Importing into WSUS when Edge is your default browser
I wanted to import .Net Framework 4.8 into my WSUS (for Server 2016) and ran into some obstacles. Edge was default but wasn't adding the basket to import. Internet Explorer had the basket but claimed my version of WSUS was incompatible. The solution was based on this post - enable "Allow Sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer Mode" in Edge settings restart Edge add the URLs below (and remove any others) https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/ https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Home.aspx Returning to WSUS and choosing "Import Updates" allowed the import. There is a banner which invites opening in Edge mode (and breaking it again) but it's not like we can expect Microsoft to recognise its own incompatible websites, or properly HTML5-ize WSUS Catalog so I just ignored it. At least they did, apparently , fix Group Policy's HTML Export. This is a rare need for me so the "Allow for 30 days" option was sufficient for what I needed to a...