How to back up downloaded updates and restore them?

Hi!,

Is there any way to back up downloaded updates from current installed
windows and then restore them on a fresh one? I mean if I am gonna reinstall
my windows vista, can I back up the updates on my windows and restore them on
the new installed one, so I had not to redownload them again?

Thank you for your help,

Regards

Hello Smith,

I hope this is helpful

How to download updates and drivers from the Windows Update Catalog or from
the Microsoft Update Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166


Updates can be downloaded from the Catalog and save to be installed later.
http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Home.aspx

Click Add button for each update you want to download. Once you have what
you want, Click the "Go To Download Basket" link. Type in or browse to the
location where you want the updates saved to and then Click the "Download
Now" button.
Once downloaded, you can then burn them to CD.


Good luck
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"smith" wrote:

> Hi!,
>
> Is there any way to back up downloaded updates from current installed
> windows and then restore them on a fresh one? I mean if I am gonna reinstall
> my windows vista, can I back up the updates on my windows and restore them on
> the new installed one, so I had not to redownload them again?
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Regards

smith wrote:
> Is there any way to back up downloaded updates from current
> installed windows and then restore them on a fresh one?
>
> I mean if I am gonna reinstall my windows vista, can I back up
> the updates on my windows and restore them on the new
> installed one, so I had not to redownload them again?

No.
If you did not download them as individual updates, you will not
have installable versions of said updates.

Need to get them? Not counting language packs - you are looking at
about 57MB... About 22.5MB if you don't get the 'Extras'...

Critical:
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Windows Defender Updates
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915597

Definition updates for Windows Mail
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905866

Malicious Software Removal Tool
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830

You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on
which Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License
or OEM installation
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931573

Windows Error Reporting in Windows Vista to make sure that
problem reports are sent only after you have granted permission
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930857

Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929427

The computer may respond very slowly as the Phishing Filter
evaluates Web page contents in Internet Explorer 7
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928089

You may not find the file that you want when you use Advanced
Search to search by date and you use a non-Gregorian calendar
format in Windows Vista
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929735

A high definition audio device may no longer work after you
resume Windows Vista from hibernation or from sleep
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929685


Other:
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A client computer that is running Windows Vista registers
an old IP address when the GUID of a network adapter changes
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929451

Moveuser.exe is incompatible with Windows Vista and is
replaced by the new Win32_UserProfile WMI functionality
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930955

Windows PowerShell 1.0 Installation Package for Windows Vista
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928439

The Task Scheduler does not wake the computer to run a
scheduled task in Windows Vista
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929463

Error message when you try to install Windows Vista on a
computer that uses more than 3 GB of RAM: "STOP 0x0000000A"
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929777


You cannot access any resources on a remote VPN server after
you switch a network connection from one network adapter to
another network adapter and then dial a VPN connection
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930163

When you run Wusa.exe together with the /quiet option to try to
install certain software packages on a Windows Vista-based
computer, the installation fails
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929761

You receive a Stop 0x9F error when you wake a Windows
Vista-based computer that is connected to an IEEE
1394-based device
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929762

Stop errors occur on a Windows-based computer that has
2GB or more of RAM and is using an NVIDIA nForce USB
controller
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528

You may not receive audio in the desired language when
you use Windows Media Center to view television in Windows
Vista
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929615


Extras:
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http://windowsultimate.com/blogs/extras/default.aspx

- Texas Hold'em Poker
- Bitlocker Drive Preparation Tool
- Windows DreamScene Preview
- Assorted language packs...

Secure Online Key Backup (932926)
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932926

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