Re: Need 2 Years Worth of WinXP Updates

"Richard In Va." wrote

This is what I wound up doing....

Downloaded SP2 at home (DSL) and installed on the PC at work, setup the internet connection (Dialup) and ran MS Update to see what was needed. Copied-and-pasted the list into a word document. Carried the word document home and downloaded the (KB#####) updates from MS Download Center.

While downloading the updates, I prefixed the release date to the file name so I could sort them by date of release.

Burned to disc and installed them on the PC at work one by one (in order of release date).
Took about 1 hour or so to find/download all 69 updates and maybe 2 hours to install them allowing the pc to reboot after each months worth of updates.

I'm sure there is a better way, but this was not all that bad... now that it's done.

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,
Richard in VA
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"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23CKHfrXFHHA.5000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Richard In Va. wrote:

It appears to me that there is a WinXP Security ISO Image file
released for
each month back till at least May 2006. Does this mean I'll need to
download and run each one up till November 2006 to get the PC up to
date?

Sounds like alot of grunt work for what I'm wanting to do. These image
files are probably great for what there intended to do. But I'm
looking for a relatively simple way to update the PC with the updates
that are available after SP2 introduction to current without using
Windows Update. Remember this PC is on Dial-up, but I have DSL at
home.

Richard - The easiest way to handle this is to take the computer home
and update it there using your fast DSL connection.

Malke
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I think that was a good way to do it. Updates should only be obtained from Microsoft.

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