Talk:Windows Update/Archive 2

Note: This is actually the first archive page for Talk:Windows Update. Archive_1 is an archive of Talk:Microsoft Update which was discontinued upon a merger.

Archive 1

Archive 2

Microsoft Update

The Microsoft Update article should point to this one. 82.0.65.33 22:01, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

I redirected the Microsoft Update article to this one...however, as the official name for Windows Update is now Microsoft Update, shouldn't it be the other way round? 82.0.65.33 16:23, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't think Windows Update is now Microsoft Update. It is because Windows Update and Microsoft Update is a seprate website that provide the different updates. Let's say that Windows Update is a subset of Microsoft Update, however they are totally different websites that prodides updates that can be downloaded. --Shinjiman ⇔ ♨ 14:10, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Seeking support for Microsoft Update takes you to Windows Update. WU is the reality and MU is the pitch. Perhaps by the time Vista is released in '07 MU will replace WU, perhaps not. 209.6.189.247 08:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

If you examine the JavaScript at the windowsupdate.microsoft.com site, you'll see it redirects different versions of IE on different versions of Windows to different versions of the site. Without further investigation or info from MS, I am hesitant to make any assumptions about what has changed and what relationship those changes and site versions have to the way the service is branded.—mjb 17:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

It would be best, then, not to merge the articles? 209.6.189.247 04:24, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

It is definitely best to not combine these two articles. The services are different. Their functions are different. Windows Update is just that. It provides Windows updates (as Big Bill explained years ago, InternetExplorer is, as it must be, integrated into Windows). Microsoft Update, provides updates for Office, Windows, and more. This is explained clearly on Microsoft sites. —Joaquin

WindizUpdate

This alternative to Widows Update is linked to three times on this page. I was wondering if anyone had done any research as to the validity and credibility of this method. I know that there is at least one other third party alternative (the name is escaping me) why is this the only one represented here and how shady is this WindizUpdate? Could there be malware lurking beneath its surface? --Zigbigadoorlue 05:46, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm moving refernces to "third-party" update mechanisms into their own section. Advertisment of alternatives to Windows Update doesn't belong in the product description. Warrens 19:54, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Merge

I have a new suggestion — merging into the article Microsoft Update. My reason are that the Microsoft Update article is a stub and practically can be merged with Windows Update. In addition, both topics are adjacent, and Microsoft Update will probably replace Windows Update gradual. --Off! 18:02, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I like the idea, but I think it should be done the other way around, if it's done at all. The name "Windows Update" is being used as the name of the update service in Vista, which is replacing the web site entirely, and I suspect the capabilities of "Microsoft Update" will be a part of that. If Microsoft Update replaces Windows Update as the default service on the current OS's, then yes, that's pretty significant, but until we get better information from Microsoft on the subject, we should hold off. Warrens 22:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

It would be best, then, not to merge the articles? 209.6.189.247 04:24, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge to Microsoft Update

Suggested merge to Microsoft Update because almsot all the content in Windows Update are already available in this article. So i suggested a merge. See Talk:Microsoft Update#Merge from Windows Update for discussion. --Voidvector 08:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

See which SP is installed

Is this to be added? - Do it.

Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System to see the number of last SP installed.

Greets,--Saippuakauppias ⇄ 20:28, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

slowdown

Does the wuauclt.exe program slow down your computer? --Master of the Aztecs (talk) 11:19, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

wuauclt.exe can slow down

Yes, it does. It can if your updating your computer and downloads updates. It is completly fast if wuauclt.exe is just doing nothing. wuauclt.exe can have around 39% CPU Usage. From Me, WiiRocks566 □ 19:07, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Windows Update is permanently removed!

I have a problem: Windows Update is permanently removed from my computer at around 1:30 PM EST! I can't even access the website shown here or turn on the disabled Automatic Updates! It has to be because of McAfee, because it permanently removed Windows Update because of reports to Trojans! Is there some way to get Windows Update back?!--Angeldeb82 (talk) 19:14, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Now most pop-ups are showing up everywhere I go, regardless of the pop-up blocker being turned on. Microsoft is surely self-destructing here And now all security websites are disabled for my computer whenever I try to click on them, especially Avast, McAfee and AVG! Every time I click on any security website on its link, nothing shows up, and it always fails to connect! It seems my computer itself is self-destructing! --Angeldeb82 (talk) 00:50, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. It turns out that my computer WAS infected by malware and spyware. Thanks to Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and SUPERAntispyware, I was able to get rid of all the malware infecting my computer. Thank you. --Angeldeb82 (talk) 02:05, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

versions

Windows 98? If you install IE6 on windows NT4 then it will allow you to access and use windows update. Aint 'out of the box' like it is in 98, but its still available. Also it may be worth mentioning that some mobile oses (Windows Mobile 6 classic for sure) have Windows Update too (a standalone app like how it is in vista) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.36.92.18 (talk) 02:43, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Windows Update site seems to have been redirected by Microsoft to Microsoft Update site.

Using every link I have tried on Google and on my PC and here on this entry page, I am no longer able to get to the original Windows Update site Everything redirects to Microsoft Update now [1], even if you type in [2]. I do not know the date this happened, but my automatic updating has stopped in the middle of April. I think this page now needs to become a history of Windows Update, and a page started that is Microsoft Update, as that is what Microsoft is now calling the service. The new Microsoft Update also updates all Microsoft programs you have installed on your computer, and will not let you start updating until you have downloaded and installed a new version of the Windows Genuine Advantage tool (kb892130)Gramery (talk) 17:57, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

That only happens if you somehow enabled/"upgraded" to Microsoft Update. Once you're switched over, you can't access Windows Update; you'll always be steered to Microsoft Update, no matter which URL you use. —mjb (talk) 21:47, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Schedule

If you accept automatic downloads, you can schedule when these are actually going to be installed. But there seems to be no way of scheduling when the checks for updates themselves are going to take place? CapnZapp (talk) 10:29, 30 October 2009 (UTC)