On my home network, every once in a while it becomes standard practice
to wipe one of my Windows machines clean and re-install the OS. The
longest step in this process has become using Windows Update after the
installation. Is there any way that a person can somehow store the
update packages on a local drive and run installs from there and then
just check Windows Update for anything new that has come out since then?
I mean, I can't even remember how many times I've installed Win2K, its
subsequent service packs, IE6, its subsequent service packs, etc.
Basically, what I'm picturing is a directory full of installers (.exe or
..msi, whatever) and a couple batch scripts that would run them in the
proper order. I'd be able to determine that order myself the first time
I run Windows Update on a freshly installed machine (including reboots
between updates which require it). Then, when I eventually go through
that process again on that same machine, I'd have a folder on one of the
network drives with the updates tailored to that machine already
downloaded and ready to install.
Is this possible? If so, how can it be accomplished? I'd be interested
in pretty much every update I download for that machine... critical,
optional, drivers, etc.
Regards,
David P. Donahue
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