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To: doorgunner69
> Why did you need IE to get updates and not some other browser like Firefox? Never used IE of anything for years now.

Huh, last I knew, Windows Updates only ran with IE, because it required ActiveX, which is only available in IE.

When did that change???

26 posted on 04/27/2014 5:18:08 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored
Huh, last I knew, Windows Updates only ran with IE, because it required ActiveX, which is only available in IE. When did that change???

Dear Mr Rip Van Winkle. I used to run Win updates on the old Netscape browser back in the nineties.

34 posted on 04/27/2014 5:32:54 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: dayglored
Been getting the updates (always by notification and manual download) for many years through Firefox. That included bumping XP up through SP3 AFAIK.

Quit IE once I discovered the bliss of AD Block etc.

36 posted on 04/27/2014 5:37:36 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: dayglored; doorgunner69

Since there will be no more updates, why use IE?


51 posted on 04/27/2014 6:24:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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