Downloading updates for Windows XP Home without using Microsoft Up

July 19, 2007

I have an elderly lady who lives on a farm who relies on me to keep her

computer running properly. I enabled Microsoft update for her. When she

trys to download files it ties up her phone line for hours at the very least

as she only has phone modem capability. Consequently, she is not getting

entire downloads and it is affecting her computer (Netzero drops connection

in middle of downloads). I run Windows XP as well with a DSL connection

(more stable).

I am looking for a way to easily download updates to a CD rom disc so I can

install them on her machine. Is there any easy way of doing this for

Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP.

A one download solution would be the best possible way of helping if that is

at all possible.

--

Helpful friend with moderate computer skills.

July 20, 2007

EddyJrCau wrote:

> I have an elderly lady who lives on a farm who relies on me to keep

> her computer running properly. I enabled Microsoft update for her.

> When she trys to download files it ties up her phone line for hours

> at the very least as she only has phone modem capability.

> Consequently, she is not getting entire downloads and it is

> affecting her computer (Netzero drops connection in middle of

> downloads). I run Windows XP as well with a DSL connection (more

> stable).

>

> I am looking for a way to easily download updates to a CD rom disc

> so I can install them on her machine. Is there any easy way of

> doing this for Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP.

>

> A one download solution would be the best possible way of helping

> if that is at all possible.

Each month Microsoft releases that month's updates in ISO format - but they

*do not* go back as far as you might need.

January 2006-current

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086

But they are seperate ISO images for each month.

If you are more trusting:

AutoPatcher

http://www.autopatcher.com/

Windows Updates Downloader

http://wud.jcarle.com/

You can download and save all updates for later use - including service

packs. You can even integrate those patches into your Windows XP

installation CD - so if you had to reinstall - you would end up almost

fully-patched right from the beginning.

For service pack 2 in particular:

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP

http://snipurl.com/8bqy

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD

http://snipurl.com/d41v

You can download each update manually - based off the KB Article number,

etc. That way you can back it up/burn a CD of them in case you need them or

use them to keep a slipstream/integrated (updated) Windows XP CD.

How to use the Windows Update Catalog

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166

(In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the

patches..)

Windows Update Catalog

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp

(In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the

patches..)

Creating an Integrated Installation

http://snipurl.com/el43

Integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930

Really customize your CD..

http://unattended.msfn.org/

Produce an up-to-date XP Distribution CD

http://xpcreate.com/

AutoStreamer

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

You can see the critical (security and other) patches released for a given

month using the following:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms##-***.mspx

At the end of this line you see "ms##-***.mspx" .. If you simply replace ##

with the two-digit year and the *** with the three character month

abbreviation, you will see the list of "critical" and "important" patches

for that month (since it only happens once a month usually, if you check by

the second Tuesday (wait until afternoon) of each month - you should be

fine) - note that future months will not work.

As an example...

December 2004's patches..

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-dec.mspx

March 2005's patches..

None released.. so that one will fail...

May 2006's patches..

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-may.mspx

January 2007's patches..

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-jan.mspx

Once you get on the page with each month's list of patches.. You can go to

the related KB articles and grab the appropriate files from there.

Updates through April 2007 to get you started...

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP

http://snipurl.com/8bqy

Critical Updates

----------------------

Released: -- [ Web Page Address ] -- Description:

9/14/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885626 ]

-- Critical Update for Windows XP

11/22/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887742 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885835 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885836 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886185 ]

-- Critical Update for Windows XP

12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873339 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891781 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888302 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887472 ]

-- Security Update for Windows Messenger

4/11/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890859 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

5/18/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894391 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

5/24/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896344 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

6/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358 ]

-- Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP

6/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896428 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

6/24/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900930 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

6/27/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898461 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

7/11/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901214 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896423 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899587 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899591 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893756 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901017 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902400 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905749 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905414 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900725 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

12/12/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910437 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

12/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904706 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

1/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908519 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

2/13/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911927 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

4/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911562 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

4/18/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904942 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

4/25/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900485 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

4/25/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908531 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

5/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913580 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

6/6/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916595 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

6/8/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918439 ]

-- Vulnerability in ART Image Rendering Could Allow Remote Code

Execution in Internet Explorer for Windows XP SP2

6/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914389 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

6/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917953 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

6/13/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917344 ]

-- JScript 5.6 Security Update for Windows XP SP1 and SP2

6/27/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911280 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

7/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917159 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

7/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914388 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917422 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920670 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922616 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920683 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

8/17/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920685 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922582 ]

-- Update for Windows XP

9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919007 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922819 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924496 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923414 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923191 ]

-- Security Update for Windows XP

11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920213 ]

-- Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent could allow remote code

execution

11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 ]

-- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe

could allow remote code execution

11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924270 ]

-- Vulnerability in Workstation Service could allow

remote code execution

11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928088 ]

-- Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services could

allow remote code execution

11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923980 ]

-- Vulnerability in the Client Service could allow remote code

execution

12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926247 ]

-- Vulnerability in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

could allow remote code execution

12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926255 ]

-- Vulnerability in Windows could allow elevation of privilege

12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923694 ]

-- Cumulative security update for Outlook Express

1/9/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929969 ]

-- Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language

Could Allow Remote Code Execution

* If you have installed IE7, also install the IE7 version

of this patch!

2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928255 ]

-- Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Elevation

of Privilege

2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927802 ]

-- Vulnerability in Windows Image Acquisition Service

Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928843 ]

-- Vulnerability in HTML Help ActiveX Control Could

Allow Remote Code Execution

2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927779 ]

-- Vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access Components

Could Allow Remote Code Execution

2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926436 ]

-- Vulnerability in Microsoft OLE Dialog Could Allow

Remote Code Execution

2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924667 ]

-- Vulnerability in Microsoft MFC Could Allow Remote

Code Execution

2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918118 ]

-- Vulnerability in Microsoft RichEdit Could Allow

Remote Code Execution

2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928090 ]

-- Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

* If you have IE7, obtain that version of this update.

4/3/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925902 ]

-- Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution

4/10/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931261 ]

-- Vulnerability in Universal Plug and Play Could

Allow Remote Code Execution

4/10/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932168 ]

-- Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent Could Allow Remote

Code Execution

4/10/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930178 ]

-- Vulnerabilities in CSRSS Could Allow Remote Code

Execution

4/10/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931784 ]

-- Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow

Elevation of Privilege

Media Player:

-------------------

Released: -- [ Web Page Address: ] -- Description:

9/2/2004 -- [ http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=30984 ]

-- Windows Media Player 10

11/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902344 ]

-- Update for WMDRM-enabled Media Players

2/13/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911564 ]

-- Security Update for Windows Media Player Plug-in

4/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911565 ]

-- Security Update for Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP

6/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917734 ]

-- Security Update for Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP

12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923689 ]

-- Vulnerability in Windows Media Format Could Allow Remote

Code Execution

..NET Framework:

------------------------

Released: -- [ Web Page Address: ] -- Description:

3/30/2004 -- [ http://snipurl.com/10bde ]

-- Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package

8/30/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885055 ]

-- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

2/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887219 ]

-- ASP.NET Security Update for Microsoft NET Framework 1.1

Service Pack 1

3/22/2006 -- [ http://snipurl.com/10bdv ]

-- Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable

Package (x86)

7/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917283 ]

-- NDP 2.0 ASP.Net Security Update

10/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922770 ]

-- NET Framework 2.0 SYSTEM.WEB.DLL Security Update

Other Updates:

---------------------

Released: -- [ Web Page Address: ] -- Description:

9/14/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873374 ]

-- Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool

9/2/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803 ]

-- Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2)

10/14/2005 -- [ http://snipurl.com/10bex ]

-- Windows Media Connect 2.0

11/29/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909520 ]

-- Microsoft Base Smart Card Cryptographic Service Provider

Package: x86

10/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830 ]

-- Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool

- November 2006

Purely OPTIONAL:

----------------------

10/18/2006 -- [ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/ ]

-- Internet Explorer 7.0

10/30/2006 -- [ http://snipurl.com/167ea ]

-- Media Player 11

12/8/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925876 ]

-- Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 client

Good Luck...

--

Shenan Stanley

MS-MVP

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