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311246 2005-01-07 02:46:00 windows update only works with IE. i don't know if anyone has got it working with firefox/thirdparty activeX yet. tweak'e (69)
311247 2005-01-07 03:22:00 Nah, you're right, which is why you install WinXP SP2 first coz then you've got Auto-Updates and dont needa go to Windows Update.

Windows Update _does_ work without it :)

This is why you simply rename the "Internet Explorer" folder to "Dead Weight" or something ;)
Chilling_Silence (9)
311248 2005-01-07 03:24:00 I had a machine with xplite on it with no ie and windows update worked fine through firefox or opera (can't remember which) Morgenmuffel (187)
311249 2005-01-07 03:30:00 got any details there nigel? i would be interested to see how you have got it to work.
i have tried opera with mead (activeX plugin) with no joy. also if you can get windows update to work through firefox or opera whats stopping any nasties from doing the same ???
tweak'e (69)
311250 2005-01-07 04:00:00 OK possibly my mistake
I think I was actually grabbing clipart from the msoffice online thing not windows update although I will double check as i do have vague memories of getting some patch for office 2000 clipart manager from the same site

aarggh someone prove me right, I don't feel like carrying the computer downstairs to hook up to the net just to check if it works
Morgenmuffel (187)
311251 2005-01-07 05:21:00 you will still need IE for some websites, i still have to use IE for sites that dont work for firefox, there are only a few.... Prescott (11)
311252 2005-01-07 15:29:00 I just have ZoneAlarm block IE. It can't do a thing. Vince Vince (406)
311253 2005-01-07 16:10:00 I just have ZoneAlarm block IE. It can't do a thing. Vince

Vince,

I tend to have it blocking all out going except, what is required to run firefox, but firefox itself is also blocked.

Nothing gets out without authority that way.
bsssst (1725)
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