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    Download windows updates to disk?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by seven, Apr 18, 2008.

  1. seven

    seven Newbie

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    After I've run the recovery disk it seems that I have to download about 80 million updates from windows. Is it possible to download the whole lot somewhere and save it to disk for install? OS is Windows Media Center.
     
    seven, Apr 18, 2008
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I understand the problem (it's annoyed me many times, as well), but I don't know of a way to do that. I'll move the thread to the Windows forum, it fits better and will get better answers there.
     
    E.B.E., Apr 19, 2008
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  3. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    There isn't a single easy way to do that really. Maybe you could create an image of your system after you have installed all those updates?
     
    goofball, Apr 19, 2008
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  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    You can download the updates manaually as files, then burn them to a disk. Also I would assume there is a way to "slipstream" them into a disk for a new instalation, keep in mind service packs have all previous updates in them usually. so SP2 for XP has all updates from before that SP came out, same for SP1 of Vista.

    Since SP3 for XP is just around the corner (or maybe already out not sure as I dont use XP anymore) then I assume SP3 will have all the updates, and I know 100% for sure you can slipstream SP's into an install disk, and it would be just 1 file to burn to a disk if you want to add it to a previous installation.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 19, 2008
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  5. andygb40

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    Get a copy of SP2 from microsoft, along with SP3 and keep them on a cd somewhere. This will get you right up to date in only two steps. SP3 requires SP2 to be installed before it will install.
     
    andygb40, Apr 19, 2008
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  6. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    Are you looking for something like this?
     
    Gintoki, Apr 23, 2008
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