Talk:Windows Update
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[edit] Microsoft Update
I redirected the Microsoft Update article to this one...however, as the official name for Windows Update is now Microsoft Update, shouldn't it be the other way round? 82.0.65.33 16:23, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think Windows Update is now Microsoft Update. It is because Windows Update and Microsoft Update is a seprate website that provide the different updates. Let's say that Windows Update is a subset of Microsoft Update, however they are totally different websites that prodides updates that can be downloaded. --Shinjiman ⇔ ♨ 14:10, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Seeking support for Microsoft Update takes you to Windows Update. WU is the reality and MU is the pitch. Perhaps by the time Vista is released in '07 MU will replace WU, perhaps not. 209.6.189.247 08:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
- If you examine the JavaScript at the windowsupdate.microsoft.com site, you'll see it redirects different versions of IE on different versions of Windows to different versions of the site. Without further investigation or info from MS, I am hesitant to make any assumptions about what has changed and what relationship those changes and site versions have to the way the service is branded.—mjb 17:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
- It would be best, then, not to merge the articles? 209.6.189.247 04:24, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- If you examine the JavaScript at the windowsupdate.microsoft.com site, you'll see it redirects different versions of IE on different versions of Windows to different versions of the site. Without further investigation or info from MS, I am hesitant to make any assumptions about what has changed and what relationship those changes and site versions have to the way the service is branded.—mjb 17:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
- Seeking support for Microsoft Update takes you to Windows Update. WU is the reality and MU is the pitch. Perhaps by the time Vista is released in '07 MU will replace WU, perhaps not. 209.6.189.247 08:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
It is definitely best to not combine these two articles. The services are different. Their functions are different. Windows Update is just that. It provides Windows updates (as Big Bill explained years ago, InternetExplorer is, as it must be, integrated into Windows). Microsoft Update, provides updates for Office, Windows, and more. This is explained clearly on Microsoft sites. —Joaquin
[edit] WindizUpdate
This alternative to Widows Update is linked to three times on this page. I was wondering if anyone had done any research as to the validity and credibility of this method. I know that there is at least one other third party alternative (the name is escaping me) why is this the only one represented here and how shady is this WindizUpdate? Could there be malware lurking beneath its surface? --Zigbigadoorlue 05:46, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
- I'm moving refernces to "third-party" update mechanisms into their own section. Advertisment of alternatives to Windows Update doesn't belong in the product description. Warrens 19:54, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge
I have a new suggestion — merging into the article Microsoft Update. My reason are that the Microsoft Update article is a stub and practically can be merged with Windows Update. In addition, both topics are adjacent, and Microsoft Update will probably replace Windows Update gradual. --Off! 18:02, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- I like the idea, but I think it should be done the other way around, if it's done at all. The name "Windows Update" is being used as the name of the update service in Vista, which is replacing the web site entirely, and I suspect the capabilities of "Microsoft Update" will be a part of that. If Microsoft Update replaces Windows Update as the default service on the current OS's, then yes, that's pretty significant, but until we get better information from Microsoft on the subject, we should hold off. Warrens 22:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- It would be best, then, not to merge the articles? 209.6.189.247 04:24, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge to Microsoft Update
Suggested merge to Microsoft Update because almsot all the content in Windows Update are already available in this article. So i suggested a merge. See Talk:Microsoft Update#Merge from Windows Update for discussion. --Voidvector 08:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] See which SP is installed
Is this to be added? - Do it.
Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System to see the number of last SP installed.
Greets,--Saippuakauppias ⇄ 20:28, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
