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Type the windows update web site into the firefox browser, bookmark it. &nbsp;and run it from there<br />
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Type the windows update web site into the firefox browser, bookmark it.  and run it from there

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Windows XP SP2 automatically downloads and installs updates, pretty much whether you want to or not. You can turn it off, but it seems to download them automatically, and install them whenever the computer is booted. This needs no browser, since its built into windows, but most microsoft programs run the same internet settings as IE, (MSN, Outlook, Office.. etc.) so you should set your proxy settings (if needed) in IE and just not use it. 
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Windows XP SP2 automatically downloads and installs updates, pretty much whether you want to or not. You can turn it off, but it seems to download them automatically, and install them whenever the computer is booted. This needs no browser, since its built into windows, but most microsoft programs run the same internet settings as IE, (MSN, Outlook, Office.. etc.) so you should set your proxy settings (if needed) in IE and just not use it.

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I want to disable Internet Explorer on all our PCs because of the security problems, but you can't get windows updates from their web site with other browsers such as Firefox. &nbsp;How about if you have automatic download and installation of updates running in the background? &nbsp;Will that work with Firefox?<br />
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I want to disable Internet Explorer on all our PCs because of the security problems, but you can't get windows updates from their web site with other browsers such as Firefox.  How about if you have automatic download and installation of updates running in the background?  Will that work with Firefox?




Automatic Windows Updates in Firefox?

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.