Mac?

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Gary S. Terhune - 31 Mar 2007 01:45 GMT

Just keep trying, Menno. Make sure to close all instances of IE before each
attempt. Doing that, I usually succeed with less than five tries. It's a
known problem on the server end that MS is aware of, though who knows if
they'll bother to do anything about it.

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>I just did a clean install of Windows 98 SE on someone's Compaq. I
> installed IE 6 and then went after the updates. I think there was 17. They
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> How do I convince the update site that this machine isn't a Mac?

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Menno Hershberger - 31 Mar 2007 01:54 GMT

> Just keep trying, Menno. Make sure to close all instances of IE before
> each attempt. Doing that, I usually succeed with less than five tries.
> It's a known problem on the server end that MS is aware of, though who
> knows if they'll bother to do anything about it.

Yep... worked after a reboot.
Hey, in case I forget... happy birthday!

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Gary S. Terhune - 31 Mar 2007 05:03 GMT

LOL! Wish I had your memory!

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>> Just keep trying, Menno. Make sure to close all instances of IE before
>> each attempt. Doing that, I usually succeed with less than five tries.
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> Yep... worked after a reboot.
> Hey, in case I forget... happy birthday!

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Menno Hershberger - 31 Mar 2007 01:47 GMT

> I just did a clean install of Windows 98 SE on someone's Compaq. I
> installed IE 6 and then went after the updates. I think there was 17.
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> How do I convince the update site that this machine isn't a Mac?

After several tries, I rebooted and tried again... and it worked.
Oh well. It was interesting at least. In all my years of installing and
updating Windows 98 machines, I've never seen THAT one before... :-)

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PA Bear - 31 Mar 2007 02:54 GMT

See these archived threads: http://snipurl.com/1elrg

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> I just did a clean install of Windows 98 SE on someone's Compaq. I
> installed IE 6 and then went after the updates. I think there was 17. They
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> How do I convince the update site that this machine isn't a Mac?

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