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is there anyway to check what updates my computer has
previously updated?? a history of updates or something??

thanks
adam
 
I don't know the 'official' way but:

1. Check Add/Remove Programs - you should see entires for each update.
They're called Hotfixes.

2. Also if you check your C:\Windows folder there should be a .log file for
each update:

e.g.

KB282010.log

or

Q323255.log

3. Also, if you set your Folder Options to see hidden files and folders and
see hidden system file you should see a subfolder with the name of each
update for each update in your WINDOWS folder. The name of each folder looks
odd e.g.:

$NtUninstallQ810565$


Hope that helps.
Stephen

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| is there anyway to check what updates my computer has
| previously updated?? a history of updates or something??
|
| thanks
| adam
 
adam;
I am sure there are other ways, in fact I use Belarc Adviser & Aida32,
they both show the installed updates .
Click Windows Update on the Start Menu/when you get there, click: View
installation history in the left pane.
Or go to: Windows Explorer/click My Computer/click C/click the + for
Windows/you will see a bunch of Uninstall info for updates you have
installed.
Hope this helps,
Wes
 
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is there anyway to check what updates my computer has
previously updated?? a history of updates or something??

thanks
adam
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Yes, there is. Start/ControlPanel/Add or Remove
Click to expand...
Programs. They will all be listed there as Q......
 
adam said:
is there anyway to check what updates my computer has
previously updated?? a history of updates or something??
Click to expand...

Run regedit.exe
Open to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows XP
and there is a subkey for any SP1 ones, other than SP1 itself which will
have taken in most of them, and one for SP2 ones, each with a subkey
numbered according to the KB article - nnnnnn in
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;nnnnnn

This will include fixes where the uninstall info has been removed and
there are no longer entries in Add/remove Programs. Each also has a
Filelist subkey whose contents will tell you what files were installed
and in what versions

The other place to look is Program Files\Windows Update\V4\iuhist,xml,
but it is tedious to read and may have been deleted and restarted at
some time
 
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