From: "Robert Comer" 

> Went back with a Win2K machine, and got the old page, so XP is migrating
> to
> a different, maybe more intelligent, or maybe just different Update
> engine.

I've seen that one for a long time, I've had SP2 for quite awhile.

It's not really uncommon for Microsoft to update WU.  (We are up to V5 now)
I'd expect and update for older OS's to use it too, but I have no knowledge
of such a thing.

- Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:41265bb7{at}w3.nls.net...
> Oh, and the Windows Update site/pages are now different for XP, at least
> if
> SP2 is in place on Pro.  After updating a system using SUS (which worked
> great, BTW), I used the regular Windows Update Web Page, to see what
> non-critical updates might be there, and I got a request to allow the
> latest
> version of WU to download, so I let it come down (new dialogs displaying),
> and then the page was different, with two options, for two different
> styles
> of update.
>
> Went back with a Win2K machine, and got the old page, so XP is migrating
> to
> a different, maybe more intelligent, or maybe just different Update
> engine.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:412656da$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > This is changing under our feet as we speak.  Today I took a
> fully-patched
>> > machine, set to "download, then ask" to WinUpdate. 
It prompted me with
> a
>> > standard "may I?" dialog for the asx client v5.  I
declined SP2, and
>> > the
>> > pages
>> > in MyComputer had already changed to the new style, and WinUpdate, of
>> > course,
>> > displayed with the new look.
>>
>> I'm not surprised. :(
>>
>> > I also noticed some nice behavior from NIS. (Get thee behind me; shakes
>> > rattle).  A full (with reboot) update of NIS this week gets the WMI
>> > client,
>> > and *intercepts* the security panel installation, advising the user to
> go
>> > with
>> > NIS instead of Windows Firewall.  Accept that, and NIS takes over fully
>> > and
>> > properly, as the only firewall.
>>
>> Oh gak, that's even worse!
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>> "Frank Haber"  wrote in message
>> news:4126540f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > >This is all easy to recreate, install WinXP (anything apparently),
>> > >make
>> > >sure
>> > auto update is turned off from the get-go (not just prompt)  WU up all
> the
>> > patches available -- no security dialog change, turn on autoupdate and
>> > wait
>> > for it to cycle, new security dialog.
>> >
>> > This is changing under our feet as we speak.  Today I took a
> fully-patched
>> > machine, set to "download, then ask" to WinUpdate. 
It prompted me with
> a
>> > standard "may I?" dialog for the asx client v5.  I
declined SP2, and
>> > the
>> > pages
>> > in MyComputer had already changed to the new style, and WinUpdate, of
>> > course,
>> > displayed with the new look.
>> >
>> > I also noticed some nice behavior from NIS. (Get thee behind me; shakes
>> > rattle).  A full (with reboot) update of NIS this week gets the WMI
>> > client,
>> > and *intercepts* the security panel installation, advising the user to
> go
>> > with
>> > NIS instead of Windows Firewall.  Accept that, and NIS takes over fully
>> > and
>> > properly, as the only firewall.
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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