Microsoft Office updates

Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5
The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to start
getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates for
Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

--
Thank you,
Jo-Anne

On 7/18/2015 12:57 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:48:17 -0500, Jo-Anne
wrote:

Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5
The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to start
getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates for
Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

That is the box you want to have checked.


KenW


Where is the box to check?

On 18/07/2015 18:48:17, Jo-Anne wrote:
Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include updates
for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen says: "Get
updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I clicked on it and was
taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5
The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my Office
2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to start getting
these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates for Windows Updates. Is
there something similar in Windows 7?

Open windows update, click on change settings, tick the Microsoft
Update box
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/23434...n-just-the-os/

--
mick

Hi, Jo-Anne.

It's very easy to miss the subtle distinction between "WINDOWS Update" (WU)
and "MICROSOFT Update" (MU), because so often we think of Windows and
Microsoft as synonyms.

But, as the screens tell us, WU downloads updates for only Windows itself.
MU includes WU, but also gets updates for MS programs other than Windows -
such as Office and its components (Word, Excel, etc.), Skype, MS Money, and
many others.

RC
-- --
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3528.0331) in Win8.1 Pro w/Media Center


"Jo-Anne" wrote in message ...

Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5
The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to start
getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates for
Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

--
Thank you,
Jo-Anne

On 7/18/2015 1:31 PM, mick wrote:
On 18/07/2015 18:48:17, Jo-Anne wrote:
Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5

The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows
Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to
start getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates
for Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

Open windows update, click on change settings, tick the Microsoft Update
box
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/23434...n-just-the-os/



Thank you, Mick. Now I see the problem. When I click on "Find out more"
in Windows Update on my computer, I'm NOT taken to the Microsoft Update
page shown at the howtogeek website, so I have no way to tell Microsoft
that I want Microsoft Update added to my Windows Update.

Ken, the box to check and uncheck in Windows Update settings doesn't
exist yet on my computer. Apparently, I have to ask for it at the
Microsoft Update webpage--which does not show up--but should--when I
click on "Find out more." There seems to be a bug that takes me to a
page with nothing but the text I quoted above and a screenshot of how to
open Windows Update.

If someone could point me to the real Microsoft Update page where the
setting I want can be clicked on, I would be grateful.

Also, perhaps others could try clicking on "Find out more" in Windows
Update to see if the bug I've encountered is anywhere other than on my
computer.

--
Thank you,
Jo-Anne

On 18/07/2015 20:23, Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/18/2015 1:31 PM, mick wrote:
On 18/07/2015 18:48:17, Jo-Anne wrote:
Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5


The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for
updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows
Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to
start getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates
for Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

Open windows update, click on change settings, tick the Microsoft Update
box
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/23434...n-just-the-os/




Thank you, Mick. Now I see the problem. When I click on "Find out more"
in Windows Update on my computer, I'm NOT taken to the Microsoft Update
page shown at the howtogeek website, so I have no way to tell Microsoft
that I want Microsoft Update added to my Windows Update.

Ken, the box to check and uncheck in Windows Update settings doesn't
exist yet on my computer. Apparently, I have to ask for it at the
Microsoft Update webpage--which does not show up--but should--when I
click on "Find out more." There seems to be a bug that takes me to a
page with nothing but the text I quoted above and a screenshot of how to
open Windows Update.

If someone could point me to the real Microsoft Update page where the
setting I want can be clicked on, I would be grateful.

Also, perhaps others could try clicking on "Find out more" in Windows
Update to see if the bug I've encountered is anywhere other than on my
computer.


If you go to Windows update, there is a list of options on the left -
Check for Updates / Change Settings / View update history, etc.

Can you see those?

If so, click on Change settings

You'll then get a screen headed "Choose how Windows can install updates"

One of the checkboxes towards the bottom of screen is:
Microsoft Update
Give me updates for Microsoft products and check for new optional
Microsoft software when I update Windows

Check that box and then click OK - and you should be home and dry!
--
Cheers,
Roger
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checked.

