Gary Thorn [MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox]
December 6th 03, 10:42 AM
All Critical Updates are very recommended to download. The
others are only suggestions.
Hope this helps!
Gary Thorn
MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox
Associate Expert
More about the Windows XP Expert Zone:
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
More about the MS MVP Program:
http://tinyurl.com/n08
>-----Original Message-----
>New computer with XP. Went to Windows Update.
>
>While the word "critical" should mean all, I wasn't
expecting to see a
>list of 22 critical updates and 14 XP updates when I went
to WU. Also
>hadn't realized what this would mean when items have to
be deselected
>individually in order to choose one. And some of these
suckers are
>little setup files which will lead to great big downloads.
>
>I opted for the June cumulative update in the hope that
some of the
>others would disappear, but, nope. I only have a dial-up
connection.
>So... HELP!
>
>
>.
>
others are only suggestions.
Hope this helps!
Gary Thorn
MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox
Associate Expert
More about the Windows XP Expert Zone:
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
More about the MS MVP Program:
http://tinyurl.com/n08
>-----Original Message-----
>New computer with XP. Went to Windows Update.
>
>While the word "critical" should mean all, I wasn't
expecting to see a
>list of 22 critical updates and 14 XP updates when I went
to WU. Also
>hadn't realized what this would mean when items have to
be deselected
>individually in order to choose one. And some of these
suckers are
>little setup files which will lead to great big downloads.
>
>I opted for the June cumulative update in the hope that
some of the
>others would disappear, but, nope. I only have a dial-up
connection.
>So... HELP!
>
>
>.
>