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Using WinXP Pro at home, but here at work, still using Win2000 SP4. Got a push the other day that will not let me run Windows Update <windowsupdate.microsoft.com> because it changed the allowed ActiveX security. Is there a way to get the update app, which is normally ActiveX, so that I can run it locally and it will gather information and then pull the needed updates?

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GivenRandy

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This might be disabled for my group (there is no registry entry for that and I do not get update notices like I do at home).

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It very well could be that your administrator has turned off this feature via the Domain Controller using a GPO for your OU...

You could go to the update site and manually pull the updates down and install them separately, but I would advise you speak to the Network Admin before doing anything else...

Windows Updates Dnload Package

Go to Windows Update; select "Personalize" from "Other Options" in the left menu, and activate the "Display the link to the Windows Catalog" option, if you have not already done so. The Catalog will appear in the "See Also" menu on the left. You can then use the Catalog to pull down whatever Updates and Drivers you want. (It also gives you an easy way to see what you've already downloaded.) Items you select go onto a "download basket" from which you can retrieve and place them where ever you want--- on your hard drive, on a CD or whatever--- for safekeeping and later use.

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Thanks.. hope you got this resolved..

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