On 7/18/2015 2:46 PM, Roger Mills wrote:
On 18/07/2015 20:23, Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/18/2015 1:31 PM, mick wrote:
On 18/07/2015 18:48:17, Jo-Anne wrote:
Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5



The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for
updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows
Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to
start getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates
for Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

Open windows update, click on change settings, tick the Microsoft Update
box
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/23434...n-just-the-os/





Thank you, Mick. Now I see the problem. When I click on "Find out more"
in Windows Update on my computer, I'm NOT taken to the Microsoft Update
page shown at the howtogeek website, so I have no way to tell Microsoft
that I want Microsoft Update added to my Windows Update.

Ken, the box to check and uncheck in Windows Update settings doesn't
exist yet on my computer. Apparently, I have to ask for it at the
Microsoft Update webpage--which does not show up--but should--when I
click on "Find out more." There seems to be a bug that takes me to a
page with nothing but the text I quoted above and a screenshot of how to
open Windows Update.

If someone could point me to the real Microsoft Update page where the
setting I want can be clicked on, I would be grateful.

Also, perhaps others could try clicking on "Find out more" in Windows
Update to see if the bug I've encountered is anywhere other than on my
computer.


If you go to Windows update, there is a list of options on the left -
Check for Updates / Change Settings / View update history, etc.

Can you see those?

If so, click on Change settings

You'll then get a screen headed "Choose how Windows can install updates"

One of the checkboxes towards the bottom of screen is:
Microsoft Update
Give me updates for Microsoft products and check for new optional
Microsoft software when I update Windows

Check that box and then click OK - and you should be home and dry!


No. As I've said before, that option does NOT exist on my Windows 7
computer. According to the howtogeek website that Mick pointed me to,
you first have to choose Microsoft Updates from the Microsoft Updates
website. Once you've done that, it will show up as an option when you
click Change Settings. I cannot get to any Microsoft Update page, and
I'm at a loss as to how to proceed. I've googled Microsoft Update and
found what should be the right page, but it's the same one I've been
getting all along and that I described earlier. It's useless.

Thank you for your effort--but until I can get to the Microsoft Update
website with the option to add Microsoft Update to Windows Update, I'm
stuck.

--
Jo-Anne

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
On 7/18/2015 2:46 PM, Roger Mills wrote:
On 18/07/2015 20:23, Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/18/2015 1:31 PM, mick wrote:
On 18/07/2015 18:48:17, Jo-Anne wrote:
Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5



The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for
updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows
Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not
useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to
start getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates
for Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

Open windows update, click on change settings, tick the Microsoft
Update
box
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/23434...n-just-the-os/





Thank you, Mick. Now I see the problem. When I click on "Find out more"
in Windows Update on my computer, I'm NOT taken to the Microsoft Update
page shown at the howtogeek website, so I have no way to tell Microsoft
that I want Microsoft Update added to my Windows Update.

Ken, the box to check and uncheck in Windows Update settings doesn't
exist yet on my computer. Apparently, I have to ask for it at the
Microsoft Update webpage--which does not show up--but should--when I
click on "Find out more." There seems to be a bug that takes me to a
page with nothing but the text I quoted above and a screenshot of how to
open Windows Update.

If someone could point me to the real Microsoft Update page where the
setting I want can be clicked on, I would be grateful.

Also, perhaps others could try clicking on "Find out more" in Windows
Update to see if the bug I've encountered is anywhere other than on my
computer.


If you go to Windows update, there is a list of options on the left -
Check for Updates / Change Settings / View update history, etc.

Can you see those?

If so, click on Change settings

You'll then get a screen headed "Choose how Windows can install updates"

One of the checkboxes towards the bottom of screen is:
Microsoft Update
Give me updates for Microsoft products and check for new optional
Microsoft software when I update Windows

Check that box and then click OK - and you should be home and dry!


