Running WU from Firefox?

A couple of times in the months since I switched to Firefox I've used
Windows Update. But when I ran it today from my XP Home desktop, FF
loaded a window saying: "You need to be running a version of Internet
Explorer 5 or higher in order to use Windows Update."

But I have MSIE6 installed, so I don't follow that. I tried running
MSIE6 first, before WU, but FF still loaded. I'm darned if I can
remember precisely how I succeeded before, but I know I did!

Of course, I can go to the Windows Download Centre, but I'd much
prefer to retain the convenience of the automatic process. Can someone
straighten me out on this please?

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

Terry Pinnell <> wrote:

>A couple of times in the months since I switched to Firefox I've used
>Windows Update. But when I ran it today from my XP Home desktop, FF
>loaded a window saying: "You need to be running a version of Internet
>Explorer 5 or higher in order to use Windows Update."
>
>But I have MSIE6 installed, so I don't follow that. I tried running
>MSIE6 first, before WU, but FF still loaded. I'm darned if I can
>remember precisely how I succeeded before, but I know I did!
>
>Of course, I can go to the Windows Download Centre, but I'd much
>prefer to retain the convenience of the automatic process. Can someone
>straighten me out on this please?

OK, realised the answer a few minutes later. I just open MSIE6 and
then visit the WU site. Clearly I need to remove that desktop
shortcut!

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

Which Icon are you going to remove?

"Terry Pinnell" <> wrote in message
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> Terry Pinnell <> wrote:
>
>>A couple of times in the months since I switched to Firefox I've used
>>Windows Update. But when I ran it today from my XP Home desktop, FF
>>loaded a window saying: "You need to be running a version of Internet
>>Explorer 5 or higher in order to use Windows Update."
>>
>>But I have MSIE6 installed, so I don't follow that. I tried running
>>MSIE6 first, before WU, but FF still loaded. I'm darned if I can
>>remember precisely how I succeeded before, but I know I did!
>>
>>Of course, I can go to the Windows Download Centre, but I'd much
>>prefer to retain the convenience of the automatic process. Can someone
>>straighten me out on this please?
>
> OK, realised the answer a few minutes later. I just open MSIE6 and
> then visit the WU site. Clearly I need to remove that desktop
> shortcut!
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>

"JoeM" <> wrote:

>Which Icon are you going to remove?

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp because when I
run that *directly*, rather than first loading MSIE6 and entering it
in its URL box, I get FF loading and giving that message I described.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK