In what order should updates be done?

Hi,
I'm trying to automate the slipstreaming of a bunch of updates into my
original WXP installation CDs. Here is a list:
KB873333.exe
KB873339.exe
KB885250.exe
KB885835.exe
KB885836.exe
KB887472.exe
KB888113.exe
KB888302.exe
KB890175.exe
KB890859.exe
KB891781.exe
KB893066.exe
KB893086.exe
WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe
WindowsXP-KB896428-x86-ENU.exe
WindowsXP-KB896422-x86-ENU.exe
WindowsXP-KB896358-x86-ENU.exe
Windows-KB890830-V1.5-ENU.exe
WindowsXP-KB890046-x86-ENU.exe
WindowsXP-KB886185-x86-enu.exe
WindowsXP-KB885626-v2-x86-enu.exe
WindowsXP-KB883939-x86-ENU.exe
WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe

I'm pretty sure I need to do WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe first, but does
it matter what order I do the rest of them? My script can easily sort the
list by KB number, but I don't know if that is necessarily the correct
order.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

-Paul Randall

Paul Randall wrote:
> I'm trying to automate the slipstreaming of a bunch of updates into my
> original WXP installation CDs. Here is a list:
> KB873333.exe
> KB873339.exe
> KB885250.exe
> KB885835.exe
> KB885836.exe
> KB887472.exe
> KB888113.exe
> KB888302.exe
> KB890175.exe
> KB890859.exe
> KB891781.exe
> KB893066.exe
> KB893086.exe
> WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB896428-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB896422-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB896358-x86-ENU.exe
> Windows-KB890830-V1.5-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB890046-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB886185-x86-enu.exe
> WindowsXP-KB885626-v2-x86-enu.exe
> WindowsXP-KB883939-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe
>
> I'm pretty sure I need to do WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe first,
> but does it matter what order I do the rest of them? My script can
> easily sort the list by KB number, but I don't know if that is
> necessarily the correct order.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.

Although important for a few hotfixes - mostly it doesn't matter.
Read this:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=38820&hl

And consider using his batch script (explained here:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?...5&#entry279415
)

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

I usually recommend updates be done in date order sequence so that something
'new' is not overwritten by something 'old'.

In your case, have you made sure that the updates listed all come after SP2?
Doesn't make sense to do any from before SP2.

Also, you could check the AutoPatcher software www.autopatcher.com or
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=89 to see what they've done
to make installing updates a bit easier.

"Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
news:eW$...
> Hi,
> I'm trying to automate the slipstreaming of a bunch of updates into my
> original WXP installation CDs. Here is a list:
> KB873333.exe
> KB873339.exe
> KB885250.exe
> KB885835.exe
> KB885836.exe
> KB887472.exe
> KB888113.exe
> KB888302.exe
> KB890175.exe
> KB890859.exe
> KB891781.exe
> KB893066.exe
> KB893086.exe
> WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB896428-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB896422-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB896358-x86-ENU.exe
> Windows-KB890830-V1.5-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB890046-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB886185-x86-enu.exe
> WindowsXP-KB885626-v2-x86-enu.exe
> WindowsXP-KB883939-x86-ENU.exe
> WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe
>
> I'm pretty sure I need to do WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe first, but
> does it matter what order I do the rest of them? My script can easily
> sort the list by KB number, but I don't know if that is necessarily the
> correct order.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> -Paul Randall
>

"Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Paul Randall wrote:
>> I'm trying to automate the slipstreaming of a bunch of updates into my
>> original WXP installation CDs. Here is a list:
>> KB873333.exe
>> KB873339.exe
>> KB885250.exe
>> KB885835.exe
>> KB885836.exe
>> KB887472.exe
>> KB888113.exe
>> KB888302.exe
>> KB890175.exe
>> KB890859.exe
>> KB891781.exe
>> KB893066.exe
>> KB893086.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB896428-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB896422-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB896358-x86-ENU.exe
>> Windows-KB890830-V1.5-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB890046-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB886185-x86-enu.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB885626-v2-x86-enu.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB883939-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I need to do WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe first,
>> but does it matter what order I do the rest of them? My script can
>> easily sort the list by KB number, but I don't know if that is
>> necessarily the correct order.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> Although important for a few hotfixes - mostly it doesn't matter.
> Read this:
> http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=38820&hl
>
> And consider using his batch script (explained here:
> http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?...5&#entry279415
> )
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks for the info. I've gotten much of my info about slipstreaming from
msfn.org. They have lots of good info but my knowledge level is too low for
me to understand their terse explanations. I manually found the build date
for each update and sorted by that. It cleanly separated those with the
/log option from those without it.

