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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday October 19 2016, @11:34AM   
from the took-long-enough dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Just a quick heads up for those users and system administrators who are tired of accessing the Microsoft Update Catalog in Internet Explorer or using the workaround to use other browsers: the site is now working in any modern browser.

Simply point your web browser to the main address -- http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx -- and the site should open just fine.

No more using Internet Explorer to download patches from the Update Catalog, or using the RSS feed workaround to download them using other browsers.

I have tested the site with Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi, and it worked fine in all of them. Surprisingly though, it does not work in Microsoft Edge yet because there is still a script running on the page that checks for Edge and intercepts the connection.

Source: http://www.ghacks.net/2016/10/15/microsoft-update-catalog-works-with-any-browser-now/

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• Not much of an improvement. Not much of an improvement. (Score: 3, Informative) by Arik on Wednesday October 19 2016, @12:02PM

  by Arik (4543) on Wednesday October 19 2016, @12:02PM (#416089) Journal

  To obtain updates from this website, scripting must be enabled.
  To use this site to find and download updates, you need to change your security settings to allow ActiveX controls and active scripting. To get updates but allow your security settings to continue blocking potentially harmful ActiveX controls and scripting from other sites, make this site a trusted website:
  In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options. On the Security tab, click the Trusted Sites icon. Click Sites and then add these website addresses one at a time to the list: You can only add one address at a time and you must click Add after each one:
  http://*.update.microsoft.com https://*.update.microsoft.com http://download.windowsupdate.com
  Note: You might have to uncheck the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in the zone option to enter all the addresses.

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• Re:Not much of an improvement. Re:Not much of an improvement. (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @01:36PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @01:36PM (#416122)

  This. The site does not work without JavaScript, but the Lynx browser does not support JavaScript. Therefore the site does not work with the Lynx browser. Shameful!

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  • Re:Not much of an improvement. (Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday October 19 2016, @02:57PM

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday October 19 2016, @02:57PM (#416157) Journal

    Not just Lynx but also Links, W3M, and Arachne are free from javascript entirely. In addition, most browsers that do include the misfeature still include a way to disable it. I asked google how many browsers lack javascript and was told "At least 1 in 10 people who browse the internet have a browser that either can't handle JavaScript, or has JavaScript disabled."
    
    So yeah, you can't rely on javascript and have that work in any browser. That's bullshit on its face. The only thing that works in any browser is HTML.
    
    You know, a webpage. The thing they're refusing to offer here.

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