Windows Update Beta

I installed this on my XP Pro laptop. The updated ActiveX control loaded, but got an HTTP 500 internal server error when I connected to get the updates. I'll take a look at this later.

From bink.nu:

Microsoft has quietly started testing its Microsoft Update service, which will replace Windows Update later this year. Like Windows Update, Microsoft Update will give Windows users a central location to download Windows-related patches and software updates. But Microsoft Update will also provide update downloads for all supported Microsoft non-Windows applications, including Microsoft Office.
Microsoft has been planning the move to Microsoft Update for some time. I first wrote about the service in July 2003 (see the first URL below). But moving to Microsoft Update required a lot of back-end work.

First, Microsoft moved to the V5 software update engine that now provides the foundation for the current versions of Windows Update, Automatic Updates, and the company's other software update products.

http://update.microsoft.com/