Arrgghhh. How many updates ... ?

[coolVariable]

I just reinstalled WinXP on my laptop.
Even using a WinXP with SP2 slipstreamed on it took FOREVER to download all the small updates since then!
I fvcking hate it!
It was download 3 updates, restart, download 3 updates, restart .... over and over.
Why can't the stupid thing just download and install all updates in 1 sweep?

Can all updates PLEASE be packaged into a SP every 3 months?

 

[bendixG15]

Try it with dial up

 

[timswim78]

Install SP2. Then download and run autopatcher, which will install every update that you need.

 

[nweaver]

go to linux, you can net install and get all updates during the install.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: coolVariable
I just reinstalled WinXP on my laptop.
Even using a WinXP with SP2 slipstreamed on it took FOREVER to download all the small updates since then!
I fvcking hate it!
It was download 3 updates, restart, download 3 updates, restart .... over and over.
Why can't the stupid thing just download and install all updates in 1 sweep?

Can all updates PLEASE be packaged into a SP every 3 months?

NLITE is a convenient machanism to handle updates, but it's really geared for those that reinstall a lot. For single users, what's the difference? Turn auto-updates on, tell it to happen at 3am, leave the PC on a few nights, and you never need to manage anything - it's all automatic.

 

[Leros]

I always factor in 30 minutes for updates when I reformat.

 

[ProviaFan]

That's why I love broadband and systems with fast hard drives... 😉

I wish there were a better solution that didn't depend on third-party tools to work (come to think of it, there probably is something in the MS KB, but I'm too lazy to search for it). 🙁

 

[dclive]

There is - use WSUS, or integrate the hotfixes into your install source.

Or just let it do updates at 3 AM when you are asleep, and never be the wiser. What's wrong with that?

 

[Seeruk]

This page is god in my house 😉

http://unattended.msfn.org/

 

[Nocturnal]

If you download the newest installer thingy or whatever it's called it makes the downloads much smaller and keeps a local copy of the installer so it doesn't download + installer, download + installer. I fix computers for a living and it's actually sped up the process of when we have to format a computer and reinstall Windows and the updates.