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Peter Steele
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      02-25-2005
We are developing an embedded device based on Windows 2003 Server and
naturally from time to time will need to update the software running on this
device. Is there a mechanism to allow us to create our own OS patch files
the same as Windows now uses to update the OS via its Windows Update
feature?


 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]
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      02-25-2005
How to download Windows updates and drivers from the Windows Update Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;323166

How to install multiple Windows updates or hotfixes with only one reboot
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;296861

Guide for Installing and Deploying Updates for Microsoft Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../hfdeploy.mspx

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"Peter Steele" wrote:

| We are developing an embedded device based on Windows 2003 Server and
| naturally from time to time will need to update the software running on this
| device. Is there a mechanism to allow us to create our own OS patch files
| the same as Windows now uses to update the OS via its Windows Update
| feature?

 
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Peter Steele
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      02-28-2005
Thanks for the excellent links. These will definitely be useful to us. The
one thing I did not see mentioned anywhere is how someone can make their own
update files that could then be installed following the procedures described
here. The updates we will need to apply to our embedded device won't always
be official Windows patches; we will also need to update our own software
(both applications and drivers) and using the Windows update framework to
perform these updates would be preferable to developing something of our
own.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> How to download Windows updates and drivers from the Windows Update
> Catalog
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;323166
>
> How to install multiple Windows updates or hotfixes with only one reboot
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;296861
>
> Guide for Installing and Deploying Updates for Microsoft Windows Server
> 2003
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../hfdeploy.mspx
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.mspx
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Peter Steele" wrote:
>
> | We are developing an embedded device based on Windows 2003 Server and
> | naturally from time to time will need to update the software running on
> this
> | device. Is there a mechanism to allow us to create our own OS patch
> files
> | the same as Windows now uses to update the OS via its Windows Update
> | feature?
>



 
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