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Found on slashdot.com. (http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/12/12/2012220.shtml) direct link to site is http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/80682

This allows you to download all the updates for Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003 onto an ISO image CD or DVD. So you can install updates on a machine not connected to the internet. This would come in handy for people that have slow dial-up connections. They could have one of their friends get this and update their computer faster than it would otherwise take.

mechmike0034

More similar stuff:

Unofficial W2K SP5: http://www.soft32.com/download_125410.html

Autopatcher 2000, XP and 2003: http://www.autopatcher.com/

Unofficial W98 SE Service Pack: http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

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johnnymk

You can also get a CD from Microsoft for XP. I just odrered one for $3.50? It took less than a week to receive it.

mechmike0034

Also, for XPSP2: http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack.html

DarkFury

So would this work to bring a fresh install of XP up to speed to the latest Security update? (To avoid the long proces of waiting and restarting your PC.)

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mechmike0034

Autopatcher would... It does take a little while to run, but it is unattended once you select your options and start it. Ryan's pack is meant to slipstream into an XPSP2 disc.