Re: windows update question

From: memimi (mcallahan215@attbi.com)
Date: 02/22/03 

From: "memimi" <mcallahan215@attbi.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:11:49 GMT

> > 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

hey steve, thanks again man. i just checked out that link, the page has "my
update history", can't believe i havn't seen it before. anyway, thats
exactly want i wanted to know, i think now i'll be able to make a sense out
it.

>
> 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".

yeah, my desktops been kinda screwy lately since adding SP1, and the other
one they've had since.(the problem one and then the, "fix for the fix"). i
guess i'm gonna grab the lastest one, now that i know i havn't added it yet.
Hey, thanks again for making sense of it for me.

mike

> I'm a Linux advocate, I'll leave it at that.
>
> Have fun.
>
> Steve

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