Win XP SP1 in an MSI download

[Devin]

I am looking for a location where i can download Microsoft
updates with out having to physically connect the computer
that needs to updates to the internet, and then going to
windows update. Basically, I am looking for something like
a Windows XP SP 1 installer. Anyone know of a place to
find that? thanks

Devin

 

[Mike Kolitz]

Hi Devin,

If you're just looking to avoid going to Windows Update, you can download
the Network installer for SP1, which is the whole thing.

You can get that here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp1/network.mspx

If you need an MSI file, there's an MSI wrapper for SP1 available once you
extract the files from the network installer. Just run XPSP1a_en_x86.exe /x
and select the location to extract the files to. The MSI is in i386\update
in the location you specify. From there, you can use Active Directory to
deploy it, if you want to.

SUS is also capable of deploying service packs:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx