[dayglored]

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

So did I, before the updates started requiring IE. That was somewhere in the early 2000's, I think.

Windows Updates on Win7 and later is integrated into the OS as part of Control Panel.

Please tell me how you run Windows Updates on XP without IE. What's the procedure, suitable for an average user? If there's an easy way to do it, I'd love to know.

Of course, updates are disabled for XP now, so I don't expect it to work. I just want to know how you USED to do it on XP without IE.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Just about any of the browsers today can be used for an update.I went from Win 95 to 98 to Vista and now 7. I have never used IE at all except for the first time I plugged my first computer in.

If (and you should) download another browser such as Chrome or Palemoon make sure you make it your default browser, Other wise you'll be stuck having to use IE.

You can always change the setting.