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Mozilla and Microsoft Update

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by shadowhawk, 2003/08/21.

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    shadowhawk

    shadowhawk Inactive Thread Starter

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    If I disguise Mozilla as IE 6, can I use it to download M$ Windows updates, or do I have to use IE?
     
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    Arie

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    You have to use IE, because the update site relies on ActiveX.
     
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    shadowhawk

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    Oh, Mozilla can't run ActiveX scripts?
     
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    Shadowhawk,

    Some information on the Mozilla ActiveX Project

    http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html#ActiveX

    "The Mozilla ActiveX Plugin was written by Adam Lock of Netscape to add ActiveX support to Mozilla. Development is not yet complete. This plugin is included with Netscape 7.1, and is configured to only work with the Windows Media Player control. An XPI package is available for Mozilla 1.4.

    IMPORTANT! This plugin can be configured to download and install ActiveX controls, which can be a security risk. This is configured using activex.js. "

    Ramona :D
     
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    Hmmm, I probably won't get that. ActiveX is what allows spyware to be downloaded. I like that this browser doesn't allow that garbage on my machine.
     
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