Updates for Windows XP

[Barry Karas]

9:59 AM 9/9/2007

It takes extraordinarily long to manually update my computer.

I do not want automatic updates -- I do not want unknown files being
downloaded and installed on my computer. Because I do not choose automatic
updates, I have to wait an exceptional time if I want to keep security
current.

Is there an alternative update site? If so, what is the maximum number of
bytes that service provides? My browser is Firefox 2.006.

Thank you,

Barry Karas

 

[Harry Ohrn]

check here http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Home.aspx and do a
search for XP updates.

or here http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html and scroll down to
the XP updates section

 

[PA Bear]

How to configure and use Automatic Updates in WinXP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
[Sounds like the Notify Only option is what you want]
--
Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

 

[Unknown]

I manually do all updates. What do you consider to be extraordinary time.
How do you connect to the net? Dial up, cable, DSL?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

9:59 AM 9/9/2007

It takes extraordinarily long to manually update my computer.

I do not want automatic updates -- I do not want unknown files being
downloaded and installed on my computer. Because I do not choose automatic
updates, I have to wait an exceptional time if I want to keep security
current.

Is there an alternative update site? If so, what is the maximum number of
bytes that service provides? My browser is Firefox 2.006.

Thank you,

Barry Karas

In Control Panel go to the Security Center and configure Automatic updates
to Notify only.
In IE click Tools | Windows Update.

 

[Bullwinkle]

check here http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Home.aspx and do a
search for XP updates.

or here http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html and scroll down to
the XP updates section


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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

9:59 AM 9/9/2007

It takes extraordinarily long to manually update my computer.

I do not want automatic updates -- I do not want unknown files being
downloaded and installed on my computer. Because I do not choose
automatic updates, I have to wait an exceptional time if I want to keep
security current.

Is there an alternative update site? If so, what is the maximum number of
bytes that service provides? My browser is Firefox 2.006.

Thank you,

Barry Karas

Looks to me like this software patch is a fake url location.

I would stay away from it.

regards.