install windows updates from cd?

[Ryan]

I have downloaded and saved all the windows updates for
XP that are available from the windows update catalog.
How can I install these from a cd without having to go
thru and execute each individual file? Is there a way to
slipstream them into the installation like you can with
the service pack? They are all .exe self extracting
cabinet files. Thanks!

 

[emanon]

-----Original Message-----
I have downloaded and saved all the windows updates for
XP that are available from the windows update catalog.
How can I install these from a cd without having to go
thru and execute each individual file? Is there a way to
slipstream them into the installation like you can with
the service pack? They are all .exe self extracting
cabinet files. Thanks!
.

Not sure on how you would do that.. but heres what I did.
I have dial-up and have formatted my PC many times. I
never wanted to redownload all those fixes again either..
so go here...

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/downloads/servicepa
cks/sp1/default.asp

Download the network installation file. Its one file, and
you can burn that to a cd-r and use that the next time
you need to update. hope that helps.

 

[Shenan T. Stanley]

P.S. - As was pointed out - I forgot to post WHERE the unedited (perl
version) of the batch script came from:

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

HIGHLY recommended site!

(Thanks Pat!)

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