XP rollup?

[Vic]

Is MS ever going to make a rollup package to bring our systems up to
date with all patches, fixes etc? I don't care for the web update
business and really prefer a rollup.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

SP3 should be out one of these days, but MS isn't saying when. Educated
guesses suggest early next year. But you'll *still* need to use Windows
Updates for those that come out after SP3 goes to press. IOW, you are never
going to be able to get by without Windows Update.

 

[Alias]

SP3 should be out one of these days, but MS isn't saying when. Educated
guesses suggest early next year. But you'll *still* need to use Windows
Updates for those that come out after SP3 goes to press. IOW, you are never
going to be able to get by without Windows Update.

At least as long as you use Windows ;-) That said, with proper
preparation, one shouldn't have any problems with Windows Update.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

This IS a Windows newsgroup, eh? And I have seldom had any problems with
Windows Updates, maybe none on my own machines, and I don't "prepare" for
it. What do you mean "properly prepare"?

 

[Alias]

This IS a Windows newsgroup, eh?
True.

And I have seldom had any problems with
Windows Updates, maybe none on my own machines, and I don't "prepare" for
it. What do you mean "properly prepare"?

First I do a clean up with CCleaner and System Suite 5. Then I do a
defrag. Then I set a system restore point. Then I disable Spybot,
Spywareguard and Spywareblaster's real time protection. Then I disable
Avast's real time protection. Then I go to Windows Updates with IE6,
choose Custom, choose the Updates (to make sure that IE7, WMP11 and
WGA/N are not listed as "critical") and let it do its thing.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Ummm... A System Restore point is automatically created before Update
installs. The rest of your steps are, IMO, overkill. (On XP, anyway. I do
recommend a limited Clean Boot for Win9X users.) Plus, while I'm not really
conversant with CCleaner, it's my understanding that it can cause it's own
problems. The one thing I try to remember to do first is to empty TEMP and
delete TIFs. Don't need CCleaner for that.

As for defrag... I do that AFTER updating, installing other things, etc.
Makes more sense to me than doing it beforehand. In any case, I've never
personally seen Windows Updates have any problems that were due to any of
the things your procedures would prevent. But different strokes...

 

[Alias]

Ummm... A System Restore point is automatically created before Update
installs. The rest of your steps are, IMO, overkill. (On XP, anyway. I do
recommend a limited Clean Boot for Win9X users.) Plus, while I'm not really
conversant with CCleaner, it's my understanding that it can cause it's own
problems. The one thing I try to remember to do first is to empty TEMP and
delete TIFs. Don't need CCleaner for that.

As for defrag... I do that AFTER updating, installing other things, etc.
Makes more sense to me than doing it beforehand. In any case, I've never
personally seen Windows Updates have any problems that were due to any of
the things your procedures would prevent. But different strokes...

It may be overkill but it works I figure that the Updates are
writing to the registry and they don't need an AV checking on it or any
real time anti malware programs either.

After the updates, I do a clean up and defrag as well.

I've never had a problem with Crap Cleaner and I, and others that I
know, have used it extensively on many computers with no problems.