Re: Windows Xp Updates / SP2 - how to backup?
From: Lew (lewill_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/23/04
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:32:47 -0400
What is SP3 updates? I just installed SP2 on three machines and none show
any SP3 updates available.
-- Lew "André Cruz" <andre.cruz@sapo.pt> wrote in message news:%23A9FhJTiEHA.2668@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > Hello, > > The best way it´s to splipstream SP2 into XP as mention before... as for > Windows XP SP1, SP2 and SP3, yes the latest SP3 includes all the updates > to date, as for the updates you were getting from the net itself they are > stored in a temporary location, normally in your last HD under the name > wupdate (this folder is hide) and when the update finish windows itself > clean it, you can while the windows is downloading the updates copy them > to a new location but if it´s an express update normally it needs to acess > the web to complete the instalation... > > Hope this helps > > "Adam Schneider" <Adam Schneider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:218F8349-ABA9-4C5E-A848-317261B69CDA@microsoft.com... >> My first request: >> >> Hi everyone! >> My problem is the following: I regularly download the >> newest windows as well as office updates. However, when >> it comes to formating the computer, which I do once a >> year, all these updates are naturally erased and I have >> to download them again. This usually involves a few >> hundred MBs and as my monthly download limit is 1GB this >> may cause a problem. >> Therefore, I would like to know if there is a possibility >> to store the update setup files and just install them >> again after formating without having to download them >> over and over again. Does that possibility exist, where >> can I find those vital update setup files??? >> >> Please help me, >> Adam >> >> >> Answer by Stephen: >> >> MS has a page where you can download SP2 which includes >> SP1 and store it on your hard drive. The Service Packs for >> Office are also downloadable. When given a choice between >> Save and Run, you choose Save and download the file to disk. >> >> You must have a cd-writer so that you can burn backup cds. >> You can "slipstream" windows xp with SP2. This software >> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337 >> is very easy to use. The combo will all get installed in one shot. >> >> Your other software updates, new firmware, new drivers >> should be downloaded and stored on your drive within >> folders that are named clearly. Then you use software >> like Nero or Roxio to write those files from the hard drive >> to a cd using a cd-writer which records the files. CD-writers >> make backups of your system which you can store on 6-12 >> Cds which are cheap, you don't need what they call rewritable. >> A cd-rom which will write files to a cd is a must for any user >> who does serious work on a modern computer. The software >> is easy to use. >> >> Regards, >> Stephen >> >> >> My response to Stephens help: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> I thought my first reply was lost as I accidentally pressed close, so I >> had >> to write it all again. This is the newer and better version. >> Thanks a lot for your quick response and the helpful information!! >> First of all, from what I understand, the downloadable version of SP2 is >> meant for deployment to multiple computers over a network, whereas SP2 >> for a >> single computer is yet to come. >> Secondly, are you 100% sure that SP2 includes SP1 as well as all other >> previous windows updates? >> Is it the same with Microsoft Office? Does SP3 include all previous >> updates? >> About the "slipstreaming" windows xp with SP2: Do you mean to say that it >> is >> possible for me to merge my windows XP CD with SP2 and thus create an >> image >> file containing both by using the software offered at >> "http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=188337"? Should I then >> burn >> the image on CD and use it to format my pc or could that be risky? Is it >> safer to first install windows normally and only then to update it with >> SP2? >> Despite the fact that you think that windows updates are stored within >> clearly labeled folders on my hard drive, I still can't seem to find >> them. >> Could you perhaps name their default location? >> Another upsetting fact is that loads of so-called "XP Hotfixes" are >> listed >> in my "add or remove programs". I suspect them to be my downloaded >> updates. >> However, as it is possible to uninstall them, doesn't that mean that >> their >> components must be stored somewhere, hopefully even as exe setup files, >> which >> I could, were I to finally find them, easily store on my external USB >> hard >> drive or onto a CD as you suggested? Even more confusing is the fact that >> many Hotfixes have (SP2) written next to them, whereas it still says >> "Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 1" in my >> System >> Properties. >> Please help me out one more time, >> Adam Schneider >> >> >> Could somebody help me with my final questions? >> Stephen doesn't seem to realize that I have new questions. >> Thank you very much, >> Adam >> >> > >
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