Ie 8 is the browser used through the control panel to connect to ms update can firefox be used instead?

i like using firefox and ie takes over instantly when i use control panel to check for updates.is your browser uncapable of this task.

MS uses ActiveX controls on the update site, so you can only access that site via IE and not with Firefox or other browsers.

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