Re: Unable to personalise Windows Update

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Yeah, I tried that too. I am sure there must be a simple way to use
Windows/Microsoft Update as a way of identiying catalog downloads. There used
to be, so there should still be!

"TaurArian" wrote:

As a matter of interest, I had a look around on MU and "Personalise Windows Update" wasnt
there.
K

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"morisimo" <morisimo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Apologies for my lack of clarity...
|
| I am running XP SP2, and what I am trying to do is use windows update to
| find the updates I need and then to link to the catalog to permantly download
| the ones I need, as is described in this KB article
| (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166), specifically looking at "Method 2"
| for accessing the catalog.
|
| I am not seeing the "Personalise Windows Update" option at all. Is there
| still a way to do this without resorting to manually cross referencing
| between Windows Update and the catalog?
|
| "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
|
| > XP SP2 ? Or, another version of Windows ?
| > There's a ' Change settings ' link in the left frame, but no " Other
| > Options " is visible here.
| > Just what are you attempting to personalize ?
| >
| > BTW, one can download updates for XP SP2 from here, too and save them
| > for future use:
| > http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Home.aspx
| >
| > MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
| > ===============
| > *-343-* FDNY
| > Never Forgotten
| > ===============
| >
| >
| > morisimo wrote:
| >
| > > I am running SP2 and would like to download all the latest hotfixe/updates
| > > etc. I have read about being able to personalise windows update by following
| > > the "Other Options" link in the left hand pane.
| > >
| > > However, I do not see the other options link and cannot "Personalise Windows
| > > Update", which is very frustrating as I don't want to manually select all the
| > > updates in the catalog.
| > >
| > > Am I missing something here, or can you not personalise v6 of windows update?
| >



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