Re: Windows Updates by FFox

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Windows Updates by FFox
\ churin (7 Jun 2007)
. \ Andrés M. (7 Jun 2007)
. \ Tony Mechelynck (7 Jun 2007)
. . \ squaredancer (7 Jun 2007)
. . \ churin (7 Jun 2007)
. . \ Ron Hunter (7 Jun 2007)
. . . \ EE (8 Jun 2007)
. \ Nir (7 Jun 2007)
. . \ squaredancer (7 Jun 2007)
. . . \ Nir (7 Jun 2007)
. . . . \ Mike B (8 Jun 2007)
. . . \ EE (8 Jun 2007)
. \ Phil Randal (7 Jun 2007)

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Subject:	Re: Windows Updates by FFox
Group:	Mozilla-support-firefox
From:	EE
Date:	8 Jun 2007

Ron Hunter wrote:
> Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>> churin wrote:
>>> I understand that there is a URL where Windows Updates can be
>>> downloaded and installed. Anyone know the URL?
>>
>> The Windows Update site uses Windows-proprietary extensions; it is
>> supposed to be compatible with Internet Explorer *only*. In
>> particular, it is *NOT* compatible with (plain-vanilla) Firefox -- but
>> there's a way to work around that limitation.
>>
>> If you don't like the idea of opening a separate IE window just to
>> update Windows, you can, by installing the "IETab" extension (and
>> assuming, of course, that your computer is running Windows), run IE in
>> a Firefox tab. It's still the IE rendering engine, so it understands
>> all the IE-proprietary stuff; it just runs inside a tab in your
>> favourite browser, the way Adobe Acrobat Reader does when you open a
>> .pdf file in a tab.
>>
>> When I was on Windows XP, the Windows Update URL used to be
>> http://www.windowsupdate.com/ -- I know nothing about other Windows
>> versions, and at present I can't check that it's still the same
>> because I have upgraded to Linux.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tony.
> It is possible to do the updates without using the Windows Update site
> by downloading the patches and installing them. I don't recommend the
> practice, and I use IE for installing the Windows Updates, although you
> can also do it with FF and IE Tab.
>
>
That is exactly what I do, and it works fine for me.
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