Pacthing fresh installs of windows

I trying to find a way to patch a fresh windows install without having
to reboot 30 times. I read about Hfnetchk.exe to get a list of patches
and qchain to install them without rebooting. The way I read it is
that, I have to run Hfnetchk.exe to get hte list of updates I need on a
computer then download the updates create a batch file and then use
qchain to apply all the updates. That still seems like alot of work. Is
their an easier way to do this?

Eric

Which Windows?
XP??
Get SP2 and install that, then use Windows Updates - around 2-3 reboots.

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"Eric" <> wrote in message
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>I trying to find a way to patch a fresh windows install without having
> to reboot 30 times. I read about Hfnetchk.exe to get a list of patches
> and qchain to install them without rebooting. The way I read it is
> that, I have to run Hfnetchk.exe to get hte list of updates I need on a
> computer then download the updates create a batch file and then use
> qchain to apply all the updates. That still seems like alot of work. Is
> their an easier way to do this?
>
> Eric
>

Windows XP is correct. I will install XP run windows update
it would down load and install some patches - Reboot one
run update again Service pack 2 then reboot - Reboot two
run update again nore patches - Reboot three
then amybe even more patches after that - reboot four

all the time I'm waiting and saying there has got to be a easier way
then me tied to this computer hitting yes reboot now.
Thanks for any info

If you download the full SP2 install (from the Download Catalog, not Windows
Update), then you can eliminate the first reboot - it also means that the
update is to hand for any other installs you may need.
There isn't really any way to eliminate the others.

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"Eric" <> wrote in message
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> Windows XP is correct. I will install XP run windows update
> it would down load and install some patches - Reboot one
> run update again Service pack 2 then reboot - Reboot two
> run update again nore patches - Reboot three
> then amybe even more patches after that - reboot four
>
> all the time I'm waiting and saying there has got to be a easier way
> then me tied to this computer hitting yes reboot now.
> Thanks for any info
>

Thanks for your help. You did know it down it least one reboot. So
that's helpful.

Eric