jamie wrote:
> I want to down-load some up-date from the Windows Catalog
> but when I went to download them it asked me what folder
> I wanted to put them in.
> The downloads were-Directx-9 & Windows Media.
> How I'm I suppose to know where they go?
> Most times, well all the time when I'd download from
> Windows up-date the Up-date site put the download where
> it belonged.
> Just where does DirectX-9 go?
> No smart remarks - we are all "new users" at this news-
> group.
> I would think these up-dates would go in a system file or
> a program file (but what program?) not desktop, documents
> ot Computer C/ or D/ those were the only options for
> download.
> One more question-Why are these downloads from Catalog
> not automatic, like the other up-dates?
Shenan wrote:
> If you are downloading from the Catalog, NONE of the updates there
> are "automatic". You are downloading the update for future use.
> When you RUN the update, it should automatically install where it
> needs to be..
>
> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
> Windows Update.. "Scan for Updates"
>
> If you are going to the Windows Update Catalog, that allows you to
> download the updates for future use. It does (or should) not
> install anything. You are simply telling it where to SAVE the file.
>
> Now, if you ARE using the first option and it is asking you this
> question - you got me. Was automatic for the many machines I have
> done it on. What is the exactl method you are using to get to this
> point?
jamie wrote:
> I've up-dated from here before and never had to put
> which file to down-load to.
> To answer our question I go to the Windows up-date site
> then on the right hand side there's Window Catalog up-
> dates. On the next page it shows up-dates. Then I scool
> down to Windows Updates for Windows XP SP1.
> I don't understand? Should an up-date go to a certain
> file.
> If I don't get an answer here I'll repost it later in a
> new post.
> Thanks, jamie
First - your question..
> When I went to open it it did nothing
> but show me the file in the folder. Is this what it
> should do?
Yes - if you used "Windows Update Catalog" and found the updates instead of
SCANNING your machine for them - yes. It downloads and saves them where
ever you tell it to for future installation. You then have to manually run
them. I think you are doing something different than you did before...
Read below.
You should not click on the "Windows Catalog" link UNLESS you want to
download the updates and burn them to CD or store elsewhere for later
installation. (Or if something has gone wrong and you need to re-install a
corrupted installation.)
If you are just trying to update, go to:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Click on "Pick Updates to Install" (left side menu) or "Scan for Updates" on
the right hand side.. Then after it scans your machine, you can see, by
browsing through the left hand menu, what updates you need inthe right hand
side.. You can (after selecting the ones you want) Choose to "Review and
Install updates".
That - I believe - is what you want.
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