Re: windows update question
From: steve harris (steveharris1@hotmail.com)
Date: 02/22/03
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From: steve harris <steveharris1@hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:01:59 -0600
memimi wrote:
>
>> > makes sense steve, explains the last update that said: " this allows
>> > windows components to better interact with browsers other than IE". hey
>> > steve, any input on some of the questions in the above post? maybe help
>> > clarify a little?
>> >
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> >
>> > mike
>>
>> Ask and you shall receive...
>>
>> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/030217/microsoft_security_flaw_2.html
>
>
> hey steve, thanks again, i actually did read that earlier this week on
> msnbc. actually, i was referring to my origanal questions about how
> windows
> update determines my updates. i grabbed it and pasted it below.
>
> thanks again,
> mike
>
>> >> > i have a simple question about window update. When i go to the
>> >> > windows update site, and they "scan" for updates, is this scan
> specific to my
>> >> > computer? In other words, are they scanning updates already
>> >> > installed on my computer, and then listing the ones i need to apply?
Mike,
Yes, as I understand it. The ActiveX on the page asks your compuer "hey,
give me a list of MS stuff on your computer". Then it compares the list of
what you have against it's catalog. It then gives you a list of the latest
stuff you do not have. If you noticed, they now have a link you can click
on to see the list of updates already on your computer. They promise not to
verify your ownership of your installed MS products.
http://www.bnl.gov/itd/webapps/WinUpInfo_print.asp
The latest Win98 updates I have done last few weeks have screwed up
something on my laptop. Phoenix and Mozilla will freeze from time to time;
I haven't had the time yet to go back and find and delete Bill's latest
"update".
I'm a Linux advocate, I'll leave it at that.
Have fun.
Steve
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