Re: Windows Updates & Mozilla

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"Tom Willett" <tompepper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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" <dsnsacree@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ez$84UTlGHA.4244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| 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
|
|



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