Windows Update

Ivan · 20-03-2004 11:15PM #1

Anyone check their windows update lately?

Here it is...

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

radiospan · 20-03-2004 11:19PM

There's a "critical update" that removes the Nazi symbol from the Bookman font.

The description of it says that it removes unsuitable characters.

joePC · 20-03-2004 11:20PM

Still cant use it since I installed SP2 Beta release,

Ivan · 20-03-2004 11:20PM

Err, I cant upload a screen-shot of what I'm getting cos its bigger than 102400 bytes or some such. Its 187 kb

I'm gonna try find some webspace of mine and put it up there

Gimme a few mins.

Also, I've been told it may have returned to normal...

Ivan · 20-03-2004 11:22PM

This is what I'm getting...

http://members.boards.ie/ivan/windows.jpg

Creamy Goodness · 20-03-2004 11:27PM

i hate the way you gotta have IE5 or better to use windows update

what about us firefox/opera users

Ivan · 20-03-2004 11:32PM

Is the rest of the world gone crazy all of a sudden... is nobody seeing what I'm seeing?

Creamy Goodness · 20-03-2004 11:34PM

nope i'm not seeing it anyways :S

Makaveli · 21-03-2004 12:14AM

You didn't just go to www.linux.org and wait for it to load and then just type http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ did you?
Not being cynical at all.

Raphael · 21-03-2004 12:20AM

actually he did, when your on windows update the url is diff

Crash · 21-03-2004 12:22AM

Originally posted by Makaveli
You didn't just go to www.linux.org and wait for it to load and then just type http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ did you?
Not being cynical at all.

Pfft, philistine, this is a work of god i tellsya! OF GOD!!

....i'm done now.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-03-2004 12:36AM

it happened on a few different machines here, great stuff

Ivan · 21-03-2004 12:48AM

You'll notice if you follow my link, or click on windows update yourself on your machine, that your sent to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ first, and then redirected to whatever...

Makaveli · 21-03-2004 12:56AM

Yes redirected to http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-03-2004 12:58AM

he ran ms windows update from the lil icon above the start menu..

are you daft or something?

yellum · 21-03-2004 05:36PM

Check the hosts file.

Kold · 21-03-2004 06:34PM

Originally posted by plazz2000
There's a "critical update" that removes the Nazi symbol from the Bookman font.

The description of it says that it removes unsuitable characters.

Really? That's stupid. Are people gonna stop being racist now that the swastika's gone?

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