All-in-one Critical Update?

[Tegger®]

I'm setting up a machine for a customer on Monday. It will come with a
brand-new OEM version of Win XP. Their Internet connection is only a 56K
dialup.

Due to circumstances, I cannot do my usual practice of hooking the machine
up to my 1.3Mb DSL network to apply all the Critical Updates and latest
Service Pack before connecting it up to their network.

Service Packs do not contain all the Critical Updates.

Is there an "all-in-one" Critical Update download I can do to obtain all
the necessary patches to put on one CD to save myself some time? Or do I
need to download and each and every Critical Update one-by one and install
each one in turn?

 

[Chris Lanier]

This is still in testing, but it's a great project. It's called
AutoPatcherXP. This includes ALL critical and recommend updates. In
addition it that it includes REG hacks, Java, and everything else you could
want. It doesn't include Service Pack 1, but you can download it from
Microsoft in the full package.

AutoPatcherXP
http://www.autopatcher.com

Windows XP Service Pack 1a (Network Install)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/sp1lang.asp

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

This comes close:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826939
Burn it to CD along with SP1 and you have most of them except the most
recent.

 

[Tegger®]

This is still in testing, but it's a great project. It's called
AutoPatcherXP. This includes ALL critical and recommend updates. In
addition it that it includes REG hacks, Java, and everything else you
could want. It doesn't include Service Pack 1, but you can download
it from Microsoft in the full package.

AutoPatcherXP
http://www.autopatcher.com

Sounds great, but some of the sites were unavailable and others had
exceeded their upload quota for the day. I did manage to get one copy, but
it was only 15KB, so I'm not sure I got the whole file.

Windows XP Service Pack 1a (Network Install)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/sp1la
ng.asp

Got that, thanks.

 

[Tegger®]

This comes close:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826939
Burn it to CD along with SP1 and you have most of them except the most
recent.

Thank you. This updates me to Oct 15th, so that's most of it anyway. I'm
getting the more recent ones manually.

 

[Stuart]

I'm setting up a machine for a customer on Monday. It will come with a
brand-new OEM version of Win XP. Their Internet connection is only a 56K
dialup.

Due to circumstances, I cannot do my usual practice of hooking the machine
up to my 1.3Mb DSL network to apply all the Critical Updates and latest
Service Pack before connecting it up to their network.

Service Packs do not contain all the Critical Updates.

Is there an "all-in-one" Critical Update download I can do to obtain all
the necessary patches to put on one CD to save myself some time? Or do I
need to download and each and every Critical Update one-by one and install
each one in turn?

Having repaired my system last night and reapplied all the updates on a
576Kbps connection, taking up over three hours...

I WISH!

 

[Tegger®]

"Stuart" <s_irving@itwon'tworkcositsfullofswenworms.hotmail.com>, being
of unsound mind, did utter in

Having repaired my system last night and reapplied all the updates on
a 576Kbps connection, taking up over three hours...

Exactly my point. The customer will not pay for me to sit there for three
hours to apply patches at $80 per hour. I found my solution anyway, as
suggested by Chris Lanier and Jupiter Jones. Their suggestions at least
mean that the Critical Update "top-up" won't take too long after I apply my
downloads.

Autopatcher project:
http://www.autopatcher.com

Critical Update rollup to Oct15th:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826939

XP Service Pack 1a:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/sp1lang.a
sp