Re-Installs on Computers.

[Kardon Coupé]

Dear All,

I'm sometimes asked (from people in work) to do re-insalls when the pc's
start to go slugish etc and I was wondering if there is anyway of collecting
any updates and sorting them locally on my network (everytime I do updates
over the network it is using my bandwidth, so if I can save on this it would
help) and the pc's I'm doing the installs from can pull from there? So one
of my pc's just pulls all updates down and after using them stores them? Or
if there is another option or suggestion?

Hope this makes sense?

Regards.
Paul.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm sometimes asked (from people in work) to do re-insalls when the
pc's start to go slugish etc and I was wondering if there is anyway
of collecting any updates and sorting them locally on my network
(everytime I do updates over the network it is using my bandwidth,
so if I can save on this it would help) and the pc's I'm doing the
installs from can pull from there? So one of my pc's just pulls all
updates down and after using them stores them? Or if there is
another option or suggestion?

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

You could get all the updates, you could slipstream/integrate them into your
installation media (network or CD/DVD.)

You could do more than that and use a completely unattended setup method.

And/or you could make images of systems (Ghost/TrueImage/BootItNG come to
mind) and reapply these as needed. You could even go as far as creating a
universal image that would apply to most computers.

Slipstream/Integrate the patches and/or start using some other unattended
method (CD/DVD/Network/Cloning/etc) to do your work for you.

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 Distibution CD
http://xpcreate.com/

AutoPatcher
http://www.autopatcher.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 2005's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-may.mspx

July 2005's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-jul.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.

Unattended installation or cloning methods:

By CD/DVD...
http://unattended.msfn.org/

By network...
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

Your other choice might be to create a universal image - but I think you
would get more flexibility with an unattended installation.

http://www.leinss.com/uniimg.html
(See the WinXP Blog addition - imaging with universal image)

http://www.gc.peachnet.edu/www/wbeck/W2KXP.htm#Master
(More on building and ghosting a master image)

Good Luck!

 

[Guest]

Cant do much with windows update,but the other downloads from microsoft,
simply download and install and/or after click the "If file hasnt downloaded,
click here" click,then save to a new folder in my documents or similiar.Once
enough are collected,move to cd.You can re-add as needed.

 

[Kardon Coupé]

Thanks for all the resources there.

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

You could get all the updates, you could slipstream/integrate them into
your installation media (network or CD/DVD.)

You could do more than that and use a completely unattended setup method.

And/or you could make images of systems (Ghost/TrueImage/BootItNG come to
mind) and reapply these as needed. You could even go as far as creating a
universal image that would apply to most computers.

Slipstream/Integrate the patches and/or start using some other unattended
method (CD/DVD/Network/Cloning/etc) to do your work for you.

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 Distibution CD
http://xpcreate.com/

AutoPatcher
http://www.autopatcher.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 2005's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-may.mspx

July 2005's patches..
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-jul.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.

Unattended installation or cloning methods:

By CD/DVD...
http://unattended.msfn.org/

By network...
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

Your other choice might be to create a universal image - but I think you
would get more flexibility with an unattended installation.

http://www.leinss.com/uniimg.html
(See the WinXP Blog addition - imaging with universal image)

http://www.gc.peachnet.edu/www/wbeck/W2KXP.htm#Master
(More on building and ghosting a master image)

Good Luck!