No. As I've said before, that option does NOT exist on my Windows 7
computer. According to the howtogeek website that Mick pointed me to, you
first have to choose Microsoft Updates from the Microsoft Updates website.
Once you've done that, it will show up as an option when you click Change
Settings. I cannot get to any Microsoft Update page, and I'm at a loss as
to how to proceed. I've googled Microsoft Update and found what should be
the right page, but it's the same one I've been getting all along and that
I described earlier. It's useless.

Thank you for your effort--but until I can get to the Microsoft Update
website with the option to add Microsoft Update to Windows Update, I'm
stuck.

Have you gone to Control Panel, Windows Update?

Chris

On 7/18/2015 3:11 PM, Chris S wrote:

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
On 7/18/2015 2:46 PM, Roger Mills wrote:
On 18/07/2015 20:23, Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/18/2015 1:31 PM, mick wrote:
On 18/07/2015 18:48:17, Jo-Anne wrote:
Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5




The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for
updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows
Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not
useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to
start getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates
for Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

Open windows update, click on change settings, tick the Microsoft
Update
box
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/23434...n-just-the-os/






Thank you, Mick. Now I see the problem. When I click on "Find out more"
in Windows Update on my computer, I'm NOT taken to the Microsoft Update
page shown at the howtogeek website, so I have no way to tell Microsoft
that I want Microsoft Update added to my Windows Update.

Ken, the box to check and uncheck in Windows Update settings doesn't
exist yet on my computer. Apparently, I have to ask for it at the
Microsoft Update webpage--which does not show up--but should--when I
click on "Find out more." There seems to be a bug that takes me to a
page with nothing but the text I quoted above and a screenshot of
how to
open Windows Update.

If someone could point me to the real Microsoft Update page where the
setting I want can be clicked on, I would be grateful.

Also, perhaps others could try clicking on "Find out more" in Windows
Update to see if the bug I've encountered is anywhere other than on my
computer.


If you go to Windows update, there is a list of options on the left -
Check for Updates / Change Settings / View update history, etc.

Can you see those?

If so, click on Change settings

You'll then get a screen headed "Choose how Windows can install updates"

One of the checkboxes towards the bottom of screen is:
Microsoft Update
Give me updates for Microsoft products and check for new optional
Microsoft software when I update Windows

Check that box and then click OK - and you should be home and dry!


No. As I've said before, that option does NOT exist on my Windows 7
computer. According to the howtogeek website that Mick pointed me to,
you first have to choose Microsoft Updates from the Microsoft Updates
website. Once you've done that, it will show up as an option when you
click Change Settings. I cannot get to any Microsoft Update page, and
I'm at a loss as to how to proceed. I've googled Microsoft Update and
found what should be the right page, but it's the same one I've been
getting all along and that I described earlier. It's useless.

Thank you for your effort--but until I can get to the Microsoft Update
website with the option to add Microsoft Update to Windows Update, I'm
stuck.

Have you gone to Control Panel, Windows Update?

Chris

I've tried everything, Chris.

Here's an image of what my Change Settings page in Windows Update looks
like:

http://i61.tinypic.com/e5g47n.jpg

There is no option to check a box for Microsoft Update.

--
Jo-Anne

Jo-Anne wrote:
There is no option to check a box for Microsoft Update.

I agree with Jo-Anne's observations and experience. My Win7 does not
function to provide 'MS' update (for other than Windows). There is also
a screen in the update settings which has an alleged function:

Get updates for other Microsoft products. link Find out more.

The linked findoutmore simply goes to this functionless page:

http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5

....which only says Use your Start menu to check for updates with
screenshots showing how to click on _Windows_ updates.


--
Mike Easter

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
On 7/18/2015 3:11 PM, Chris S wrote:

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
On 7/18/2015 2:46 PM, Roger Mills wrote:
On 18/07/2015 20:23, Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/18/2015 1:31 PM, mick wrote:
On 18/07/2015 18:48:17, Jo-Anne wrote:
Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5




The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for
updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows
Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not
useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to
start getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates
for Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

Open windows update, click on change settings, tick the Microsoft
Update
box
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/23434...n-just-the-os/






Thank you, Mick. Now I see the problem. When I click on "Find out
more"
in Windows Update on my computer, I'm NOT taken to the Microsoft
Update
page shown at the howtogeek website, so I have no way to tell
Microsoft
that I want Microsoft Update added to my Windows Update.

