downloaded update files location?

XP Home SP3,

This hasn't occurred to me before but I don't know where downloaded Windows
Updates go before they are installed, or how to start them off manually
without the prompt.

Usually the prompt is a minor irritant, but today a lot of updates came
down, and when I selected 'custom' to get a proper look, the 'next' button
sent it into install instead. So I 'cancelled', and now the prompt has gone
and I don't know where the update files are. I expect it will prompt again
on a restart, but I would like to know where these files are, so that I can
start them when I like.

Cheers,

S

For all the updates, including nonpriority ones for Word and related
programs:

http://www.update.microsoft.com

Jo-Anne


"Spamlet" <> wrote in message
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> XP Home SP3,
>
> This hasn't occurred to me before but I don't know where downloaded
> Windows Updates go before they are installed, or how to start them off
> manually without the prompt.
>
> Usually the prompt is a minor irritant, but today a lot of updates came
> down, and when I selected 'custom' to get a proper look, the 'next' button
> sent it into install instead. So I 'cancelled', and now the prompt has
> gone and I don't know where the update files are. I expect it will prompt
> again on a restart, but I would like to know where these files are, so
> that I can start them when I like.
>
> Cheers,
>
> S
>

Has microsoft update been cured of its cpu hogging tendencies then? I
stick with WU which only uses about 12k, for now.

But this does not answer my question: where are the uninstalled updates that
have been downloaded?

Cheers,

S

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-> wrote in message
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> For all the updates, including nonpriority ones for Word and related
> programs:
>
> http://www.update.microsoft.com
>
> Jo-Anne
>
>
> "Spamlet" <> wrote in message
> news:i947gv$vpu$...
>> XP Home SP3,
>>
>> This hasn't occurred to me before but I don't know where downloaded
>> Windows Updates go before they are installed, or how to start them off
>> manually without the prompt.
>>
>> Usually the prompt is a minor irritant, but today a lot of updates came
>> down, and when I selected 'custom' to get a proper look, the 'next'
>> button sent it into install instead. So I 'cancelled', and now the
>> prompt has gone and I don't know where the update files are. I expect it
>> will prompt again on a restart, but I would like to know where these
>> files are, so that I can start them when I like.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> S
>>
>
>

Spamlet wrote:
> Has microsoft update been cured of its cpu hogging tendencies then? I
> stick with WU which only uses about 12k, for now.
>
> But this does not answer my question: where are the uninstalled updates that
> have been downloaded?
>
> Cheers,
>
> S

I replied to your post in XP General about the location of the
downloaded updates, Spamlet. As for the cpu issue, it has been reported
as resolved by Doug Neal, Microsoft Update, in a post to the Patch
Management email list -

" Microsoft has received customer reports of reduced performance while
checking for updates on Windows XP systems with restricted hardware
configurations (typically less than 1 GB of RAM). The Windows Update
team has investigated this issue and determined that this was caused by
a small number of updates offered through Microsoft Update that
contained detection logic that increased CPU and memory use, resulting
in reduced system performance. We have addressed the issue with the
detection logic. Even with this resolution, the next immediate scan of a
system will still show the performance issue, since the detection logic
is stored locally. However, after the next immediate scan the cache will
be cleared and system performance will return to normal.

Some customers had observed that by disabling the opt-in to Microsoft
Update (MU), performance issues were resolved. Microsoft does not
recommend that customers disable MU opt-in, as you are no longer able to
receive essential security updates for Microsoft products such as
Office, Visual Studio, or Silverlight. We understand some customers
were compelled to implement this workaround until a permanent solution
was found. You can re-enable Microsoft Update at
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate.

We sincerely apologize for disruption caused by this issue.

The Windows Update/Microsoft Update Team

doug neal
Microsoft Update (MU) "

It was posted publicly somewhere on Microsoft's site but I can not find
it now.


MowGreen
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked

Yes, the cpu hogging has stopped. Does it matter where the uninstalled
updates are? I have the impression that Microsoft Updates simply picks up
where it left off--and if it downloaded but didn't install updates, it will
go ahead and install them. Am I wrong about that?

Jo-Anne

"Spamlet" <> wrote in message
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> Has microsoft update been cured of its cpu hogging tendencies then? I
> stick with WU which only uses about 12k, for now.
>
> But this does not answer my question: where are the uninstalled updates
> that have been downloaded?
>
> Cheers,
>
> S
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-> wrote in message
> news:i94km1$gfo$...
>> For all the updates, including nonpriority ones for Word and related
>> programs:
>>
>> http://www.update.microsoft.com
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>>
>> "Spamlet" <> wrote in message
>> news:i947gv$vpu$...
>>> XP Home SP3,
>>>
>>> This hasn't occurred to me before but I don't know where downloaded
>>> Windows Updates go before they are installed, or how to start them off
>>> manually without the prompt.
>>>
>>> Usually the prompt is a minor irritant, but today a lot of updates came
>>> down, and when I selected 'custom' to get a proper look, the 'next'
>>> button sent it into install instead. So I 'cancelled', and now the
>>> prompt has gone and I don't know where the update files are. I expect
>>> it will prompt again on a restart, but I would like to know where these
>>> files are, so that I can start them when I like.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> S
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

MowGreen wrote:
> Microsoft has received customer reports of reduced performance while
> checking for updates on Windows XP systems

Here's the post from the Windows Update forum, Spamlet:

Performance Issues on machines during and/or after installing Updates
(Windows XP only)
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...7-c5cbd472da53


MowGreen
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked

"MowGreen" <> wrote in message
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> Spamlet wrote:
>> Has microsoft update been cured of its cpu hogging tendencies then? I
>> stick with WU which only uses about 12k, for now.
>>
>> But this does not answer my question: where are the uninstalled updates
>> that
>> have been downloaded?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> S
>
> I replied to your post in XP General about the location of the downloaded
> updates, Spamlet. As for the cpu issue, it has been reported as resolved
> by Doug Neal, Microsoft Update, in a post to the Patch Management email
> list -

Cheers for the 'update' Mow,

As it happens, I don't know where my office discs have got to - or even if
we were given them in the first place - so can't update that anyway, so I
may as well stick with WU.

Thanks,

S


> " Microsoft has received customer reports of reduced performance while
> checking for updates on Windows XP systems with restricted hardware
> configurations (typically less than 1 GB of RAM). The Windows Update team
> has investigated this issue and determined that this was caused by a small
> number of updates offered through Microsoft Update that contained
> detection logic that increased CPU and memory use, resulting in reduced
> system performance. We have addressed the issue with the detection logic.
> Even with this resolution, the next immediate scan of a system will still
> show the performance issue, since the detection logic is stored locally.
> However, after the next immediate scan the cache will be cleared and
> system performance will return to normal.
>
> Some customers had observed that by disabling the opt-in to Microsoft
> Update (MU), performance issues were resolved. Microsoft does not
> recommend that customers disable MU opt-in, as you are no longer able to
> receive essential security updates for Microsoft products such as Office,
> Visual Studio, or Silverlight. We understand some customers were
> compelled to implement this workaround until a permanent solution was
> found. You can re-enable Microsoft Update at
> http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate.
>
> We sincerely apologize for disruption caused by this issue.
>
> The Windows Update/Microsoft Update Team
>
> doug neal
> Microsoft Update (MU) "
>
> It was posted publicly somewhere on Microsoft's site but I can not find it
> now.
>
>
> MowGreen
> ================
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ================
>
> "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked