Have to install ALL critical updates in order to be updated?

[Guest RonBiggs]

On another machine of mine, I can see in the Add/Remove Programs dialog list

that so many Windows updates are eating up a hefty chunk of space. Is there

a way to tell if one of the updates is a "roll up" of several updates, or do

we simply have to sacrifice the space and install every single one in order

to be updated? I've just re-installed Windows XP on this machine, and there

are 16 critical updates, none of which is SP1 or SP2. Short cuts? Advise?

 

Thanks!

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

RonBiggs wrote:

> On another machine of mine, I can see in the Add/Remove Programs

> dialog list that so many Windows updates are eating up a hefty

> chunk of space. Is there a way to tell if one of the updates is a

> "roll up" of several updates, or do we simply have to sacrifice the

> space and install every single one in order to be updated? I've

> just re-installed Windows XP on this machine, and there are 16

> critical updates, none of which is SP1 or SP2. Short cuts?

> Advise?

 

First - if the updates are taking up so much space you are worried about

it - you need a larger hard disk drive.

 

Second - if an update replaces another update - it removes the old and

replaces it *as needed*. There is nothing for you to do.

 

Last - Service Pack 2 was released in 2004. Since then over 85 updates have

been released. You can integrate a lot of the updates into the installation

media to save time in future installs - but sooner or later - without

keeping the media up to date - there will be dozens more.

 

As a testimate to this - here are the updates from SP2 to April 2007 -

listed out and NOT including any that have been replaced by one that is

listed here...

 

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

 

--

Shenan Stanley

MS-MVP

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[Guest TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

You need the updates but you can however remove the folders that have uninstall as part of

the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ which reside in C:\windows (hidden folders)

are Window Hot Fix Update folders/files) can be safely deleted (providing you never wish

to uninstall the updates). I would recommend leaving these folders for a period of at

least a month to make sure the update is working correctly.

 

These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out more about the

update/s go to:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=XXXXXX

NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB"

 

Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control Panel, Add/Remove

Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the update folder/file you

have just deleted and select remove. You will get a Windows error. This is because you

have deleted the uninstall folder/files. Just choose OK and the entry will be deleted from

the Add/Remove Programs Listing.

 

Another alternative is to save the uninstall files to a CD in case you ever want them.

 

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"RonBiggs" <RonBiggs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FCBD1EFC-2604-43D5-BEA0-D0157BAB617E@microsoft.com...

| On another machine of mine, I can see in the Add/Remove Programs dialog list

| that so many Windows updates are eating up a hefty chunk of space. Is there

| a way to tell if one of the updates is a "roll up" of several updates, or do

| we simply have to sacrifice the space and install every single one in order

| to be updated? I've just re-installed Windows XP on this machine, and there

| are 16 critical updates, none of which is SP1 or SP2. Short cuts? Advise?

|

| Thanks!