Ken, the box to check and uncheck in Windows Update settings doesn't
exist yet on my computer. Apparently, I have to ask for it at the
Microsoft Update webpage--which does not show up--but should--when I
click on "Find out more." There seems to be a bug that takes me to a
page with nothing but the text I quoted above and a screenshot of
how to
open Windows Update.

If someone could point me to the real Microsoft Update page where the
setting I want can be clicked on, I would be grateful.

Also, perhaps others could try clicking on "Find out more" in Windows
Update to see if the bug I've encountered is anywhere other than on my
computer.


If you go to Windows update, there is a list of options on the left -
Check for Updates / Change Settings / View update history, etc.

Can you see those?

If so, click on Change settings

You'll then get a screen headed "Choose how Windows can install
updates"

One of the checkboxes towards the bottom of screen is:
Microsoft Update
Give me updates for Microsoft products and check for new optional
Microsoft software when I update Windows

Check that box and then click OK - and you should be home and dry!


No. As I've said before, that option does NOT exist on my Windows 7
computer. According to the howtogeek website that Mick pointed me to,
you first have to choose Microsoft Updates from the Microsoft Updates
website. Once you've done that, it will show up as an option when you
click Change Settings. I cannot get to any Microsoft Update page, and
I'm at a loss as to how to proceed. I've googled Microsoft Update and
found what should be the right page, but it's the same one I've been
getting all along and that I described earlier. It's useless.

Thank you for your effort--but until I can get to the Microsoft Update
website with the option to add Microsoft Update to Windows Update, I'm
stuck.

Have you gone to Control Panel, Windows Update?

Chris

I've tried everything, Chris.

Here's an image of what my Change Settings page in Windows Update looks
like:

http://i61.tinypic.com/e5g47n.jpg

There is no option to check a box for Microsoft Update.

--
Jo-Anne

7. Get a "Microsoft Update" for other Microsoft Products
NOTE: This will let you turn on or off to also receive updates for other
products from Microsoft Update that you have installed on your computer in
Windows Update.
A) If you see this instead of the screenshots under step 3, then:
WARNING: This requires that you have Internet Explorer, and it not turned
off in Windows Features.

Note the warning!

Chris

Mike Easter wrote:
Get updates for other Microsoft products. link Find out more.

This technet link advice does NOT work as advertised:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/.../ff642466.aspx If you do
not already have Windows Update integrated with Microsoft Update, you
will see the message “Get updates for other Microsoft products” on the
Windows Update home page. To enable checking for other products, click
the Find Out More option shown beside this message. This will take you
to the Microsoft Update site for some quick installation steps.


That failure includes having IE11 operational.

It seems to me that something is wrong with the MS link in the updates
function. In my experience MS has a big problem with keeping its
gazillion webpages properly operational.


--
Mike Easter

Chris S wrote:

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
On 7/18/2015 3:11 PM, Chris S wrote:

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
On 7/18/2015 2:46 PM, Roger Mills wrote:
On 18/07/2015 20:23, Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/18/2015 1:31 PM, mick wrote:
On 18/07/2015 18:48:17, Jo-Anne wrote:
Windows Update on my Windows 7 computer does not appear to include
updates for Microsoft Office. I noticed today that the Update
screen
says: "Get updates for other Microsoft products. Find out more." I
clicked on it and was taken to
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind...&&thankspage=5





The only text on that page was: "Use your Start menu to check for
updates
Windows Update is included in Control Panel. To check for updates:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows
Update."

And of course that took me back to my usual Windows Update. Not
useful.

So...given that I find no mention of Word, Excel, or any other
of my
Office 2007 programs in my Update history, I'd like to know how to
start getting these updates. In XP, I substituted Microsoft Updates
for Windows Updates. Is there something similar in Windows 7?

