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Windows Update Site down
Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks |
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Windows Update Site down
Andy wrote:
Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . See replies to your same multi-posted message in the Win7 newsgroup. |
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Windows Update Site down
On 05/10/2017 02:19 AM, Andy wrote:
Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks it is not down |
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Windows Update Site down
philo wrote:
On 05/10/2017 02:19 AM, Andy wrote: Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks it is not down An attempt to reach that site with IE6 in WinXP yields "Cannot find server". However, if you try the same thing in Firefox, the server switches to https and a redirect happens. Maybe not what's desired, but the behavior is indicative. I would say the server switches to https, and IE6 cannot handle the certificate issues. So if the OS this is being tested on is WinXP, you'll probably have to switch to at least IE8 and re-test. Windows Update only works through Internet Explorer, so it's up to a user to do whatever is necessary to make IE work again. Paul |
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Windows Update Site down
On 05/10/2017 01:14 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote: On 05/10/2017 02:19 AM, Andy wrote: Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks it is not down An attempt to reach that site with IE6 in WinXP yields "Cannot find server". However, if you try the same thing in Firefox, the server switches to https and a redirect happens. Maybe not what's desired, but the behavior is indicative. I would say the server switches to https, and IE6 cannot handle the certificate issues. So if the OS this is being tested on is WinXP, you'll probably have to switch to at least IE8 and re-test. Windows Update only works through Internet Explorer, so it's up to a user to do whatever is necessary to make IE work again. Paul But he said it was as of just a few days ago, so he probably has some other problem. BTW: A good work-around is Brave Browser, should be recognized as IE |
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Windows Update Site down
philo wrote:
On 05/10/2017 01:14 PM, Paul wrote: philo wrote: On 05/10/2017 02:19 AM, Andy wrote: Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks it is not down An attempt to reach that site with IE6 in WinXP yields "Cannot find server". However, if you try the same thing in Firefox, the server switches to https and a redirect happens. Maybe not what's desired, but the behavior is indicative. I would say the server switches to https, and IE6 cannot handle the certificate issues. So if the OS this is being tested on is WinXP, you'll probably have to switch to at least IE8 and re-test. Windows Update only works through Internet Explorer, so it's up to a user to do whatever is necessary to make IE work again. Paul But he said it was as of just a few days ago, so he probably has some other problem. BTW: A good work-around is Brave Browser, should be recognized as IE Does it run ActiveX ? Windows Update uses ActiveX plugins. That's why it's pretty much the only solution. And going from IE6 to IE8 is about the best you can do. Paul |
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Windows Update Site down
Andy wrote:
Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks The OWA (Outlook Web Access) was down all day today. Had to use the Exchange server... at 1 bps cell modem speed. It started working around 7PM CDT. |
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Windows Update Site down
On Wed, 10 May 2017 03:19:15 -0400, Andy wrote:
Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks Please don't multipost. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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Windows Update Site down
You are right it does redirect to the windows update FAQ pages and first
thing in youre face is winows 10 how to get it Looks like microsoft has pulled the update site down to force XP users to upgrade as if the machine needs a rebuild unless you have all the updates saved you are out of luck. -- AL'S COMPUTERS "Paul" wrote in message news philo wrote: On 05/10/2017 02:19 AM, Andy wrote: Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks it is not down An attempt to reach that site with IE6 in WinXP yields "Cannot find server". However, if you try the same thing in Firefox, the server switches to https and a redirect happens. Maybe not what's desired, but the behavior is indicative. I would say the server switches to https, and IE6 cannot handle the certificate issues. So if the OS this is being tested on is WinXP, you'll probably have to switch to at least IE8 and re-test. Windows Update only works through Internet Explorer, so it's up to a user to do whatever is necessary to make IE work again. Paul |
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Windows Update Site down
Andy wrote:
You are right it does redirect to the windows update FAQ pages and first thing in youre face is winows 10 how to get it Looks like microsoft has pulled the update site down to force XP users to upgrade as if the machine needs a rebuild unless you have all the updates saved you are out of luck. On your WinXP computer, install IE8, then re-test the Windows Update (IE-based) updater. IE8 should have better support for https and Certificates. Even if the practice today is to use SHA2 (SHA256) for certificates instead of SHA1. WinXP may not have SHA2 in its crypto repertoire (not sure). Web site owners are supposed to use some sort of fallback scheme, so that older gear can continue to work. That's why I recommend testing with IE8, before throwing your hands in the air, in disgust. https://blog.cloudflare.com/sha-1-de...r-left-behind/ "Windows XP older than Service Pack 3, for instance, has no SHA-2 support." That's good news... There is a picture of IE6 on that page, failing to connect with https. ******* A sample of an IE8 download (for english ENU). Other language downloads are available. https://download.microsoft.com/downl...XP-x86-ENU.exe Because those use https, you cannot use IE6 to download IE8. Use Firefox instead, to download IE8. (List of URLs for where to get IE8 on the Microsoft site...) https://github.com/Explorer09/Ex-pit...rect-links.txt While the download "IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe" may appear to be big enough to be a "stand-alone" installer, the later versions of Internet Explorer patch the OS for DirectX support, as the later browsers use graphics acceleration. What's annoying about any patching, is the interface on the installer, doesn't tell you what it's doing. The obnoxious behavior might only take 3 minutes... or it can take an hour. And for that hour, it doesn't tell you what it is downloading and installing either. Once IE8 is installed from such a link as above, you *still* need to install the latest "Cumulative Update for IE8", which will be another 16MB download. If WinXP IE8 is patched up to date, that doesn't mean there aren't exploits for it. Microsoft stopped fixing it at some point. IE8 should not be used for general-purpose surfing, and should only be used for Windows Update support. It's getting harder to find a browser with WinXP support. Firefox 52.02 or so, is the last WinXP browser from them. This would be an example of an English version of Firefox, of that (end-of-WinXP-era) release. Vista is being cut off at the same time as WinXP, which tells you there is no technical reason for putting WinXP in the software ghetto like this. Tech reason: Developer = lazy. http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/fire...p%2052.0.2.exe Paul |
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Windows Update Site down
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WinXP may not have SHA2 in its crypto repertoire (not sure). There is a hotfix for Win2K3 SP1 to enable SHA2, so I presume an equivalent exists for XP, given the shared codebase. |
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Windows Update Site down
On 05/10/2017 05:22 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote: On 05/10/2017 01:14 PM, Paul wrote: philo wrote: On 05/10/2017 02:19 AM, Andy wrote: Has any one noticed that since about sunday 5/7/2017 the http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Web site is totaly down no link no any thing . Thanks it is not down An attempt to reach that site with IE6 in WinXP yields "Cannot find server". However, if you try the same thing in Firefox, the server switches to https and a redirect happens. Maybe not what's desired, but the behavior is indicative. I would say the server switches to https, and IE6 cannot handle the certificate issues. So if the OS this is being tested on is WinXP, you'll probably have to switch to at least IE8 and re-test. Windows Update only works through Internet Explorer, so it's up to a user to do whatever is necessary to make IE work again. Paul But he said it was as of just a few days ago, so he probably has some other problem. BTW: A good work-around is Brave Browser, should be recognized as IE Does it run ActiveX ? Windows Update uses ActiveX plugins. That's why it's pretty much the only solution. And going from IE6 to IE8 is about the best you can do. Paul I don't know what Brave Browser uses but from my Linux machine I was able to get to those sites that were accessible only from IE |
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