internet explorer 8 download automatic for windows xp

It opens up IE-8, then searches to see if I have the 'latest' update SW, then a panel comes up with a choice of 'express or custom' search. I use the 'start' menu and then the 'Microsoft Update' hot button. Everything worked fine as of the 'April' updates, but can't get through as of just a few minutes ago. My OS has all of the updates, so I'm really only looking for updates for my Office Suite. I usually wait until the second 'Wednesday' to manually look for updates. I keep auto update 'off' so that it doesn't bog down my system. I'm thinking MS has (intentionally or otherwise) changed something that has made IE8 permanently unable to get to that site. The common suggestions for when this has occurred in the past are not working.

Has anyone run into this and corrected it? This is not a 'computer-specific' issue at this point something changed with the certs or authentication server-side. I then booted up a couple of the others that are still hanging around, and which within the last few weeks DID successfully access the site, and none are able to go to it anymore. However, the Windows Update website at least does not initially load with HTTPS so I'm a bit confused. IE8 says it 'cannot display the webpage' which is typically a cert or other security-related issue. Thing is, the latest one I built, completed last night, cannot go to the Windows Update website.

Once fully updated, open IE8, go to Windows Update site, and proceed with updates that Automatic Updates will not fetch (e.g.

Turn on automatic updates and do all the updates it will fetch (e.g.

Install required drivers brought over from another machine by USB stick (e.g.

I've been using OEM media and the keys off the bottom of the laptops so it's all super easy, and legit on top of that. XP is an appropriate fit for the hardware and software involved.ĥ laptops now, one P3, two P4, one PM and one Turion, have all had XP Pro (with SP3) installed fresh off the disc. There's money in it for me and I enjoy it. I've been tinkering with a bunch of old laptops over the last month or two, getting them ready for some legacy applications (things that require hardware serial ports and so on).

Internet explorer 8 download automatic for windows xp