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Get Windows 7’s Advanced “Windows Update” in Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and 2008
http://www.askvg.com/get-windows-7s-advanced-windows-update-in-windows-2000-xp-vista-server-2003-and-2008/

Good opportunity

installed it but no changes.. same old ie based update. nothing like windows vista/7 updates manager.

anyone checked it??

[DavidR]

I thought that this was a stand alone tool as the image on that link doesn't look like it is going through a browser.

Also the link to download it, seems to indicate stand alone, see below

hXXp://download.windowsupdate.com/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/7.4.7600.226/windowsupdateagent30-x86.exe.

So is there not a means of launching this tool in the Startup Folder, desktop, etc.

[Hermite15]

guys this is not an MS link at all, I wouldn't advise to install that. Just the download link is very misleading, just don"t trust that.

edit: forget my post, that's MS 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946928/en-us

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@Logos

guys this is not an MS link at all, I wouldn't advise to install that. Just the download link is very misleading, just don"t trust that.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946928/en-us

now what?

@DavidR

So is there not a means of launching this tool in the Startup Folder, desktop, etc.

No, Sir.

[Hermite15]

guys this is not an MS link at all, I wouldn't advise to install that. Just the download link is very misleading, just don"t trust that.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946928/en-us

now what?

now nothing, I edited my post while you were posting 

[Hermite15]

it's just the update agent, that won't bring the Vista/Seven GUI to XP  

...and as said, you should have it already installed   the website (askvg.com) is completely misleading  

and now from Microsoft:
Notice

If you use the Microsoft Update Web site to install the latest updates, or you have automatic updates turned on in Windows, the latest version of the Update Agent will automatically be installed on your computer.

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it's just the update agent, that won't bring the Vista/Seven GUI to XP 

thought so.

...and as said, you should have it already installed 

yes I have it already installed. what's there to laugh about?

the website (askvg.com) is completely misleading 

yeah it misleading. I think they have done it to get some visitors.

[Hermite15]

what's there to laugh about ? that you've been trying to install something that's already installed on all Windows computers through WinUpdate itself.

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I didn't get it through windows update.

[DavidR]

Strangely enough, I don't have it installed, it wasn't offered in the August or September Patch Tuesday assault.

So visiting hXXp://wXw.update.microsoft.com/ after this batch of posts, when checking for updates if offered to install the latest windows update version which I accepted. Once installed, it completed the check and I have no updates pending, as expected.

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So visiting hXXp://wXw.update.microsoft.com/ after this batch of posts, when checking for updates if offered to install the latest windows update version which I accepted. Once installed, it completed the check and I have no updates pending, as expected.

do you use express or custom? , sir.

[Hermite15]

anyway and then I'm done with that, the website was showing a screenshot of Windows Update interface clearly showing that it was taken on Vista (not even Seven as advertised   ), with a reference to the Control Panel in the address bar that can't be implemented in XP obviously  

edit: I'm just wrong on one point, the screenshot is from Seven, not Vista.

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anyway and then I'm done with that, the website was showing a screenshot of Windows Update interface clearly showing that it was taken on Vista (not even Seven as advertised  ), with a reference to the Control Panel in the address bar that can't be implemented in XP obviously 

thought so.

[DavidR]

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do you use express or custom? , sir.

Generally I have XP SP3 windows automatic updates set to 'Notify of updates but not install.' So I check what is offered and uncheck things like the Malicious software one, etc. On dial-up I have to be selective or it could tie my system up for long periods (it has taken days in the past to get updates).

If I actually go to windows update, I always use Custom for the same reasons and have never seen this update to the update process until today.

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I always use Custom for the same reasons and have never seen this update to the update process until today.

but here you say that you got the update in the updates site. 

So visiting hXXp://wXw.update.microsoft.com/ after this batch of posts, when checking for updates if offered to install the latest windows update version which I accepted. Once installed, it completed the check and I have no updates pending, as expected.