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[Guest]

I recently performed a clean install successfully from the disk that came with my laptop. However, it is over two years old and contains none of the security updates that have issued since then. Is there a way to acquire a disk containing all of the updates, including Service Pack 2? (Note: What originally corrupted my system occurred during a download of Service Pack 1.)

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try the following link, although not all of the Security/Critical Updates are on that CD:

"Order the Windows Security Update CD"
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/cd/order.mspx

SP2 may be able available in the next few weeks.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Will. I will order the CD as you suggest. However, it claims to have only those fixes through October 2003, leaving many many still to download. Perhaps Microsoft will put all of the fixes to date on a disk with Service Pack 2 after it is issued. Is this too much to hope for?

AJ from PA

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

I imagine that there will be more up-to-date Critical/Security Updates included with SP2.