Re: VS2005 "check for service releases", with Firefox

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On 11/14/05 2:01, in article OCp5VJQ6FHA.3588@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Peter
Macej" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
>> To use this site, you must be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or
>> later.
>
> It is very likely that this site requires ActiveX support in your
> browser. I don't know if MS update site checks for ActiveX support or
> user agent. You can:
> 1. Try to change FF's user agent to IE with "User Agent Switcher" from
> https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=59.
> 2. You will still need ActiveX support. You can install ActiveX plugin
> for Firefox from http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/mozilla.htm
>
> If the above doesn't help, this one should:
> Install "IE View" extension from
> https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=35. It allows to
> automaticly open specified sites in IE. When FF loads specified URL, it
> automatically opens IE with that URL. After installing, go to Tools -
> Extensions, select IE View and press "Options" button. Add your URL to
> "Always-in-IE sites" list.
>
> I haven't tried that, just ideas.

Peter is right. Windows update does use ActiveX components since it has to
run binary code on your machine in order to determine which components are
installed and what kind of updates the machine might need.

Thanks
Mikhail Arkhipov (Microsoft)
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