Order the Windows Security Update CD

[Marianna]

Posted Date: February 17, 2004

The Windows Security Update CD will be shipped to you free of charge. This CD includes Microsoft critical updates released through October 2003 and information to help you protect your PC. In addition, you will also receive free antivirus and firewall trial software.

This CD is only available for Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows 98 Second Edition (SE).

Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.

To get started, please choose your location (language) from the appropriate drop down menu. Customers outside the US and Canada: please select a location and language below to see Protect Your PC information for your country. You will be able to order the CD from these sites when it becomes available. (Date of availability may vary.)

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp

[bigc73542]

Have a cookie for that info. thank you ;D ;)

[Marianna]

Hi bigc73542 ;D

You're Welcome - finally...... a LOT of people are waiting for that particular CD ......

Thanks for the cookie 8)

[Peaches4U]

Thank you Marianna... just placed my order before the rush is on. :)

[Marianna]

Hey Peaches

You're Welcome - I guess, a LOT of "Happy Campers" now ;D

[notageek]

Thanks Marianna, I'm on my way to order the cd now.

[Marianna]

notageek

You're Welcome ;D

[snowbound]

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I'm on my way to order the cd now.
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Me too ;D

Thanks Marianna....



snowbound

[Marianna]

snowbound

;D You're Welcome too ;D

[Pretender]

;) Marianna!

[Marianna]

For users in the UK and Ireland:

(Please note that the Windows Security Update CD can only be obtained within the United Kingdom and Ireland.)

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/security/protect/update.mspx

and here is a link for "Worldwide":

http://www.microsoft.com/security/worldwide.asp

[Marianna]

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;) Marianna!
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Hi Pretender :o

How are YOU doing - long time no seen ;D

[bigc73542]

Ordered the cd 2/17/04 already got the order confirmation today. pretty quick for microsoft. ;D ;D ;D

[Pretender]

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;) Marianna!
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Hi Pretender :o

How are YOU doing - long time no seen ;D
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I'm fine and secure. Hope all is well with you also!

[Marianna]

Hi Pretender :D

Good to hear you're fine and secure ;D Yep, everything is fine here too - waiting for Springtime to arrive - I am getting "snowblind" as we are still having a LOT of snow ::)

[beetlejuice]

Got mine ordered to. Cookies Marianna ;D

[Marianna]

Hi : beetlejuice *puppy*

Good Job and http://members.shaw.ca/schmudlach/thanx.giffor the cookie ;D

I LIKE that little dog :D

[FanJ]

Thanks Marianna !
Cookie from me too :) *puppy*


Hm, seems that MS needs a lesson in geography ::)

Where exactly are The Netherlands ?
At the link Marianna posted:

[FanJ]

But from there you do go to a Dutch site in ..... The Netherlands

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/nl/security/protect/default.asp

And there you can order it :)

[snapdragin]

Thank you Marianna - I had forgotten about this, guess I missed the rush. ;D (got it now though).

[Tassie_Devils]

HI guys.

Just some info re MS Update/Security offer when your discs arrive.

I ordered just on 2 weeks ago and it arrived couple days ago, pretty quick. ;D

HOWEVER, :o [LOL, ain't there always] those of you who use Wormguard are in for a pretty funny treat.

It ALERTS on the Main Updates CD, stating you tried to run a file that is not allowed. [Note: I have vbs and hta entered in the Blocked Editor's List, so it may have tried to run one of them in the Auto run.

Upon browsing, it contains updates to Feb 2004 pre and after SP1.

The other disc, when inserted, automatically started to 'unpack' a program without any warning at all and wanted to install eTrust's EZ ARMOUR LE AV and firewall which I just cancelled out of. >:(

Just a "heads up" if you do get it and wonder what the heck is happening if running WG with vbs or hta listed in blocked. :-\

Cheers, TAS.

[snapdragin]

Oh well then I am glad I waited, TAS! Get to let all you early birds test the CD first. ;D ;D ;D

Thanks for the heads-up Tassie!

[bigc73542]

I ordered mine weeks ago, haven't seen a thing, went and reordered. Maybe I will have better luck this time. On the order site they stated that they were back ordered. :(

[Pretender]

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I ordered mine weeks ago, haven't seen a thing, went and reordered. Maybe I will have better luck this time. On the order site they stated that they were back ordered. :(
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I ordered mine on 2/18 and was sent an email saying it was shipped on 3/19. Haven't received yet. Just FYI :-\

[Tassie_Devils]

Update:

I uninstalled WG's Protection and re-ran to see what I got.

First pic is GUI of Security Advice. ;D

Firewall/AutoUpdate/etc. advice.

Naturally, I have other options in place to those shown in my case. ;D

TAS.

[Tassie_Devils]

next pic is of the patches themselves.

Options of Installing Updates.
Seems pretty thorough and straight forward to install via the GUI instead of 'browse' and installing each individual Patch. :)

Once again, even though the option to install the "Rollup" and "WMP" seems available to me, I am up to date!!!!

Just couple screenies to show features of CD.

Cheers, TAS

[Nick]

Thanks for the pictures of the cd. I got an email on the 19th that my order was shipped, and I still haven't gotten it.

