Windows update on firefox?

[ajbrun]

I've now started using firefox, because a lot of people have said that with IE you'll catch something real quick. I was just wondering if there was a way to download updates from the Windows update site using firefox (it say I need IE 5 or above). I do have auto update on, I just like to check back once in a while, just in case.

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

oh and please don't say "use linux"!

[directhex]

windowsupdate needs to be able to alter critical system files easily.

only msie gives easy access to your critical system files to websites

[ajbrun]

OK, thanks - there's no "extension" I can get for this that you know of is there?

[directhex]

there's an extension to allow use of msie activex objects in firefox.

it's a suicidal security breach.

[ajbrun]

Ah - well if it's a security breach, then I won't bother. The whole point of me moving to firefox was because so many people said IE was too much of a risk.

Thanks anyway.

[Sk!mD4Rk]

Anything wrong with just using IE to update windows? or have you uninstalled it?

[directhex]

no, and you can't uninstall it

[m0dm0]

no, and you can't uninstall it

I think you can with this...

http://nuhi.msfn.org/nlite.html

m0.

[directhex]

internet explorer is a front end to mshtml.dll

take out mshtml.dll, explorer (i.e. the windows gui) won't load