Now I'm trying to understand what I should see as a result of
'integrations'. It looks like SP2 just adds, deletes, and replaces files in
the I386 folder structure. Perhaps all the hotfixes add entries in the
i386\svcpack folder.

I couldn't find anything that KB885250 changed, even though I got a message
box saying it had completed successfully. How can I verify that it was
integrated properly?

Thanks,
-Paul Randall

Hi, Jerry
I downloaded Autopatcher, and it looks like it does everything I need. I
slipstreamed SP2 into my Dell operating system reinstallation CD to make a
new bootable CD. The CD installs SP2 and then I run AutoPatcher to bring it
up to date.

Thanks for the links.

-Paul Randall

"Jerry" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I usually recommend updates be done in date order sequence so that
>something 'new' is not overwritten by something 'old'.
>
> In your case, have you made sure that the updates listed all come after
> SP2? Doesn't make sense to do any from before SP2.
>
> Also, you could check the AutoPatcher software www.autopatcher.com or
> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=89 to see what they've
> done to make installing updates a bit easier.
>
> "Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
> news:eW$...
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to automate the slipstreaming of a bunch of updates into my
>> original WXP installation CDs. Here is a list:
>> KB873333.exe
>> KB873339.exe
>> KB885250.exe
>> KB885835.exe
>> KB885836.exe
>> KB887472.exe
>> KB888113.exe
>> KB888302.exe
>> KB890175.exe
>> KB890859.exe
>> KB891781.exe
>> KB893066.exe
>> KB893086.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB896428-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB896422-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB896358-x86-ENU.exe
>> Windows-KB890830-V1.5-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB890046-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB886185-x86-enu.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB885626-v2-x86-enu.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB883939-x86-ENU.exe
>> WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I need to do WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe first, but
>> does it matter what order I do the rest of them? My script can easily
>> sort the list by KB number, but I don't know if that is necessarily the
>> correct order.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>>
>> -Paul Randall
>>
>
>

Hi Paul

Since three weeks I asked the community (and MS) for help to install the
upgrade KB898461. When you look on posts referring KB898461 you see that some
other users around the world (not only the anglos) have problems with it.

I see in your upgrade list also the KB898461. I think, when you strike this
KB898461 out from your upgradelist (manually) your upgrade will work, but not
the KB898461.

I still wait for a solution to implement KB898461 ....

Regards from Switzerland: Harry

"Paul Randall" wrote:

> Hi, Jerry
> I downloaded Autopatcher, and it looks like it does everything I need. I
> slipstreamed SP2 into my Dell operating system reinstallation CD to make a
> new bootable CD. The CD installs SP2 and then I run AutoPatcher to bring it
> up to date.
>
> Thanks for the links.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
> "Jerry" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >I usually recommend updates be done in date order sequence so that
> >something 'new' is not overwritten by something 'old'.
> >
> > In your case, have you made sure that the updates listed all come after
> > SP2? Doesn't make sense to do any from before SP2.
> >
> > Also, you could check the AutoPatcher software www.autopatcher.com or
> > http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=89 to see what they've
> > done to make installing updates a bit easier.
> >
> > "Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
> > news:eW$...
> >> Hi,
> >> I'm trying to automate the slipstreaming of a bunch of updates into my
> >> original WXP installation CDs. Here is a list:
> >> KB873333.exe
> >> KB873339.exe
> >> KB885250.exe
> >> KB885835.exe
> >> KB885836.exe
> >> KB887472.exe
> >> KB888113.exe
> >> KB888302.exe
> >> KB890175.exe
> >> KB890859.exe
> >> KB891781.exe
> >> KB893066.exe
> >> KB893086.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB896428-x86-ENU.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB896422-x86-ENU.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB896358-x86-ENU.exe
> >> Windows-KB890830-V1.5-ENU.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB890046-x86-ENU.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB886185-x86-enu.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB885626-v2-x86-enu.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB883939-x86-ENU.exe
> >> WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe
> >>
> >> I'm pretty sure I need to do WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe first, but
> >> does it matter what order I do the rest of them? My script can easily
> >> sort the list by KB number, but I don't know if that is necessarily the
> >> correct order.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help you can give me.
> >>
> >> -Paul Randall
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>