How to Get stuff of windowsupdate that the scan does not pick up?

[Davegod75]

I know windowsupdate has updated drivers for my modem but is not picking it up.

Is there a way to manually get stuff off windowsupdate?

 

[DWW]

This problem happens VERY often for me and people whom I do work for. On XP Pro, 2000, and 98 using dialup, dsl and cable its happened to me. The best thing is to turn on automatic updates in XP if that is what you are running... you weren't specific on that. I think 2K has a program you can download for that as well... you might have to wait 10 or 15 mins after installing it for it to run but it should work.

Also, windowsupdate has "Personalize Windows Update" feature. Turn this on. Then select the "Windows Update Catalog" once you've added this and goto the menu you can use this option. It will allow you to manually select which operating system, driver, manufacturer, and hardware you want driver for.

But yeah, windowsupdate generally SUCKS for me and most others Its a shame it used to work great.

 

[John]

Windows update catalog

 

[Lord Evermore]

Why not just download the drivers from the maker of the modem?

You can view your installation history via the link on the left side. If it shows you've already installed them, then that's all there is to it. How do you "know" there are updated drivers if it doesn't list them as available?

You can also use the Windows Catalog to search for specific updates, but if Windows Update thinks you've already installed it you can't install it again that way.

In the properties for the modem, you can also select the Update Driver option.

 

[Davegod75]

well i'm looking for the latest LT modem chipset drivers. apparently windows update for some is listing a new version 8.27. Agere (lucent) only has 8.22 on their site. some gay pay site has 8.28 but i'm not paying for drivers.

i looked through the windows catalog but all it had was pictures and descriptions of winxp compatible hardware. I didn't see any links for newest drivers.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Go to the catalog, select search for hardware drivers. Select Agere, WinXP, hit search. It's 4th from the bottom of the list.

You may want to reconsider downloading it though:

http://808hi.com/56k/ltwin7.asp

Windows Update - Caution! As of 13-Mar-03, Microsoft has added driver version 8.27 to Windows Update for XP. 8.27 is a special build that disables V.92 and V.44 to prevent a rare compatibility issue that will be addressed in a later release. This isn't a good choice for anyone wanting to use "the latest and greatest". XP users may find this driver automatically installed depending upon Windows Update settings!

 

[Davegod75]

tks...that was easy....must be studying to much .

Well if 8.27 disables it then I would think 8.26 had those features... and it's listed there.