Can't get to Windows Catalog

How do you find the catalog from Windows XP SP2 systems. I have
checked online and it talks about clicking something to Personalize
your settings, but even this is not available in my left pane. There
is no catalog or personalization at all. Any ideas?

george.e.sullivan wrote:
> How do you find the catalog from Windows XP SP2 systems. I have
> checked online and it talks about clicking something to Personalize
> your settings, but even this is not available in my left pane. There
> is no catalog or personalization at all. Any ideas?

You can download each update manually - based off the KB Article number,
etc. That way you can back it up/burn a CD of them in case you need them or
use them to keep a slipstream/integrated (updated) Windows XP CD.

How to use the Windows Update Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166
(In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the
patches..)

Windows Update Catalog
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp
(In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the
patches..)

Creating an Integrated Installation
http://snipurl.com/el43

Integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930

Really customize your CD..
http://unattended.msfn.org/


You can see the critical (security and other) patches released for a given
month using the following:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms##-***.mspx

At the end of this line you see "ms##-***.mspx" .. If you simply replace ##
with the two-digit year and the *** with the three character month
abbreviation, you will see the list of "critical" and "important" patches
for that month (since it only happens once a month usually, if you check by
the second Tuesday (wait until afternoon) of each month - you should be
fine) - note that future months will not work.

As an example...

December 2004's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms04-dec.mspx

March 2005's patches..
None released.. so that one will fail...

May 2005's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms05-may.mspx

July 2005's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms05-jul.mspx


Once you get on the page with each month's list of patches.. You can go to
the related KB articles and grab the appropriate files from there.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan, WOW!!!

Thank you for such a detailed write up. Your efforts are greatly
appreciated. The URL starting with v4.windowsupdates is the one I
could not get to from just clicking around. Thanks for the direct
path.

The other information you offered is also very insightful and I look
forward to trying them out.

thanks again.
George

george.e.sullivan wrote:
> How do you find the catalog from Windows XP SP2 systems. I have
> checked online and it talks about clicking something to Personalize
> your settings, but even this is not available in my left pane. There
> is no catalog or personalization at all. Any ideas?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> You can download each update manually - based off the KB Article
> number, etc. That way you can back it up/burn a CD of them in case
> you need them or use them to keep a slipstream/integrated (updated)
> Windows XP CD.
>
> How to use the Windows Update Catalog
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166
> (In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get
> the patches..)
>
> Windows Update Catalog
> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp
> (In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get
> the patches..)
>
> Creating an Integrated Installation
> http://snipurl.com/el43
>
> Integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930
>
> Really customize your CD..
> http://unattended.msfn.org/
>
>
> You can see the critical (security and other) patches released for a
> given month using the following:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms##-***.mspx
>
> At the end of this line you see "ms##-***.mspx" .. If you simply
> replace ## with the two-digit year and the *** with the three
> character month abbreviation, you will see the list of "critical" and
> "important" patches for that month (since it only happens once a
> month usually, if you check by the second Tuesday (wait until
> afternoon) of each month - you should be fine) - note that future
> months will not work.
>
> As an example...
>
> December 2004's patches..
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms04-dec.mspx
>
> March 2005's patches..
> None released.. so that one will fail...
>
> May 2005's patches..
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms05-may.mspx
>
> July 2005's patches..
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms05-jul.mspx
>
>
> Once you get on the page with each month's list of patches.. You can
> go to the related KB articles and grab the appropriate files from
> there.

george.e.sullivan wrote:
> Shenan, WOW!!!
>
> Thank you for such a detailed write up. Your efforts are greatly
> appreciated. The URL starting with v4.windowsupdates is the one I
> could not get to from just clicking around. Thanks for the direct
> path.
>
> The other information you offered is also very insightful and I look
> forward to trying them out.

You are welcome.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html