Where's Microsoft Update?

From the Security and Updates link on the main www.microsoft.com web page,
you are offered links to Security Home, Microsoft Update, Office Update, and
so on. The link for Microsoft Update used to go to a page which would then
actually check for updates - now it takes you to "Microsoft Update
Catalogue". It does not search for required updates here. What gives? Is the
link wrong?

BTW, if you want to run Microsoft Update, go instead to Office updates and
click the Check for Microsoft Updates button. The correct page will then
open and it will search for updates.

If I right-click on the Windows XP Start menu and look at the properties for
Windows Update, it shows: %SystemRoot%\system32\wupdmgr.exe.

When I do click on the Windows Update icon I'm taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind....aspx?ln=en-us where
it does offer to scan my computer for needed updates.

But frankly, I have no idea anymore what's been going on with
Windows/Microsoft Updates since June.

And no one is talking.

Alan

"firebird-sc" <firebird-> wrote in message
news:4F3425A2-D0F8-46CA-AD00-...
> From the Security and Updates link on the main www.microsoft.com web page,
> you are offered links to Security Home, Microsoft Update, Office Update,
> and
> so on. The link for Microsoft Update used to go to a page which would
> then
> actually check for updates - now it takes you to "Microsoft Update
> Catalogue". It does not search for required updates here. What gives? Is
> the
> link wrong?
>
> BTW, if you want to run Microsoft Update, go instead to Office updates and
> click the Check for Microsoft Updates button. The correct page will then
> open and it will search for updates.

"firebird-sc" <firebird-> schrieb:

> From the Security and Updates link on the main www.microsoft.com web page,
> you are offered links to Security Home, Microsoft Update, Office Update, and
> so on. The link for Microsoft Update used to go to a page which would then
> actually check for updates - now it takes you to "Microsoft Update
> Catalogue". It does not search for required updates here. What gives? Is the
> link wrong?

Yes,the Microsoft Update link there is set to Microsoft Update Catalog
by error. That's "only" true for the English version of the MS homepage
BTW.

> BTW, if you want to run Microsoft Update, go instead to Office updates and
> click the Check for Microsoft Updates button.

Ehm, have a look into the Tools menu of IE and choosing Windows Update
from there will direct to Windows/Microsoft Update as typing a simple
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com into the address bar will also.

Bye,
Freudi

"Alan" <> schrieb:

> So, Microsoft is claiming that Microsoft Updates still exists,
> but it sure seems like Microsoft is trying to eliminate the
> WINDOWS Update site.

Nope.

> I'm sure Microsoft has some reason for doing this

Nope, it's an simple embarrassing false linking. Nothing more or less.

Bye,
Freudi

Hi Freudi,

As suggested in your other post, I DID get to the usual Windows Update site
by clicking on Tools | Windows Update in Internet Explorer.

I suppose now I'm wondering why it's taking Microsoft so long to correct the
false linking.

Alan

"Ottmar Freudenberger" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Alan" <> schrieb:
>
>> So, Microsoft is claiming that Microsoft Updates still exists,
>> but it sure seems like Microsoft is trying to eliminate the
>> WINDOWS Update site.
>
> Nope.
>
>> I'm sure Microsoft has some reason for doing this
>
> Nope, it's an simple embarrassing false linking. Nothing more or less.
>
> Bye,
> Freudi

"Alan" <> schrieb:

> I suppose now I'm wondering why it's taking Microsoft so long to correct the
> false linking.

I'm too, Alan, I'm too. I've contacted MS on various ways in the meantime.
If some MVPs would do the same, it may be corrected a little bit faster.

Bye,
Freudi

"Ottmar Freudenberger" <> schrieb:
> "Alan" <> schrieb:
>
>> I suppose now I'm wondering why it's taking Microsoft so long to correct the
>> false linking.
>
> I'm too, Alan, I'm too. I've contacted MS on various ways in the meantime.

Just received the following by mail:

| Thank you for contacting Microsoft Online Customer Service regarding
| the wrong Microsoft Update link you encountered from Microsoft.com
| homepage.
|
| We appreciate your effort for bringing this to our attention. I have
| forwarded this issue to our Web site team for resolution.

Hope it'll be fixed by tomorrow at least.

Bye,
Freudi

"Ottmar Freudenberger" <> schrieb:
> "Ottmar Freudenberger" <> schrieb:
>> "Alan" <> schrieb:
>>
>>> I suppose now I'm wondering why it's taking Microsoft so long to correct the
>>> false linking.
>>
>> I'm too, Alan, I'm too. I've contacted MS on various ways in the meantime.
>
> Just received the following by mail:
>
> | Thank you for contacting Microsoft Online Customer Service regarding
> | the wrong Microsoft Update link you encountered from Microsoft.com
> | homepage.
> |
> | We appreciate your effort for bringing this to our attention. I have
> | forwarded this issue to our Web site team for resolution.
>
> Hope it'll be fixed by tomorrow at least.

It's fixed now, the link on the US Microsoft homepage links to Microsoft
Update again :-)

Bye,
Freudi