How to change the appearance of Windows Update

I have a laptop with Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 on it, and Windows Update looks like the "standard" method I also have a friend, his computer running SP1, but its Windows Update seems more "cooler", as in it has tabs allow you to separate important updats of other updates, and there is also a small bar of the preview to the right of the screen when you click on an update. I noticed that when I still had the SP1, it still seemed the same.

The 'cooler' look is due to the Windows Update Agent (WUAgent) v7.4.7600.266 being installed on your friend's computer, but not on your (yet).

You can wait patiently until the Automatic Updates installs the new WUAgent in silence and in the background, or you can install it manually. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946928

Related: http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2009/08/17/reminder-on-upcoming-update-for-windows-update.aspx ~ Robear Dyer (PA bear); MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002. DISCLAIMER: I do not represent nor don't work for Microsoft

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