Windows updates download to one computer to install on another

[Big Al]

Is there a way to download Windows Updates to one computer to be copied to
another computer & installed there ? My laptop has a fast wireless
connection to get the updates. My desktop only has a slow dial-up. For
personal reasons, I don't want to change the desktop to wireless. So if I
can only download the updates recommended by Microsoft for my desktop on my
laptop - it will go MUCH faster. My phone company charges my dial-up access
by the minute. The updates would take an hour or more with dial-up. The
same updates with wireless would take seconds. Thanks for any detailed
help.

....Al

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Is there a way to download Windows Updates to one computer to be copied to
another computer & installed there ? My laptop has a fast wireless
connection to get the updates. My desktop only has a slow dial-up. For
personal reasons, I don't want to change the desktop to wireless. So if I
can only download the updates recommended by Microsoft for my desktop on my
laptop - it will go MUCH faster. My phone company charges my dial-up access
by the minute. The updates would take an hour or more with dial-up. The
same updates with wireless would take seconds. Thanks for any detailed
help.

...Al

Microsoft Download Center Windows Security & Updates
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=7


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

 

[Big Al]

Thank you, but I am aware of that website & have been there before. But I
want to know how to d/l the updates I need for my desktop, copy them &
install them.
......Al

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thank you, but I am aware of that website & have been there before. But I
want to know how to d/l the updates I need for my desktop, copy them &
install them.
.....Al

Simply click the link for the update(s) that you need, and follow the
on-screen instructions to save the files. Then burn them to a CD, or
use a thumb drive to transfer them to the desktop, and run each executable.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

 

[Big Al]

Thanks for the info. I'll try that.
......Al

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Is there a way to download Windows Updates to one computer to be
copied to another computer & installed there ? My laptop has a
fast wireless connection to get the updates. My desktop only has a
slow dial-up. For personal reasons, I don't want to change the
desktop to wireless. So if I can only download the updates
recommended by Microsoft for my desktop on my laptop - it will go
MUCH faster. My phone company charges my dial-up access by the
minute. The updates would take an hour or more with dial-up. The
same updates with wireless would take seconds. Thanks for any
detailed help.

Each month Microsoft releases that month's updates in ISO format:
January 2006-current
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086

If you are more trusting:

AutoPatcher
http://www.autopatcher.com/

Windows Updates Downloader
http://wud.jcarle.com/

You can download each update manually - based off the KB Article number,
etc. That way you can back it up/burn a CD of them in case you need them or
use them to keep a slipstream/integrated (updated) Windows XP CD.

How to use the Windows Update Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166
(In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the
patches..)

Windows Update Catalog
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp
(In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the
patches..)

Creating an Integrated Installation
http://snipurl.com/el43

Integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930

Really customize your CD..
http://unattended.msfn.org/

Produce an up-to-date XP Distribution CD
http://xpcreate.com/

AutoStreamer
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

You can see the critical (security and other) patches released for a given
month using the following:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms##-***.mspx

At the end of this line you see "ms##-***.mspx" .. If you simply replace ##
with the two-digit year and the *** with the three character month
abbreviation, you will see the list of "critical" and "important" patches
for that month (since it only happens once a month usually, if you check by
the second Tuesday (wait until afternoon) of each month - you should be
fine) - note that future months will not work.

As an example...

December 2004's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-dec.mspx

March 2005's patches..
None released.. so that one will fail...

May 2006's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-may.mspx

January 2007's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-jan.mspx


Once you get on the page with each month's list of patches.. You can go to
the related KB articles and grab the appropriate files from there.

Need Microsoft Office updates?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/maincatalog.aspx


Here's a list of updates from SP2 until about April 2007 to get you
started...

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

Critical Updates
----------------------
Released: -- [ Web Page Address ] -- Description:
9/14/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885626 ]
-- Critical Update for Windows XP
11/22/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887742 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885835 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885836 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886185 ]
-- Critical Update for Windows XP
12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873339 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891781 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888302 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887472 ]
-- Security Update for Windows Messenger
4/11/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890859 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
5/18/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894391 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
5/24/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896344 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
6/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358 ]
-- Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP
6/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896428 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
6/24/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900930 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
6/27/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898461 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
7/11/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901214 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896423 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899587 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899591 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893756 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901017 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902400 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905749 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905414 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900725 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
12/12/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910437 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
12/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904706 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
1/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908519 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
2/13/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911927 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
4/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911562 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
4/18/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904942 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
4/25/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900485 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
4/25/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908531 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
5/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913580 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
6/6/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916595 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
6/8/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918439 ]
-- Vulnerability in ART Image Rendering Could Allow Remote Code
Execution in Internet Explorer for Windows XP SP2
6/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914389 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
6/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917953 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
6/13/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917344 ]
-- JScript 5.6 Security Update for Windows XP SP1 and SP2
6/27/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911280 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
7/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917159 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
7/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914388 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917422 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920670 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922616 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920683 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
8/17/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920685 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922582 ]
-- Update for Windows XP
9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919007 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922819 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924496 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923414 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923191 ]
-- Security Update for Windows XP
11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920213 ]
-- Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent could allow remote code
execution
11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 ]
-- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe
could allow remote code execution
11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924270 ]
-- Vulnerability in Workstation Service could allow
remote code execution
11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928088 ]
-- Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services could
allow remote code execution
11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923980 ]
-- Vulnerability in the Client Service could allow remote code
execution
12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926247 ]
-- Vulnerability in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
could allow remote code execution
12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926255 ]
-- Vulnerability in Windows could allow elevation of privilege
12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923694 ]
-- Cumulative security update for Outlook Express
1/9/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929969 ]
-- Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language
Could Allow Remote Code Execution
* If you have installed IE7, also install the IE7 version
of this patch!
2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928255 ]
-- Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Elevation
of Privilege
2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927802 ]
-- Vulnerability in Windows Image Acquisition Service
Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928843 ]
-- Vulnerability in HTML Help ActiveX Control Could
Allow Remote Code Execution
2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927779 ]
-- Vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access Components
Could Allow Remote Code Execution
2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926436 ]
-- Vulnerability in Microsoft OLE Dialog Could Allow
Remote Code Execution
2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924667 ]
-- Vulnerability in Microsoft MFC Could Allow Remote
Code Execution
2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918118 ]
-- Vulnerability in Microsoft RichEdit Could Allow
Remote Code Execution
2/13/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928090 ]
-- Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
* If you have IE7, obtain that version of this update.
4/3/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925902 ]
-- Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution
4/10/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931261 ]
-- Vulnerability in Universal Plug and Play Could
Allow Remote Code Execution
4/10/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932168 ]
-- Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent Could Allow Remote
Code Execution
4/10/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930178 ]
-- Vulnerabilities in CSRSS Could Allow Remote Code
Execution
4/10/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931784 ]
-- Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow
Elevation of Privilege

Media Player:
-------------------
Released: -- [ Web Page Address: ] -- Description:
9/2/2004 -- [ http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=30984 ]
-- Windows Media Player 10
11/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902344 ]
-- Update for WMDRM-enabled Media Players
2/13/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911564 ]
-- Security Update for Windows Media Player Plug-in
4/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911565 ]
-- Security Update for Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP
6/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917734 ]
-- Security Update for Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP
12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923689 ]
-- Vulnerability in Windows Media Format Could Allow Remote
Code Execution

..NET Framework:
------------------------
Released: -- [ Web Page Address: ] -- Description:
3/30/2004 -- [ http://snipurl.com/10bde ]
-- Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package
8/30/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885055 ]
-- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
2/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887219 ]
-- ASP.NET Security Update for Microsoft NET Framework 1.1
Service Pack 1
3/22/2006 -- [ http://snipurl.com/10bdv ]
-- Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable
Package (x86)
7/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917283 ]
-- NDP 2.0 ASP.Net Security Update
10/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922770 ]
-- NET Framework 2.0 SYSTEM.WEB.DLL Security Update

Other Updates:
---------------------
Released: -- [ Web Page Address: ] -- Description:
9/14/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873374 ]
-- Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool
9/2/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803 ]
-- Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2)
10/14/2005 -- [ http://snipurl.com/10bex ]
-- Windows Media Connect 2.0
11/29/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909520 ]
-- Microsoft Base Smart Card Cryptographic Service Provider
Package: x86
10/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830 ]
-- Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool
- November 2006

Purely OPTIONAL:
----------------------
10/18/2006 -- [ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/ ]
-- Internet Explorer 7.0
10/30/2006 -- [ http://snipurl.com/167ea ]
-- Media Player 11
12/8/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925876 ]
-- Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 client

 

[PA Bear]

How will you know what updates the desktop needs, Al?

