"Microsoft Update", as opposed to windows update was brought out ages ago in
XP; it is not something new.
All you had to do to get it in XP, was to ascertain if your Windows XP was
genuine

"Rob" wrote:
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> For some reason I have never really noticed it but under the Windows Update
> settings box in Vista, I see a section at the bottom called Update Service
> with an option to select "Use Microsoft Update".
>
> I searched online and it sounds like if one has, say, Office 2007 then using
> MSFT Update is the way to go as it will also search for updates to Office as
> well as Windows in one centralised process.
>
> My question is; having the service to use MSFT Update enabled, does it
> affect the other settings in Windows Update, such as when to install updates
> or whether to just notify of update(s) availability and manually select and
> install them?[/color]