Want to Take updates home(slow connection)

I have a slow connection at home, but a fast one at work.
Is there any easy automated way of
- working out which updates i need at home
- download them at work
- take them home and install them
(Its XP Pro at home)

The only way I can think of doing this is use windows update at home, save
all the article numbers and go and search for each one at work.
This is hard work though...

James wrote:
> I have a slow connection at home, but a fast one at work.
> Is there any easy automated way of
> - working out which updates i need at home
> - download them at work
> - take them home and install them
> (Its XP Pro at home)
>
> The only way I can think of doing this is use windows update at home,
> save all the article numbers and go and search for each one at work.
> This is hard work though...

"Automated" way? You just decscribed a very manual way.. which is what you
would do - manual download of all patches, burn to CD, bring home -
install..

No need to "figure out" what updates are needed on the home PC - just
download the latest ones each second Tuesday (wait until the following
Wednesday to be safe) and burn them to CD.. Bring them home, install.

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

You can download all updates and burn them to CD..

You can download each update manually - based off the KB Article number,
etc. That way you can back it up/burn a CD of them in case you need them or
use them to keep a slipstream/integrated (updated) Windows XP CD.

How to use the Windows Update Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166
(In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the
patches..)

Windows Update Catalog
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp
(In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the
patches..)

Creating an Integrated Installation
http://snipurl.com/el43

Integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930

Really customize your CD..
http://unattended.msfn.org/

Produce an up-to-date XP Distibution CD
http://xpcreate.com/


You can see the critical (security and other) patches released for a given
month using the following:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms##-***.mspx

At the end of this line you see "ms##-***.mspx" .. If you simply replace ##
with the two-digit year and the *** with the three character month
abbreviation, you will see the list of "critical" and "important" patches
for that month (since it only happens once a month usually, if you check by
the second Tuesday (wait until afternoon) of each month - you should be
fine) - note that future months will not work.

As an example...

December 2004's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms04-dec.mspx

March 2005's patches..
None released.. so that one will fail...

May 2005's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms05-may.mspx

July 2005's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms05-jul.mspx


Once you get on the page with each month's list of patches.. You can go to
the related KB articles and grab the appropriate files from there.

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

James
You've got the right idea - but use the Windows Update Catalog for your
search -
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp
Just select your XP version and click Search - you can then select as many
as you want and download them all at once.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"James" <> wrote in message
news:17187A37-6592-440B-ABBA-...
>I have a slow connection at home, but a fast one at work.
> Is there any easy automated way of
> - working out which updates i need at home
> - download them at work
> - take them home and install them
> (Its XP Pro at home)
>
> The only way I can think of doing this is use windows update at home, save
> all the article numbers and go and search for each one at work.
> This is hard work though...

Thanks, I didn't know about the catalog. That makes it easier.

I was hoping there was a way of creating the "Download Basket" at home and
then copying it to my pc at work.
I wonder where the download basket is stored? If its in a cookie perhaps it
could be done...

"Noel Paton" wrote:

> James
> You've got the right idea - but use the Windows Update Catalog for your
> search -
> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp
> Just select your XP version and click Search - you can then select as many
> as you want and download them all at once.
>
>
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
>
> "James" <> wrote in message
> news:17187A37-6592-440B-ABBA-...
> >I have a slow connection at home, but a fast one at work.
> > Is there any easy automated way of
> > - working out which updates i need at home
> > - download them at work
> > - take them home and install them
> > (Its XP Pro at home)
> >
> > The only way I can think of doing this is use windows update at home, save
> > all the article numbers and go and search for each one at work.
> > This is hard work though...
>
>
>

Also look (1) http://www.autopatcher.com
and
you windows catalog file in the windows directory will provide the
URL's alos.


On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 05:50:14 -0800, "James"
<> wrote:

>I have a slow connection at home, but a fast one at work.
>Is there any easy automated way of
>- working out which updates i need at home
>- download them at work
>- take them home and install them
>(Its XP Pro at home)
>
>The only way I can think of doing this is use windows update at home, save
>all the article numbers and go and search for each one at work.
>This is hard work though...