Hi. it was following a format and reload in early January that I found the problem with the site. There was a january update, and I wanted to update my unattended install disk. I don't know when it changed, all I can say is that it was fine at the point I downloaded the december updates.
John.----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:50 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows update query
I doubt very much Microsoft would have changed the address without putting some kind of redirect on there. All we need to do is ask if someone has reinstalled an XP machine recently and then done updates. Also, somebody can tell me if this is wrong, but even if you have Windows Update turned off, there are some items which Microsoft have been updating anyway, and I would have thought the link to Windows Update would be included. Didn't they get in trouble some time ago because it turned out they were actually putting updates on peoples PC's even when they had chosen not to receive updates. Peter -------------------------------------------------- From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:10 PM To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [access-uk] Windows update queryI recently discovered that a friend of mine had never bothered with Windows Updates during the 3 years or so in which he had been using his XP computer. I quickly explained to him therisks he was taking and suggested that he should rectify things as quicklyas possible. However he has come back to me today to say that whether he tries to get onto the Windows Update page via the start menu item or via Control Panel he cannot even get onto the web page to check what updates he needs - hundreds I should guess! The only explanation must be that the address of the Windows update site has been changed during the last three years or so - in fact I seem to remember this happening. So I think that he needs to use the direct URL. Unfortunately I do not currently have a machine running XP with an internet connection - my main machine is Vista.I wonder whether someone using XP could help by giving me the URL to whichtheir machine connects, so that I can pass it on to my friend. Thanks in advance, Douglas -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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