Guest ThunderRiver Posted April 23, 2003 Posted April 23, 2003 Just in case you haven't noticed, you can save updates and patches to your hard drive without installation at Windows Update Catalog Some people call it Windows Update Corporate Edition because it gives you all the access to all the updates to all Windows versions, ranging from 98 to Server 2003 Quote
Scot Posted April 23, 2003 Posted April 23, 2003 Excellent, Thunder. This is the new version of the old "corporate Windows Update" download site Microsoft used to offer for 9x but basically ditched a while ago. I presume it only works with XP ... ? I'll test it out some more. -- Scot Quote
brucekrymow Posted April 23, 2003 Posted April 23, 2003 The Windows Update Catalog is my preferred method of obtaining and saving updates. I point people there when updates are needed that they cannot get through the conventional update page. Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted April 23, 2003 Posted April 23, 2003 Yes, great link ... you can also change your preferences on the WindowsUpdate site itself to show you the WindowsUpdate Catalog to download what you need.Great for downloading and burning Win98se updates that will no longer be available after June 2003. Quote
GolfProRM Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Yes, great link ... you can also change your preferences on the WindowsUpdate site itself to show you the WindowsUpdate Catalog to download what you need.Great for downloading and burning Win98se updates that will no longer be available after June 2003.Great tip Bambi! That'll save me a bunch of trouble in the future... less of a pain in dealing with updates... can just burn them off! Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Yeah, with broadband it would be much easier! ;)It is torture here though <_ src="%7B___base_url___%7D/uploads/emoticons/default_mad.gif" alt=":angry:"> Quote
Stryder Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Yep, been using this since 98. It really helps with building PC's to have all of the updates burned to CD. It also helps when doing in-home repairs to have the updates on CD. You would be amazed at how many people never use Windows Update. It is actually very scary. Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Stryder --You got that right! I see it all the time too.It is scary ... because of all the security holes in M$ OSes and the software that runs on it, both M$ and others too ... and all the threats that are out there to take advantage of them.Two calls in one day, and another one tomorrow ... that three this week alone to take care of virus infections on home PCs. Quote
GolfProRM Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Stryder --You got that right! I see it all the time too.It is scary ... because of all the security holes in M$ OSes and the software that runs on it, both M$ and others too ... and all the threats that are out there to take advantage of them.Two calls in one day, and another one tomorrow ... that three this week alone to take care of virus infections on home PCs.I hear ya loud and clear on this one... We get computers in our shop all the time with various problems... the usual common denominators are: Kazaa, no AVP, no Windows Upates. I see this all the time and it makes me want to shoot people! Quote
quint Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 I've read that updates must be installed in order. Any truth to that? I've got all the W98 updates burned to a CD, but I did not list them by date or any other way. Quote
GolfProRM Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 I've read that updates must be installed in order. Any truth to that? I've got all the W98 updates burned to a CD, but I did not list them by date or any other way. there is a certain order that they must be installed in, yes... Not everything must be installed in an exact order, but there are some updates that require others to have been installed first. I've not gotten around to burning my XP updates yet, but I will label them with a number. I know the best thing to do is install the service packs first, but beyond that, I don't think it matters too much (in xp anyway). Quote
quint Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Thanks, Ryan; well this gives me another chance to play /w the new CD burner. Quote
quint Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 One more question: is it possible to "slipstream" a CD of WinXP with SP1 and all of the updates? I know it can be done with SP1 alone. Quote
brucekrymow Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Hi, Quint ~Yes, it can be done. SP1 is just a compilation of updates. You can download whatever updates you want/need from the Windows Update Catalog to a directory to be slipstreamed into an ISO image. The ElderGeek has a decent tutorial for using either Nero or Roxio. Quote
quint Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Hi, Quint ~Yes, it can be done. SP1 is just a compilation of updates. You can download whatever updates you want/need from the Windows Update Catalog to a directory to be slipstreamed into an ISO image. The ElderGeek has a decent tutorial for using either Nero or Roxio.Thanks, Bruce. The ElderGeek is one of my favorite sites, and pages like the one you noted are why. TA. Quote
Guest ThunderRiver Posted April 24, 2003 Posted April 24, 2003 Excellent, Thunder. This is the new version of the old "corporate Windows Update" download site Microsoft used to offer for 9x but basically ditched a while ago. I presume it only works with XP ... ? I'll test it out some more. -- ScotIt works for most versions of Windows, including Windows 98/Me/2000/Xp/2003 and 64 bit families. Quote
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