Windows Update site (version 5) for WinXP?

gbread49 · 08-17-2004, 02:32 PM

I came across the site this morning. It is "Microsoft Windows Update V5". It is active because I checked the link and I got the familiar request to install the ActiveX component to upgrade to version 5 (dated 8/03/2004). I declined the request for now. I assume this is the "new" Windows Update which includes SP2.

Just wondering if anyone else is using or has come across the site and could provide any information.

Here is the link:

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co....aspx?ln=en-us

technobeast · 08-17-2004, 02:48 PM

I've seen it before but as far as I know it's not yet announced (means current is still internal). Sorry that I cannot provide any info. But ... hmmm probably I've seen it before the date you mentioned... so this could be any updated ver.

Pasty901 · 08-17-2004, 03:20 PM

Yup as far as i know on both my computers its the new Windows update site, thats where my link takes me now!

berks · 08-17-2004, 03:38 PM

yeah mine does the same at home!

gbread49 · 08-18-2004, 07:03 PM

Additional Info:

Ok, I went ahead and installed the ActiveX control to update to version 5 of the Windows Update site. New layout, however.....

There is a prompt to "turn-on" Auto Updates. I did not use the prompt. Before I could use the "search for updates feature" I had to install additonal files. It searched for updates, etc.............

Just out of curiousity I checked my settings and found that "Automatic Updates" was now turned on! Grrrrrrrrrrrr! Also there was a new screen for the "SystemProperties/Automatic Updates. Same for the service "Automatic Updates", it was turn on.

So, I turned off "Automatic Updates" in both places (I had it turned off originally) and then went back to the Windows Update site. It started to load, and then I got a message that "Automatic Updates" was turned off and that my computer could not be updated.

So, the only way to update your system using the Windows Update V5 site is to have Automatic Updates turned on!

I hate MS!

technobeast · 08-21-2004, 03:33 AM

A little update: I just saw ~THIS~ article named "(WU) v5 Site Beta testing project finished...nearly" at Neowin.net. So v5 is not yet official.

08-17-2004, 02:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
gbread49 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 744	Windows Update site (version 5) for WinXP? I came across the site this morning. It is "Microsoft Windows Update V5". It is active because I checked the link and I got the familiar request to install the ActiveX component to upgrade to version 5 (dated 8/03/2004). I declined the request for now. I assume this is the "new" Windows Update which includes SP2. Just wondering if anyone else is using or has come across the site and could provide any information. Here is the link: http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co....aspx?ln=en-us __________________

08-17-2004, 02:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	I've seen it before but as far as I know it's not yet announced (means current is still internal). Sorry that I cannot provide any info. But ... hmmm probably I've seen it before the date you mentioned... so this could be any updated ver. __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

08-17-2004, 03:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pasty901 News Writer! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 785	Yup as far as i know on both my computers its the new Windows update site, thats where my link takes me now! __________________ "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."

08-17-2004, 03:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
berks PCTT Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 3,735	yeah mine does the same at home! __________________ Vote For Us!!!

08-18-2004, 07:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
gbread49 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 744	Automatic Updates! Additional Info: Ok, I went ahead and installed the ActiveX control to update to version 5 of the Windows Update site. New layout, however..... There is a prompt to "turn-on" Auto Updates. I did not use the prompt. Before I could use the "search for updates feature" I had to install additonal files. It searched for updates, etc............. Just out of curiousity I checked my settings and found that "Automatic Updates" was now turned on! Grrrrrrrrrrrr! Also there was a new screen for the "SystemProperties/Automatic Updates. Same for the service "Automatic Updates", it was turn on. So, I turned off "Automatic Updates" in both places (I had it turned off originally) and then went back to the Windows Update site. It started to load, and then I got a message that "Automatic Updates" was turned off and that my computer could not be updated. So, the only way to update your system using the Windows Update V5 site is to have Automatic Updates turned on! I hate MS! __________________

08-21-2004, 03:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	A little update: I just saw ~THIS~ article named "(WU) v5 Site Beta testing project finished...nearly" at Neowin.net. So v5 is not yet official. __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

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