How to get critical XP updates?

[Ian Wade]

In a few days I'm taking delivery of a new Dell system with XP Pro+SP1
already installed. For security reasons the new system will never be
connected to the Internet.

So, a couple of questions:

1. What do I have to do (on another system) to get critical XP updates?

2. Having obtained a critical update and virus-checked it, is it then
simply a matter of copying the update (via the LAN) to a folder on the
XP system and executing it there?

[These must be FAQs. Where do I find XP Pro FAQs? -- This is my very
first exposure to the OS, and I don't even know where to start!]

Ian

[Nicholas]

If your new computer will never have internet access, there really is
no reason to be concerned with installing critical updates. Most are
issued to prevent security compromises while using the internet.

Windows Update Versus Windows Update Catalog
http://www.theeldergeek.com/windows_update_catalog.htm


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"Ian Wade" > wrote in message:
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| XP system and executing it there?
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| [These must be FAQs. Where do I find XP Pro FAQs? -- This is my very=20
| first exposure to the OS, and I don't even know where to start!]
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| Ian
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[Harry Ohrn]

Use the Windows Update Catalogue
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp?corporate=true but
ensure that you read and discern whether or not you really need an update
before installing it.

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Harry Ohrn - MS MVP (Windows Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/
www.webtree.ca/newlife/


"Ian Wade" > wrote in message
...
> In a few days I'm taking delivery of a new Dell system with XP Pro+SP1
> already installed. For security reasons the new system will never be
> connected to the Internet.
>
> So, a couple of questions:
>
> 1. What do I have to do (on another system) to get critical XP updates?
>
> 2. Having obtained a critical update and virus-checked it, is it then
> simply a matter of copying the update (via the LAN) to a folder on the
> XP system and executing it there?
>
> [These must be FAQs. Where do I find XP Pro FAQs? -- This is my very
> first exposure to the OS, and I don't even know where to start!]
>
> Ian
>

[Jim Macklin]

If the computer is on a LAN and other computers on the LAN
have Internet access, then you should consider the computer
to be on the Internet. It just isn't on all the time.

You can use computers on the Internet to download from the
Windows Update Catalog, saving the files and then use a CD-R
to transfer the files that you have scanned.

I would still run a current anti-virus and a firewall if you
do connect to your LAN.


"Ian Wade" > wrote in message
...
| In a few days I'm taking delivery of a new Dell system
with XP Pro+SP1
| already installed. For security reasons the new system
will never be
| connected to the Internet.
|
| So, a couple of questions:
|
| 1. What do I have to do (on another system) to get
critical XP updates?
|
| 2. Having obtained a critical update and virus-checked it,
is it then
| simply a matter of copying the update (via the LAN) to a
folder on the
| XP system and executing it there?
|
| [These must be FAQs. Where do I find XP Pro FAQs? -- This
is my very
| first exposure to the OS, and I don't even know where to
start!]
|
| Ian
|

[Ian Wade]

In message >, Jim Macklin
> writes
>If the computer is on a LAN and other computers on the LAN
>have Internet access, then you should consider the computer
>to be on the Internet.

Erm, not really. I didn't say what type of LAN I will be using. In fact,
for the new machine, the only connection to any other machine will be
via a non-standard parallel port. Not as convenient as Ethernet, I know,
but potentially much less susceptible to attacks via the Internet.

Ian