 

[Big Al]

I will first go to Microsoft Windows Update site & let the site read what my
desktop needs. I will then copy the numbers of the necessary updates & then
download them with my laptop ( I hope ). I can't try that until next month
because I am up to date on the desktop for this month ( several short
sessions so as not to tie up the land line phone for an hour or so )
......Al

| How will you know what updates the desktop needs, Al?
| --
| ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

 

[Big Al]

A LOT of information there. Thanks, but I think most of it doesn't help me
on how to solve my problem in simple steps.
I'm sort of a newbie here & I don't understand a lot of it. I'll keep
reading some of it & see if will help. Thanks again.
.......Al


|
| Each month Microsoft releases that month's updates in ISO format:
| January 2006-current
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086
|
| If you are more trusting:
|
| AutoPatcher
| http://www.autopatcher.com/
|
| Windows Updates Downloader
| http://wud.jcarle.com/
|
| You can download each update manually - based off the KB Article number,
| etc. That way you can back it up/burn a CD of them in case you need them
or
| use them to keep a slipstream/integrated (updated) Windows XP CD.
|
| How to use the Windows Update Catalog
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166
| (In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the
| patches..)
|
| Windows Update Catalog
| http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp
| (In order to use the Windows Update Catalog, you must use IE to get the
| patches..)
|
SNIP

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Is there a way to download Windows Updates to one computer to be
copied to another computer & installed there ? My laptop has a
fast wireless connection to get the updates. My desktop only has a
slow dial-up. For personal reasons, I don't want to change the
desktop to wireless. So if I can only download the updates
recommended by Microsoft for my desktop on my laptop - it will go
MUCH faster. My phone company charges my dial-up access by the
minute. The updates would take an hour or more with dial-up. The
same updates with wireless would take seconds. Thanks for any
detailed help.

Each month Microsoft releases that month's updates in ISO format:
January 2006-current
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086

If you are more trusting:

AutoPatcher
http://www.autopatcher.com/

Windows Updates Downloader
http://wud.jcarle.com/

You can download each update manually - based off the KB Article
number, etc. That way you can back it up/burn a CD of them in
case you need them or use them to keep a slipstream/integrated
(updated) Windows XP CD.

<snip>
Entire Thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...5f60f918039?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1#34aa75f60f918039

A LOT of information there. Thanks, but I think most of it doesn't
help me on how to solve my problem in simple steps.
I'm sort of a newbie here & I don't understand a lot of it. I'll
keep reading some of it & see if will help. Thanks again.
......Al

Not much there at all... Not if you take a minute to break it down into
parts...

The first part helps if you know the last month you got updates - then you
download each month's ISO and burn to CD that your desktop doesn't have.

The second part has a couple of applications you could utilize that
essentially do all the work for you - so you have *all* the updates and can
write them to external media to get to your desktop machine.

The third part is using the Windows Update Catalog to get updates.

The fourth part would be using those updates you got in one of the three
ways above and integrating it into your installation media - which you
may/may not need.

The fifth part is *another* way of seeing what updates were released in a
given month so you can read and see which ones apply to you.

The sixth part just shows you that you can get office updates as well.

The seventh part literally gives you the links to every update (from SP2
through April 2007) that you might need on a Windows XP system. If you
followed each link and downloaded the patch/update from the corresponding
"IT Professional" version of the web page - you would have every update in
one single place - where ever that might be.


However - your best solution - depending on what you mean by 'wireless' - is
to purchase some external device to allow you to use the same internet on
your desktop that you use on your laptop. That is more difficult if, by
wireless, you mean something like a cellular modem. If it is just wireless
in terms of actual wireless internet (like with a wireless router connected
to cable/dsl) - then a simple $40-$100 USB device would give you high-speed
on your desktop.

 

[PA Bear]

Very good.

I will first go to Microsoft Windows Update site & let the site read what
my
desktop needs. I will then copy the numbers of the necessary updates &
then
download them with my laptop ( I hope ). I can't try that until next
month
because I am up to date on the desktop for this month ( several short
sessions so as not to tie up the land line phone for an hour or so )
.....Al

 

[Big Al]

Thanks for the break down. That helps a lot.
......Al

| Big Al wrote:
| > A LOT of information there. Thanks, but I think most of it doesn't
| > help me on how to solve my problem in simple steps.
| > I'm sort of a newbie here & I don't understand a lot of it. I'll
| > keep reading some of it & see if will help. Thanks again.
| > ......Al
|
| Not much there at all... Not if you take a minute to break it down into
| parts...
|