Windows Update

Dragoneyes · Post by **Dragoneyes** » 23 Aug 2003, 22:31

Can you pls give some advice about XP critical updates. Is it realy nessecery to download those updates

Dragoneyes · Post by **Dragoneyes** » 23 Aug 2003, 22:35

Oh sorry I am running XP Home

AMD Athlon XP 2000+
256 ram
20 and 15 gig HD's
Radeon 7000 64meg
Samsung RW 48x24x48
ASUS DVD rom
300 PSU

I know it isnt the latest tech but we all have got a budget hey

Dragoneyes · Post by **Dragoneyes** » 29 Aug 2003, 22:34

there is 27 updates availible for my XP

MotoGuzzi · Post by **MotoGuzzi** » 13 Sep 2003, 10:08

At the moment, the available updates all works fine, so it's safe to update, but you should update in anycase.

RoelofXP · Post by **RoelofXP** » 01 Nov 2003, 16:47

How do I download the updates to save it on my HDD?
I Format a lot and don't wanna download them every time.
I'm still using dial-up and on pre-paid.

FoxMulder · Post by **FoxMulder** » 01 Nov 2003, 20:54

The best is to download Windows XP Service Pack 1 (133MB) and the Windows XP RollUp 1(9 MB). It will leave you with about 12 updates which you can either download via the windows update site or use the windows (http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... LN];kbjump ) knowledgebase site to download the updates by searching for their KB article ID numbers(The ID numbers will be listed by the windows update site)! If you use the update site you can copy the updates from "<driveletter> :\Documents and Settings\<Windows Username>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files" folder to a different folder and use it to reinstall the updates at a later stage. (The folder is hidden but you can make it visible by setting the folder options). As this is a temp folder you must copy the files out of the temp folder before you reboot else the files will be deleted. Hope this help.

Post by **Thrall** » 01 Nov 2003, 21:04

Dragoneyes wrote:Can you pls give some advice about XP critical updates. Is it realy nessecery to download those updates

Critical means critical, so yeah - those are the minimum you should download. They fix major security holes in Windows through which viruses and hackers can get in. The security hole through which the MS Blaster worm nailed a lot of people had actually been patched months before, but people didn't bother updating, so they got hammered.

RoelofXP wrote:How do I download the updates to save it on my HDD?
I Format a lot and don't wanna download them every time.
I'm still using dial-up and on pre-paid.

Can't give you the address for each and every patch, so go to WindowsUpdate first and take note of what individual patches you need - from there go to http://www.microsoft.com/security/ and search for each patch and download it individually then write it to CD.

After that, it's a matter of keeping an eye on that site and getting each critical patch as it's released. If there's an easier way, I don't know of it, apart from signing up for Microsoft's Security bulletin - which you can do on that site.

Edit: Found a better link - shows all patches in chronological order here

Dragoneyes · Post by **Dragoneyes** » 01 Nov 2003, 23:19

Sorry how stupid of me, the reason I asked cause after I updated XP my pc just kept on restarting but it turned out to be my modem.

Post by **Thrall** » 02 Nov 2003, 00:28

Most updates will make you restart as well, anyway

MotoGuzzi · Post by **MotoGuzzi** » 02 Nov 2003, 21:21

Phone MS and they will send you a SP1-CD for free, I wait 2x weeks and got one, that will save you those lot.

Dragoneyes · Post by **Dragoneyes** » 02 Nov 2003, 22:39

I have got SP1

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