[Pretender]

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Guess they're sending them via the moon :P

[Mele20]

I ordered February 19 and a friend here in Hawaii ordered several days later after I told him about the offer and he got a confirmation that it had shipped on March 15 and I still had no confirmation of shipping date even though I ordered before he did. :(

I called Microsoft Monday and their automated system said it had never heard of my order! So, I spoke to a customer rep who had a terrible time locating my order. Evidently MS messed up a lot of the early orders. She said mine had just been "picked" on Monday for the order to go to their warehouse and that meant it would ship two-three days later. She said MS ran out of the first batch and has now got a second batch and until they made the second batch they weren't sending any out. (Thus the long wait for some of us). She also told me that for me or her to check the status of the order that the first 0 in the order number must be dropped! How would I know that? No wonder the automated system when I first called said the order didn't exist.

Well, today, which is my birthday, I FINALLY got an email from Microsoft saying it has shipped and I can expect it in about a week. Guess MS wanted to give a me a birthday present ...hence the long delay! ;D ;D

[bigc73542]

I originally ordered 02/17/04 and just today I received it. I had reordered three days ago and already have a shipping conformation. We'll see how long that one will take. ;)

[slammer_JvA]

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confirmation today. pretty quick for microsoft. ;D ;D ;D" }-

ROFL ;) ;D ;D ;D

[Matthew Pollock]

I am puzzled by this security update CD. Why would anyone need it? The updates are already downloadable from the web.

Can someone explain?

The only problem with the web-based updates I've found so far is that, having installed Service Pack 4, whenever I want to use my original Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro CD (for which I paid good money) I get an error message: "Windows cannot upgrade from Service Pack 4 to Service Pack 2".

Therefore the CD I originally bought is unusable! Not installing Service Pack 4 is not really an option, because inter alia, it fixes a security flaw preventing the downgrading of 'administrator' users (the initial setting on most PCs). to 'power users'. Having so many administrators on the system is obviously a security risk.

Does this CD fix that problem?

I suppose not.

[Detox]

Err I suppose it's just a faster way to update before you go online with a particular PC. I got mine the other day - but won't be messing with it myself until such time as I may need to format a drive or something like that. Then I will have lots of Windows updates before I even hook up to the net.

[Detox]

Sherry's reply about having trouble running the applications on her update CD has been moved here (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=26513) in the hopes that her problem/s may be resolved there.

Detox

[Tassie_Devils]

Matthew, Hi..

Like Detox said, it's available to you straight up, no need to download from web and risk infection trying to stop infection LOL.

It's primary useage would be, in my case, reformat and dialup linking. I recently reformatted and it took me several hours to reinstall SP1, patches, etc on my XP which was pre-SP1.

So in future, [if needed] I will have this disc. ;D

TAS

[Denim]

I just signed here at this Forum, and was looking around a bit. Thanks for the heads Up on the disks from Microsoft . I just put my order in . And will be telling others also. !!
:)Denim :)

[bigc73542]

It sometimes takes a while to recieve the cd's but the will come evevtually/ You also get on the second cd a years free use of computer associates eZArmor antivirus and firewall.

[dangitall]

Ordered: 2/21 Confirmed: 3/20 Received: 4/5

Wheeee! Snail mail indeed!

[gerardwil]

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It sometimes takes a while to recieve the cd's but the will come evevtually/ You also get on the second cd a years free use of computer associates eZArmor antivirus and firewall.
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Hi all,

Ordered march 21, received at my home march 29!!!
On my second CD there is NAV 2004 and NPF 2004.
Both Dutch versions.

Greetings,

Gerard

[bigc73542]

On my second cd there is a free years use of computer associates eZarmor AV and Firewall. U.S.

[dangitall]

Same here, bigC. I'd be curious to find out why gerardwil got the Symantec stuff and if this holds for all other non-US versions. 'Export restrictions' doesn't strike me as being the case.

[bigc73542]

personally I would rather have the computer associates AV/FW ;)

[Marianna]

Well, well, I finally got mine ordered February 17 - flew in today per Microsoft Airmail to Vancouver (Canada) ;D

I also had a free years use of computer associates eZarmor AV and Firewall.

[gerardwil]

Hi,

I will ask Slammer if he is online he is dutch too, and there are some more dutch guys/galls around here, ;D
Both Nortons are 90 days versions, no prob for me i wont use them.

Gerard

[Peaches4U]

Hmmmm, got my CD's today and have a year free of eTrust. Seems like we are all not getting the same freebies.

[Pretender]

I, also, received the etrust trial. Is there something amiss :o

[Nick]

I did get mine finally last week and the second cd ha the EZ Armor on it. It would seem that it depends on your country as to what is on the 2nd Cd. US and Canada are getting EZ armor AV and Firewall free for one year. It seems the Netherlands is getting a 90 day Norton AV/firewall. I'm sure more will report on what they got and what country they are in.

[bigc73542]

-{ Quote: "I did get mine finally last week and the second cd ha the EZ Armor on it. It would seem that it depends on your country as to what is on the 2nd Cd. US and Canada are getting EZ armor AV and Firewall free for one year. It seems the Netherlands is getting a 90 day Norton AV/firewall. I'm sure more will report on what they got and what country they are in." }-
Well I received my second update cd today, took it forever. Use this one on my sons comp. ;)