Open windows update, click on change settings, tick the Microsoft
Update
box
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/23434...n-just-the-os/







Thank you, Mick. Now I see the problem. When I click on "Find out
more"
in Windows Update on my computer, I'm NOT taken to the Microsoft
Update
page shown at the howtogeek website, so I have no way to tell
Microsoft
that I want Microsoft Update added to my Windows Update.

Ken, the box to check and uncheck in Windows Update settings doesn't
exist yet on my computer. Apparently, I have to ask for it at the
Microsoft Update webpage--which does not show up--but should--when I
click on "Find out more." There seems to be a bug that takes me to a
page with nothing but the text I quoted above and a screenshot of
how to
open Windows Update.

If someone could point me to the real Microsoft Update page where the
setting I want can be clicked on, I would be grateful.

Also, perhaps others could try clicking on "Find out more" in Windows
Update to see if the bug I've encountered is anywhere other than
on my
computer.


If you go to Windows update, there is a list of options on the left -
Check for Updates / Change Settings / View update history, etc.

Can you see those?

If so, click on Change settings

You'll then get a screen headed "Choose how Windows can install
updates"

One of the checkboxes towards the bottom of screen is:
Microsoft Update
Give me updates for Microsoft products and check for new optional
Microsoft software when I update Windows

Check that box and then click OK - and you should be home and dry!


No. As I've said before, that option does NOT exist on my Windows 7
computer. According to the howtogeek website that Mick pointed me to,
you first have to choose Microsoft Updates from the Microsoft Updates
website. Once you've done that, it will show up as an option when you
click Change Settings. I cannot get to any Microsoft Update page, and
I'm at a loss as to how to proceed. I've googled Microsoft Update and
found what should be the right page, but it's the same one I've been
getting all along and that I described earlier. It's useless.

Thank you for your effort--but until I can get to the Microsoft Update
website with the option to add Microsoft Update to Windows Update, I'm
stuck.

Have you gone to Control Panel, Windows Update?

Chris

I've tried everything, Chris.

Here's an image of what my Change Settings page in Windows Update
looks like:

http://i61.tinypic.com/e5g47n.jpg

There is no option to check a box for Microsoft Update.

--
Jo-Anne

7. Get a "Microsoft Update" for other Microsoft Products
NOTE: This will let you turn on or off to also receive updates for other
products from Microsoft Update that you have installed on your computer
in Windows Update.
A) If you see this instead of the screenshots under step 3, then:
WARNING: This requires that you have Internet Explorer, and it not
turned off in Windows Features.

Note the warning!

Chris

Probably needs an ActiveX capable browser, for the
Microsoft Update code to load.

I'm surprised there isn't the equivalent of the
Windows Update Agent 3 download to do this, but I
wasn't able to find such a beast as a substitute.

OK, fired up a real Win7 machine, and when I click the
button, I see several URLs flash by. This one seems
to be in my history.

http://update.microsoft.com/microsof...6/default.aspx

At the bottom of Internet Explorer window, you will see

Windows Update Vista Web Control Allow?

It's probably a wee security problem, where the browser
doesn't want to run it. I'm not accepting that right
now, because I'm fine with WU as it is :-)

Anyway, give the link at try (i.e. someone who wants MU
instead of WU), and see what happens when that ActiveX
is installed.

Paul

On 7/18/2015 4:01 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
How about the Office web page.


KenW


Where is that, Ken? I tried updating directly from Microsoft Word and
got the same functionless page I described earlier and that Mike Easter
confirmed. I'm guessing the link to the needed page is broken.

--
Jo-Anne

Mike Easter wrote:
That failure includes having IE11 operational.

It seems to me that something is wrong with the MS link in the updates
function. In my experience MS has a big problem with keeping its
gazillion webpages properly operational.

Apparently one has to reconfigure IE11 according to this forum discussion;

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...w7itproinstall
Can't get Windows update to download updates for other MS products

qp
- add *.microsoft.com in Internet Explorer 11 to trusted sites
- add microsoft.com in IE to compatibility view
/qp


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Mike Easter