Updating Windows and Office on a Standalone PC

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I have been given an old PC with Windows XP and Office 2000, and want to
bring Windows and Office up to date, and then keep them up to date.
This PC is not connected to the Internet, so I cannot use Windows Update
and Office Update: using a 4G FlashDrive, however, I can transfer files
to it from a PC which is connected.

Can someone point me to information about where I can get files from
Microsoft which will enable me to update Windows and Office on a
standalone PC?

TIA
 
Well, as a suggestion, they sell wireless cards extremly cheap now, so it
just might be better to buy one in the long run.
 
C said:
I have been given an old PC with Windows XP and Office 2000, and want to
bring Windows and Office up to date, and then keep them up to date. This
PC is not connected to the Internet, so I cannot use Windows Update and
Office Update: using a 4G FlashDrive, however, I can transfer files to
it from a PC which is connected.

Can someone point me to information about where I can get files from
Microsoft which will enable me to update Windows and Office on a
standalone PC?

TIA
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C A Upsdell said:
I have been given an old PC with Windows XP and Office 2000, and want to
bring Windows and Office up to date, and then keep them up to date. This PC
is not connected to the Internet, so I cannot use Windows Update and Office
Update: using a 4G FlashDrive, however, I can transfer files to it from a
PC which is connected.

Can someone point me to information about where I can get files from
Microsoft which will enable me to update Windows and Office on a
standalone PC?

TIA
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The Windows Update Catalog. Here's the MS KB article on finding and using
it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166

It's not so simple to do this, though, as there can be a lot of updates now,
and some are hardware-specific, so you have to know exactly how that offline
machine is built. The last time I checked, after installing basic XP with
SP2, there were nearly 80 updates, some quite large, and some not needed.
For example, an offline system may not need the .NET frameworks (or, it may,
depending on its use).

SP2 is another issue, and you almost certainly want that. It's about 260
meg by itself. For offline installation, you get this one:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

If the system is not online, there are significantly fewer reasons to update
it regularly. It's not exposed to many of the threats or network issues
that many updates address. Get it to the point where it is reliable, and
leave it there.

For the initial install, it's helpful to add a network card if it doesn't
have one; these can be had for around $15. Take it to a place where you
have hi-speed access, and get all the updates. This is trivial if you've
got a router; you just plug it in.. Then, disconnect and take it to its
destination.

You will, however, also need to install an anti-virus program, and configure
it to look to a particular folder for updates, and manually refresh that
folder.

HTH
-pk
 
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