Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP (kb826939)

Ref.: Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP (kb826939).

The following sentence has been copied/pasted from the
third bullet under the second Note of kb826939:

The express installation is available for Windows XP SP1-
based computers that do not have one or more of the
critical updates that are included in this update rollup.


Does this statement mean that you need to install the
rollup if you don't have all of fixes, etc. in it or does
it mean that you should not install it if you have any of
the critical updates included in it?

If it means that if you don't have all updates you should
install it, suggest changing the statement to "...Windows
XP SP1-based computers that don't have all of the
critical updates included in this update rollup."

If it means that you shouldn't install it if you have any
of the included critical updates installed, suggest
changing the statement to "...Windows XP SP1-based
computers that don't have any of the critical updates
included in this update rollup."

Please let me know which is the correct meaning?

Thank you.

Ken

Ken Levine wrote:
> Ref.: Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP (kb826939).
>
> The following sentence has been copied/pasted from the
> third bullet under the second Note of kb826939:
>
> The express installation is available for Windows XP SP1-
> based computers that do not have one or more of the
> critical updates that are included in this update rollup.
>
>
> Does this statement mean that you need to install the
> rollup if you don't have all of fixes, etc. in it or does
> it mean that you should not install it if you have any of
> the critical updates included in it?
>
> If it means that if you don't have all updates you should
> install it, suggest changing the statement to "...Windows
> XP SP1-based computers that don't have all of the
> critical updates included in this update rollup."
>
> If it means that you shouldn't install it if you have any
> of the included critical updates installed, suggest
> changing the statement to "...Windows XP SP1-based
> computers that don't have any of the critical updates
> included in this update rollup."
>
> Please let me know which is the correct meaning?

It means that if you get it from WindowsUpdate.Microsoft.com, it will
determine which ones it needs to install. It will not reinstall anything
you already have. So if you have all the patches it contains already
installed and you installed it - nothing would really happen except maybe a
registry entry to note it was "installed" was put in (or a note somewhere.)

It's not really that big of a deal since (1) If you install it and have all
of the updates it includes, even if it overwrote them, you still have them
and (2) SP2 has all the updates it includes and those before it and those
after it up to SP2. heh

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