Windows Updates with Firefox, Opera or Netscape

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If you do not want to use Internet Explorer to update Windows, you may want to try WindizUpdate.

It works with Firefox, Opera, and Netscape.

Reasons they give to use WindizUpdate (based on information from their website)

• No personally identifiable information is collected from your computer.
• It lists just the updates you need. If an update has been superceded by a newer one, it will not ask you to install the older one.
• Using enhanced data from MBSA, WindizUpdate will find more security patches needed for your O/S than the "other" website.
• If there is a security issue with a component that you have not got installed, it will not ask you to update it. For example, if you have not installed hyperterminal, it will not update it.
• It is not restricted to just Microsoft products. Software from other vendors can also be updated.
• Upgrading to the latest version of Internet Explorer is not considered a Critical Update!
• Works on Windows versions no longer supported by Microsoft -- Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95
• The plugin is not an ActiveX control.
• Integrated download manager with error detection -- you can cancel downloads at any time, and the next time you wish to install the cancelled update, it will continue from where it left off. Only corrupted sections of the file are redownloaded.

Disadvantages (based on information from their website)

• There is a delay from when new updates are released from Microsoft to when they appear on this site.
• You'll need to upgrade your browser if you're using MSIE 4.xx -- This site won't work, neither will Microsoft's.