Downloading mass of updates question

I've been asked to assist a company in updating all of their computers; and
there are quite a few. No network is in effect.

Their XP Pro SP2 is what I understand to be a corporate version; thusly, I
can create a slipstreamed disk of all the overdue updates, hotfixes, etc. to
go around to each station.

But in checking, there are something like 60-70 updates. So my need is how
do I download all updates, at one time, to the administrator's hard drive ...
so that I can then do the slip stream process by using nLite ,,, which has
the option of seeing all updates if in a central directory.

I don't really want to have to do this one by one. Hopefully there is a way
for this ..... and I'd really appreciate it if you can assist me.
doon
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doon

Any use to you?
Security updates are available on ISO-9660 CD image files from the Microsoft Download
Center
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086

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"doonboggle" <> wrote in message
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| I've been asked to assist a company in updating all of their computers; and
| there are quite a few. No network is in effect.
|
| Their XP Pro SP2 is what I understand to be a corporate version; thusly, I
| can create a slipstreamed disk of all the overdue updates, hotfixes, etc. to
| go around to each station.
|
| But in checking, there are something like 60-70 updates. So my need is how
| do I download all updates, at one time, to the administrator's hard drive ...
| so that I can then do the slip stream process by using nLite ,,, which has
| the option of seeing all updates if in a central directory.
|
| I don't really want to have to do this one by one. Hopefully there is a way
| for this ..... and I'd really appreciate it if you can assist me.
| doon
| --
| doon

That month's update.

For security and other patches released for a given month :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms##-***.mspx
Replace ## with the two-digit year
Replace *** with the three character month abbreviation

Providing there are releases for that month, you will see the list of "critical"
"important" patches for that month

For just the current listing:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx



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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia
====================================
How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
Backup and data recovery: http://www.acronis.com/
Enhancing file system performance: http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp


"doonboggle" <> wrote in message
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| Thank you. That looks like it might just be what I need.
|
| But one other question. DO you know if the individual ISO files that can be
| downloaded contain ALL the updates since SP2; or are the ones being released
| each month just for that month's releases?
|
| Thanks
| --
| doon
|
|
| "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
|
| > Any use to you?
| > Security updates are available on ISO-9660 CD image files from the Microsoft Download
| > Center
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086
| >
| > --
| >
| > ====================================
| > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia
| > ====================================
| > How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > Backup and data recovery: http://www.acronis.com/
| > Enhancing file system performance: http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp
| >
| >
| > "doonboggle" <> wrote in message
| > news:E9BE7921-B57F-40CF-9BCC-...
| > | I've been asked to assist a company in updating all of their computers; and
| > | there are quite a few. No network is in effect.
| > |
| > | Their XP Pro SP2 is what I understand to be a corporate version; thusly, I
| > | can create a slipstreamed disk of all the overdue updates, hotfixes, etc. to
| > | go around to each station.
| > |
| > | But in checking, there are something like 60-70 updates. So my need is how
| > | do I download all updates, at one time, to the administrator's hard drive ...
| > | so that I can then do the slip stream process by using nLite ,,, which has
| > | the option of seeing all updates if in a central directory.
| > |
| > | I don't really want to have to do this one by one. Hopefully there is a way
| > | for this ..... and I'd really appreciate it if you can assist me.
| > | doon
| > | --
| > | doon
| >
| >
| >

Hi;

You should be able to download one huge bunch of updates from the Catalog
site (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog)

Suggest picking the OS, setting the option to just the last 6 months, and
marking just Security and Critical updates. You can then burn these to a CD
for later install. You may also want to see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861 for tips on installing multiple
updates in one fell swoop.

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....Sky

Tom "Sky" King
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In news:B58DA830-DFE4-4893-8208-,
doonboggle <> wrote:
> Thank you for your kind assistance. Unfortunately it does not
> fulfill my needs. I was hoping to come across a mass download
> process ... whereby one could download ... en masse rather than
> one-by-one ... to the hard drive a chosen list from all post SP2
> updates, hotfixes, critical updates, etc.. With that I would then be
> able to slipstream.