Windows Update Version 6

Vikingod · Jun 4, 2005, 05:02 PM

Microsoft has released version 6 of its Windows Update Software. Once at the website, you'll have to agree to download some new software which may take a couple of minutes, but once done you'll see the new version of the Windows Update website - although there don't seem to be any new updates on there at the moment.

Download: Windows Update
(Requires Internet Explorer)

YAYitsAndrew · Jun 4, 2005, 05:19 PM

You have to use the update.microsoft.com link. If you choose windows update from within ie's tools menu then you won't get sent to the update place.

nForcer · Jun 4, 2005, 07:51 PM

duh :P

PangingJr · Jun 4, 2005, 08:22 PM

i also think you will need to go to update.microsoft.com/ to visit the Windows Update version 6 web site for the first time, then after you have agreed, and then installed the ActiveX Control for this new Windows update software version the Windows Update shortcut at the IE's Tools menu, or at the Start menu, or Run wupdmgr.exe
should take you to the new Windows Update version 6.

CDsDontBurn · Jun 4, 2005, 09:04 PM

gotta check it out when i get home

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daRk_heLmet · Jun 4, 2005, 09:36 PM

I have been using this for months now. if you dont see "Microsoft Update" instead of "Windows Update" go here

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate

this will update ALL MS products on system.

Bruuce · Jun 4, 2005, 10:45 PM

Nice. The windows update screen actually has graphics now; looks decent.

nForcer · Jun 4, 2005, 11:38 PM

if they'd ONLY make a LAN-based version!
They'd save so much $$$ its not even funny.

CDsDontBurn · Jun 5, 2005, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nForcer

if they'd ONLY make a LAN-based version!
They'd save so much $$$ its not even funny.

what, you mean MSFT doesn't already have alot of money?

nForcer · Jun 6, 2005, 03:37 AM

Yeah but do you know what the opperating costs are on 4x OC-48 lines? Several hundred thousand dollars PER month PER line.

I'd venture a guess, even factoring in the cluster of official WU servers across the world, they could justify dropping 1 of those lines in the amount of bandwidth they'd save by making a LAN-WU server-type thing. (And I don't mean domain-based updates)

CDsDontBurn · Jun 6, 2005, 08:50 AM

i'm using v6 right now, and the only difference i can tell so far is that it has a slightly different look than v5. as of yet, i still cannot tell the difference between the two.

YAYitsAndrew · Jun 6, 2005, 12:40 PM

Well one difference that I noticed is that v5 wouldn't work through my school's firewall for some reason (meaning I had to manually download all the updates and the rest of the school is probably months behind). But with v6, windows update actually works again.

Jun 4, 2005, 05:02 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Windows Update Version 6 Microsoft has released version 6 of its Windows Update Software. Once at the website, you'll have to agree to download some new software which may take a couple of minutes, but once done you'll see the new version of the Windows Update website - although there don't seem to be any new updates on there at the moment. Download: Windows Update (Requires Internet Explorer)

Jun 4, 2005, 05:19 PM	#2
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	You have to use the update.microsoft.com link. If you choose windows update from within ie's tools menu then you won't get sent to the update place. __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

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Jun 4, 2005, 09:36 PM	#6
daRk_heLmet Keep firing, assholes! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Death Star Posts: 1,072 Rep Power: 0	I have been using this for months now. if you dont see "Microsoft Update" instead of "Windows Update" go here http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate this will update ALL MS products on system. __________________ [color=white]My Blog[/color]

Jun 4, 2005, 10:45 PM	#7
Bruuce DriverHeaven Winner Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 293 Rep Power: 0	Nice. The windows update screen actually has graphics now; looks decent. __________________

Jun 4, 2005, 07:51 PM	#3
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	duh :P

Jun 4, 2005, 08:22 PM	#4
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i also think you will need to go to update.microsoft.com/ to visit the Windows Update version 6 web site for the first time, then after you have agreed, and then installed the ActiveX Control for this new Windows update software version the Windows Update shortcut at the IE's Tools menu, or at the Start menu, or Run wupdmgr.exe should take you to the new Windows Update version 6.

Jun 4, 2005, 11:38 PM	#8
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	if they'd ONLY make a LAN-based version! They'd save so much $$$ its not even funny.

Jun 6, 2005, 03:37 AM	#10
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	Yeah but do you know what the opperating costs are on 4x OC-48 lines? Several hundred thousand dollars PER month PER line. I'd venture a guess, even factoring in the cluster of official WU servers across the world, they could justify dropping 1 of those lines in the amount of bandwidth they'd save by making a LAN-WU server-type thing. (And I don't mean domain-based updates)

Jun 6, 2005, 08:50 AM	#11
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	i'm using v6 right now, and the only difference i can tell so far is that it has a slightly different look than v5. as of yet, i still cannot tell the difference between the two. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jun 6, 2005, 12:40 PM	#12
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	Well one difference that I noticed is that v5 wouldn't work through my school's firewall for some reason (meaning I had to manually download all the updates and the rest of the school is probably months behind). But with v6, windows update actually works again. __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com