Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:23:56 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2000 SP4 worth it or not?
The easier way to download hotfixes is to use Windows Update to get the fix number then search for it on MS TechNet. They link to downloadable versions of the patches. Example: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-041.mspx Jim ================================================== Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:06:50 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2000 SP4 worth it or not? 6. There is a trick to save the hotfixes: ----------------------------------------- A. You need to keep track of which hotfixes and patches are applied in what order. Hint: higher numbered hotfixes obviously have to applied after lower numbered ones. B. Winupdate removes the downloaded update files once they have been applied, but... C. ...Microsoft still hasn't learned the game: these downloaded files are not gone completely! On all Windows versions I saw (95 until XP home) the donwloaded files are still present in the browser cache...... look in Temporary Internet Files etc, the file names are mangled but still contain the original hotfix number. There are 4 caches, look in all of them (hint: sort on date). D. Copy these files a.s.a.p. to a backup subdir and later on CDROM, after having changed their names to something more mnemonic. E. Once you've installed Windows, simply re-apply the hotfixes in the order you wrote down in A. F: Presto! Philip ================================================== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
