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Windows Update on NT 4.0
Name: Rob Date: August 12, 2003 at 05:54:50 Pacific OS: NT 4.0 CPU/Ram: PIII 256MB
Comment:
How do you do windows update on an NT 4.0 machine? I'm looking to get the security patches to hopefully avoid this SANS worm. Any info is appreciated. Thank you.
Name: Mark Joyce Date: August 13, 2003 at 02:55:12 Pacific
Reply:
NO,NO,NO!
Go into internet explorer, look on 'tools' menu. There is option called 'windows update'.
Simple really!
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Response Number 4
Name: smhardesty Date: September 3, 2003 at 13:35:34 Pacific
Reply:
That advice would be kind of OK, if everyone in the world used Internet Explorer. Many of us don't. I don't think I've ever used the Windows update located in IE anyway. Visit the link below to locate the NT service packs.
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/
This page includes info on other security updates as well as updates for things like DUN.
And this link is for Axcel's NT 4.0 Tweaks & Tips.
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