Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:12:02 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2000 SP4 worth it or not?
Jim Drouillard wrote: > > 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 True. Mostly that is :-( The problem is that this way you can't get all the fixes. Some just can't be found on the MS site - only way to get them applied is to either use Windows Update or recover them from an already patched Windows as I outlined. Philip > ================================================== > 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
