LK. Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Just found this -Go to this webpage and install the small plugin http://windowsupdate.62nds.com -Refresh the page, bookmark the site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkZeus Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 It also lets you bypass the new Windows Update WGA Checkup :p Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolCatBad Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 That's insane! Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kupo-Cheer Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Its okay, but they get all the updates a bit later than Microsoft puts them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Seems kind of risky to me. Let me see if I got this correct. What you are doing is downloading the windows updates from a third party site, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkZeus Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LK. Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 Hmm well I found that it also supports other browsers, Netscape, Opera (not 8 Beta 1 apparently) Security Issues with the plugin There are no known security issues with the current WindizUpdate plugin. Uninstalling the Plugin There is no uninstallation program supplied with the WindizUpdate plugin, so uninstallation needs to be done manually You'll need to close all web browsers that have the plugin installed; then search your program files folders for the file npupd62.dll -- if it finds the file in a plugin folder, simply delete the dll file to uninstall. Remove all copies. In the same folder(s) may be two other files, upd62i9x.dll and upd62int.dll, these can also be deleted. The old Version 1 plugin was called npupd.dll, it can be removed in a similar way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishdelight Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 I first found out about it from someone's sig...on Neowin :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 I thought that there was an ActiveX plugin that you could install in Firefox that acutally let you use the normal Winodws Update. This is still pretty neat though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 That's pretty cool. Thanks for the news. I'm sure it will be shut down soon enough though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 I thought that there was an ActiveX plugin that you could install in Firefox that acutally let you use the normal Winodws Update. This is still pretty neat though. 586296135[/snapback] ActiveX plugin... are you referring to Mozilla ActiveX Project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShell Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 That's pretty cool, nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 ActiveX plugin... are you referring to Mozilla ActiveX Project? 586296201[/snapback] Thats the one. I feel compelled to try it, but not right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikao Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Pretty cool, too bad it's ugly. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eLeM Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 heh, Nice but I'd prefer to just use IE for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technotragic Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Yeah.. nice find .. but one shouldn't mind using IE once in a blue moon to update windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Hammer Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Yeah.. nice find .. but one shouldn't mind using IE once in a blue moon to update windows. 586301228[/snapback] Especially if they use FF for "security reasons". Downloading from some random blokes site using an extension that's probably had 0 testing is a little stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Especially if they use FF for "security reasons". Downloading from some random blokes site using an extension that's probably had 0 testing is a little stupid. 586301241[/snapback] That's what I was trying to say, only not in such a strong way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madnuke Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Cool site, im sure the guy isnt up to know good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I first found out about it from someone's sig...on Neowin :p 586295988[/snapback] That would be mine. I put it on for a few days, but took it off after they changed a certain unimportant beta OS's name and a torrent of threads came about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Downloading from some random blokes site using an extension that's probably had 0 testing is a little stupid. 586301241[/snapback] No, I don't think it's stupid. The updates programs you get from Microsoft have certificates. If you want to verify the certificate of the downloads you get from his website, you need only look at the file properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 No, I don't think it's stupid. The updates programs you get from Microsoft have certificates. If you want to verify the certificate of the downloads you get from his website, you need only look at the file properties. 586303271[/snapback] Are you kidding me, I've seen them faked before. Yea it was spyware that did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Are you kidding me, I've seen them faked before. You got a program with a fake microsoft certificate? I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted July 31, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted July 31, 2005 that is surely ugly... LOL bad bad interface. and i dont trust anything like that, ill stick with my IE thank you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I wouldn't use that because who knows what he would put on the update before giving it to you?..:/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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