Windows Updates & Mozilla

Is Internet Explorer required to download and install Windows Updates or is
there a way to do it with Mozilla?

Thank you for information.
Susan

IE is required. However, with FireFox, I installed the IE Tab Extension,
which allows FF to use the IE rendering engine.

Tom
"Susan" <> wrote in message
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| Is Internet Explorer required to download and install Windows Updates or
is
| there a way to do it with Mozilla?
|
| Thank you for information.
| Susan
|
|

Tom Willett wrote:
> IE is required. However, with FireFox, I installed the IE Tab Extension,
> which allows FF to use the IE rendering engine.
>
> Tom
> "Susan" <> wrote in message
> news:ez$...
> | Is Internet Explorer required to download and install Windows Updates or
> is
> | there a way to do it with Mozilla?
> |
> | Thank you for information.
> | Susan
> |
> |
>
>
IE Tab is compatible with Mozilla 1.7 - 1.8.

"Tom Willett" <> wrote:

[top posting is nasty]

> IE is required. However, with FireFox, I installed the IE Tab Extension,
> which allows FF to use the IE rendering engine.

NO!
That's just wrong and misleading: IE resp. an ActiveX control are required
ONLY when using the online Windows Update at (say)
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

All the updates can but be downloaded manually with almost every browser
when you're able to locate them; typically the knowledge base article or
the security bulletins provide the links.
The installation too also doesn't require IE.

The third and most simple way doesn't require IE nor tedious searching for
updates at all: turn on the "Automatic Updates" and configure them to your
heart.

Stefan

> "Susan" <> wrote in message
> news:ez$...
> | Is Internet Explorer required to download and install Windows Updates or
> is
> | there a way to do it with Mozilla?
> |
> | Thank you for information.
> | Susan
> |
> |
>
>

I was referring strictly to doing a live update, not downloading them
separately and installing manually.

And you can take your net-nanny top posting crap and put it where the sun
don't shine.

Tom
"Stefan Kanthak" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:%...
| "Tom Willett" <> wrote:
|
| [top posting is nasty]
|
| > IE is required. However, with FireFox, I installed the IE Tab
Extension,
| > which allows FF to use the IE rendering engine.
|
| NO!
| That's just wrong and misleading: IE resp. an ActiveX control are required
| ONLY when using the online Windows Update at (say)
| http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
|
| All the updates can but be downloaded manually with almost every browser
| when you're able to locate them; typically the knowledge base article or
| the security bulletins provide the links.
| The installation too also doesn't require IE.
|
| The third and most simple way doesn't require IE nor tedious searching for
| updates at all: turn on the "Automatic Updates" and configure them to your
| heart.
|
| Stefan
|
| > "Susan" <> wrote in message
| > news:ez$...
| > | Is Internet Explorer required to download and install Windows Updates
or
| > is
| > | there a way to do it with Mozilla?
| > |
| > | Thank you for information.
| > | Susan
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|

"Tom Willett" <> wrote:

I loooove full quotes.... especially when combined with top posting and
deliberately inserted line breaks in the quoted text.

> I was referring strictly to doing a live update, not downloading them
> separately and installing manually.


.... and deliberately choose not to mention this restriction.
Do I need to tell you that the Windows Update Agent has an API and is
scriptable so there's the possibility to perform an online update with
just VBScript?

What's this "live update" BTW? I've heard of "live messenger" and some
more "live something" but not yet "live update".-)

> And you can take your net-nanny top posting crap and put it where the sun
> don't shine.

Your wording is even nastier than your top posting crap.
If I'd forget my education I might be tempted to say "Geh doch dahin wo
der Pfeffer wächst".

Stefan

> Tom
> "Stefan Kanthak" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
> news:%...
> | "Tom Willett" <> wrote:
> |
> | [top posting is nasty]
> |
> | > IE is required. However, with FireFox, I installed the IE Tab
> Extension,
> | > which allows FF to use the IE rendering engine.
> |
> | NO!
> | That's just wrong and misleading: IE resp. an ActiveX control are required
> | ONLY when using the online Windows Update at (say)
> | http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
> |
> | All the updates can but be downloaded manually with almost every browser
> | when you're able to locate them; typically the knowledge base article or
> | the security bulletins provide the links.
> | The installation too also doesn't require IE.
> |
> | The third and most simple way doesn't require IE nor tedious searching for
> | updates at all: turn on the "Automatic Updates" and configure them to your
> | heart.

Oh, I looooove net nannies who think they are superior.

"Stefan Kanthak" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:%...
> "Tom Willett" <> wrote:
>
> I loooove full quotes.... especially when combined with top posting and
> deliberately inserted line breaks in the quoted text.
>
>> I was referring strictly to doing a live update, not downloading them
>> separately and installing manually.
>
>
> ... and deliberately choose not to mention this restriction.
> Do I need to tell you that the Windows Update Agent has an API and is
> scriptable so there's the possibility to perform an online update with
> just VBScript?
>
> What's this "live update" BTW? I've heard of "live messenger" and some
> more "live something" but not yet "live update".-)
>
>> And you can take your net-nanny top posting crap and put it where the sun
>> don't shine.
>
> Your wording is even nastier than your top posting crap.
> If I'd forget my education I might be tempted to say "Geh doch dahin wo
> der Pfeffer wächst".
>
> Stefan
>
>> Tom
>> "Stefan Kanthak" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>> | "Tom Willett" <> wrote:
>> |
>> | [top posting is nasty]
>> |
>> | > IE is required. However, with FireFox, I installed the IE Tab
>> Extension,
>> | > which allows FF to use the IE rendering engine.
>> |
>> | NO!
>> | That's just wrong and misleading: IE resp. an ActiveX control are
>> required
>> | ONLY when using the online Windows Update at (say)
>> | http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
>> |
>> | All the updates can but be downloaded manually with almost every
>> browser
>> | when you're able to locate them; typically the knowledge base article
>> or
>> | the security bulletins provide the links.
>> | The installation too also doesn't require IE.
>> |
>> | The third and most simple way doesn't require IE nor tedious searching
>> for
>> | updates at all: turn on the "Automatic Updates" and configure them to
>> your
>> | heart.
>

"Tom Willett" <> wrote:

... yet another braindead full quote;
.... once again with broken cited text;
..... and now also missing the MIME declaration.

Clueless, careless, sloppy, lazy, whatever: choose the appropriate.
Go learn how to configure and use your NUA to send correct postings.

> Oh, I looooove net nannies who think they are superior.

Feel free to express your personal preferences/aberrations.

[full quote removed]

Stefan