View Full Version : Non-MS Windows Update? Time to dump IE totally!
http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/
This just seems too good to be true.
|MaguS|
05-08-07, 04:49 PM
Why would you care unless you have a (lee63) version of windows...
Redeemed
05-08-07, 05:13 PM
That's pretty dumb.
This site has been known to hose systems. I used it about 2 years ago and it made my machine BSOD upon reboot.
I was thinking of removing IE from my systems. I think I've seen one other place or utility like it....
http://www.autopatcher.com/
Peoples-Agent
05-09-07, 02:31 AM
I like IE7 in Vista over Firefox simply because it's more stable.
Firefox constantly stops responding for me.
I don't have Vista.....yet. I was thinking of using nlite and maybe litestep to create a slimmed down copy of windows on my HTPC. I think it could make it close to fool proof while still being customizable. This update system could be perfect for that.
|MaguS|
05-09-07, 10:28 AM
(lee63)
(lee63)
Nope, but I seriously consider it every time I upgrade and then have to call some third world country to get a damn number to reactivate.
npras42
05-09-07, 11:41 AM
Why would you care unless you have a (lee63) version of windows...
I have a genuine version of windows xp and I use that site and have done for at least a year.
I don't like using IE period. The old IE lacks features and is a security nightmare (pop-up city). I don't like the interface on the new one, with the address bar at the top and tiny buttons for certain functions.
Besides I might've used it anyway, even if IE was my favourite web browser because I have a strong dislike for that Genuine Advantage thing on principle. I feel it is another time-wasting POS that only affects real genuine Windows users, whereas any person with a pirate version and half a brain can get around it anyway.
EDIT: Also, its not like that site is illegal or doing anything wrong. The files you download come direct from the MS server on to your PC (as the EULA dictates must be the case) and MS know about the website allowing users to do this. They have not acted despite knowing of its existence for at least a year or more that I know of...
|MaguS|
05-09-07, 07:26 PM
I like IE7 in Vista over Firefox simply because it's more stable.
Firefox constantly stops responding for me.
Me too... Im noticing that IE7 loads pages dam fast... faster then XP did. Im flying in this forum now. :D
CDE_1246
05-10-07, 05:40 PM
(lee63) Right Here.
Redeemed
05-10-07, 06:06 PM
(lee63) Right Here.
I wouldn't be proud of that.
|MaguS|
05-10-07, 06:10 PM
I wouldn't be proud of that.
Some people are stupid enough to be... you know stick it to the corperation and them charging for software!
Redeemed
05-10-07, 06:13 PM
Some people are stupid enough to be... you know stick it to the corperation and them charging for software!
Yup. Some people...
God for bid we pay somebody for doing something for us. God forbid that somebody actually needing to earn a living.
Why is it so hard to understand that there is no free lunch?
$n][pErMan
05-10-07, 06:52 PM
Most (lee63) people are those who just don't have jobs or make enough money to acctually buy something they will use on a daily basis. Almost everyone at some point has done the old (lee63) ... but most of us then get real jobs and learn the value of acctually paying and working for something as opposed to stealing it. Anyway, on topic, I love IE7 in Vista and will use nothing else. ;)
I understand why people would use Firefox over IE.. In fact, I'm using Firefox..
But stuff like security updates, I don't mind using IE for just those few mins to pick up the security updates.. Its the most reliable, fastest, and safest way (for most end users)..
Why complicate life and add another outside layer to important maintenance tasks?
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