Phone disconnect causes update to fail

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Never mind the 30+ HOURS that it will take to download KB951847 update on my
dial-up connection -- After downloading it for about 3 hours or so, my IP
invariably cuts off the connection because (I imagine) it thinks it is
dormant. More than that, the "Automatic Update" program still thinks I'm on
my former Comcast high-speed connection because it opens the Comcast IE
window even tho' I had to go back to dial-up when I moved to my present
residence and had to get the Yahoo! Browser & IP; therefore the Auto Update
program doesn't "stop and start" like it should when I go on and offline.

This means that after all day of downloading from the Windows Auto Update
site, all of the 1/16th or so of the update that DID download is lost.

My questions:

1) Is there a way to get KB951847 on a CD so I don't have to tie up my only
phone line for DAYS downloading this update (especially since my dial-up
connection won't stay connected that long with no other activity going on in
the browser)?

2) Failing that, is there a way to change the setting on Auto Update so that
it opens in my present dial-up Yahoo! browser window instead of my old
Comcast high-speed one so I won't lose all of the update that has been loaded
so far?

Any help would be much appreciated...

jean in CA
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