Backing up XP updates

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Is there anyway to save your updates for XP? Basically so that if you do a clean install, you dont have to spend time downloading them all again. Cheers

 

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I'm pretty sure the only way would be to follow all the ms advisorys and download all the updates individually. I could be wrong though.

 

slipstreaming an XP installation...

http://maximumpc.com/2005/01/how_to_slipstre.html

HTH

 

Cheers

 

Yes you can do the slipstream option with the SP's but you would still need to download all the individual hotfixes that came after SP2.

 

For the patches Autopatcher is your friend.

All the patches since the last SP and you can select which ones to install (if, for example, you don't want IE7).

Harry.

 

I stand corrected.

Thanks for that Harry.

 

Excellent, cheers Harry

 

Autopatcher thanks for the quality spot!

 

At last something that works in Windows :P

Great site

Downloading now and appreciate the link.

Fsi

 

Just found this aswell, handy for the service packs etc
http://www.nliteos.com/guide/

 

Just what I was after - thanks and rep left

 

Autopatcher has been around for a while and they pretty decent to have when you deploying XP on a lot of machines.. trick is to make sure you have SP2 then you can take it from there... there also tweaks for registry settings like disable remote registry and put the control panel into classic... also you can get it for many languages!

oh did i mention its another greek product?

 

Yup it is a geeks product. I have used it twice now and it takes just under an hour to install all the critical updates since SP2 and any other non critical updates/patches too, plus you only need to re-boot once, at the end. So far so good

 

yes he is a GREEK geek!

http://www.autopatcher.com/about/

 

lol @ Pete:

define: greek

Quaint misunderstanding, but you ain't getting away with it, mate

 

LMAO

 

Ditto!

 

Ah yes Greek, congrats Spiros, and there was I thinking the Greeks had only Souvlaki to offer the world these days

 

Hehe some you win

Now, get back in your cage ya pesky varmit