keeping update archives

[kato]

this may have been asked and answered before . . . if so my apologies.

When I set up new XP installations, I always do windows update right off the bat and install all security patches etc. It's usually not an issue since I have broadband and it only takes a few minutes. But I may not always have broadband at my disposal. Where can I get the critical updates as .exe files to burn to a cd to use if I don't have broadband available when setting up a new XP install?

[freddy]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by kato2274:
<strong>this may have been asked and answered before . . . if so my apologies.

When I set up new XP installations, I always do windows update right off the bat and install all security patches etc. It's usually not an issue since I have broadband and it only takes a few minutes. But I may not always have broadband at my disposal. Where can I get the critical updates as .exe files to burn to a cd to use if I don't have broadband available when setting up a new XP install?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">is a bit of a bunner this one , i hav,nt got broadband , and can take a further 2 hrs to d/load new vid drivers and win updates ,

i do believe that if u are a "pay" subscriber u can d/load them ,i have seen people post links - but u prob need p/words

I managed to d/load win 2k service pack 3 last week - it was a beta version (but stable) by using that i no longer need to d/load service pack 2 + plus about 20 updates. (about 3 hrs) ,,,i also managed to get directx 8.1 (which xp has already) in 95/98/me + 2k flavors ,,,,that saves me some time.

[IT Len]

<a href="http://microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp" target="_blank">Here. </a> When you use the search tool for XP on this page, you'll see all the same files as Windows Update [although it might be hard to tell which is which] in a form which you can save, rather than defaulting to an install tool.

[freddy]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by IT Len:
<strong><a href="http://microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp" target="_blank">Here. </a> When you use the search tool for XP on this page, you'll see all the same files as Windows Update [although it might be hard to tell which is which] in a form which you can save, rather than defaulting to an install tool.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">not exactly correct ,,,,ie6 setup d/lods a file 496k that then allows u to re-connect to the web and d/load from 6meg to 17meg dependant on your setup ,,,,dx8.1 is a large d/load so i presume that is the full version, ,,,,but in the case of ie6 this is as suggested before a "ballache" on 56k.

all the updates that u can d/load in full are available from numerous sites, all the updates are specific to your machine have to come from m/shaft.

[jc033]

you can try here. <a href="http://corporate.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp" target="_blank">http://corporate.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp</a>
Typically, you can download all updates for later deployment. I never tried it for XP though.

[Budster64]

After you get to the "windows update" page to the right you'll see "other options" click on the link that says "personalize windows updates"
When it goes to the next page you can check the "Display the link to the Windows Update Catalog under See Also" then save settings. This will include the windows catalog under See Also when you go to the Windows Update page, you can then download any of the XP updates that are available to your hard drive without installing them.
To download IE6 complete you can follow the steps located here <a href="http://www.bink.nu/ie6/" target="_blank">Link</a>