Vista Doesn't Allow QuickTime Updates
I was having problems trying to update QuickTime on my laptop with Vista. Two different laptops, in fact. It would go all the way through the download, click on the UAC to allow the install but then it would fail. No real clue as to why (one of those wonderful non-specific error messages). After much searching through different engines (Live, Google, Yahoo), I started to see some other blogs refering back to this one site. Turns out it's a problem with VBscript being registered properly on Vista. This was not anything related to the error message I was getting, but it did fix it!
Fix for VBScript Error When Installing iTunes/Quicktime on Vista
Showing posts with label QuickTime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label QuickTime. Show all posts
February 08, 2007
Secure QuickTime for Windows?
As announced on this blog by Secunia, if you download QuickTime for Windows, you don't get the most secure version: http://secunia.com/blog/7/
However, there is a procedure for getting the security update on a Windows machine, it's just a little more complicated: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304989
Of course, if you're using a Mac, you get the patched and secure version. Plus, the OS X Software Update would have also updated your QuickTime automatically (if you have it set to do so).
As announced on this blog by Secunia, if you download QuickTime for Windows, you don't get the most secure version: http://secunia.com/blog/7/
However, there is a procedure for getting the security update on a Windows machine, it's just a little more complicated: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304989
Of course, if you're using a Mac, you get the patched and secure version. Plus, the OS X Software Update would have also updated your QuickTime automatically (if you have it set to do so).
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