Hello, i had to do a new install of Windows 7 and Office 2016. Windows is up-to-date, but Windows Update does not offer any update for Office and no option for adding ("You get updates: Only for Windows"). In the past, it was possible to activate updates for "other MS software" later by visiting a site which seems to install a sort of add-on. The link was only working w/ IE and had to be added to a compatibility list before, although it was from microsoft.com (weird.....). I did that several times and it worked few years ago, but seems not anymore. Looks like this: Any way to set Windows Update to search for Office updates, too?
Office updates for what version, all of those versions are eol, later office versions check for updates themselves, If you want WU to be set to MS update you can use this vbs script by @murphy78 (i use it in a setupcomplete.cmd): Code: @echo off echo Set ServiceManager = CreateObject^("Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager"^)>%TEMP%\MSU.vbs echo ServiceManager.ClientApplicationID = "My App">>%TEMP%\MSU.vbs echo Set NewUpdateService = ServiceManager.AddService2^("7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d",7,""^)>>%TEMP%\MSU.vbs %windir%\system32\wscript.exe "%TEMP%\MSU.vbs" >nul TIMEOUT /T 1 >nul :EndOfUT REM Tidy up and self delete. del /F /Q %TEMP%\MSU.vbs >nul del /F /Q %TEMP%\invisible.vbs >nul DEL /F /Q %0% >nul @George King published a reg key for this but i can't find it now.
There is also this one-liner in Powershell. Code: (new-object -c "microsoft.update.servicemanager").addservice2("7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d",7,"")
@Enthousiast Here is registry method usable for offline setup too. Code: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/how-enable-microsoft-update.82825/#post-1635371
That works - amazing! Thanks, guys! As Windows is already installed on the machine, i simply added the two keys/entries in registry, thats it....
I looked this up because I was a bit curious. I found this quote on the interwebs. Internet Quote: "After some trials and tribulations, I've discovered a Microsoft article that explains the opt-in to the Microsoft Update service can no longer be performed by registry edits alone. The steps to enable this optional service require that you explicitly register the machine using the Windows Update Agent (WUA) via a simple VBScript (.vbs) file" I don't remember even sharing the vbs script. It's likely that I copy/pasted it to help someone and didn't know this as I don't use microsoft update myself. Apparently, people were just using the reg edit in older versions of windows and people were possibly complaining about it, so MS changed that to make it harder to do.
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/posts/940082 Iirc, it was one of the first questions i asked and got answered by you