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[Urbane Clearway]

Hi can anyone tell me is there alternative ways of getting xp undates other
then the web I have a hyper slow connection and the xp updates are so large
I have not got a hope of getting then past my isp who cuts me off every two
hours.

[Taurarian]

Get a friend (with a better connection) to download them:

You can download them from the Catalog and save to be installed later.
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp
How to Download Windows Updates and Drivers from the Windows Update Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323166

Or download them yourself from the Catalog by installing a download manager
that can pick up the download where you left off, then you can install them
later.

"Urbane Clearway" > wrote in message
...
> Hi can anyone tell me is there alternative ways of getting xp undates
other
> then the web I have a hyper slow connection and the xp updates are so
large
> I have not got a hope of getting then past my isp who cuts me off every
two
> hours.
>
>
>

[Cassandra's Bastard]

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:55:49 -0000 "Urbane Clearway"
> wrote the following and gave me the chance
to write something equally inane:

>Hi can anyone tell me is there alternative ways of getting xp undates other
>then the web I have a hyper slow connection and the xp updates are so large
>I have not got a hope of getting then past my isp who cuts me off every two
>hours.

Does Microsoft still offer a Service Pack CD?

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Cassandra's ******* wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:55:49 -0000 "Urbane Clearway"
> > wrote the following and gave me the chance
> to write something equally inane:
>
>> Hi can anyone tell me is there alternative ways of getting xp
>> undates other then the web I have a hyper slow connection and the xp
>> updates are so large I have not got a hope of getting then past my
>> isp who cuts me off every two hours.
>
> Does Microsoft still offer a Service Pack CD?

They do.

[Dwight Stewart]

"Gordon Burgess-Parker" wrote:
>>
> > Does Microsoft still offer a Service Pack CD?
>
> They do.


Does it include the critical updates? If so, where can I get this CD? I'm
planning to buy another computer within the month and, after downloading 23
updates with a 56K modem, I certainly don't want to download all those
updates again.

On a side note, are any of these updates still on my hard drive in
compressed form? If so, is it possible to just copy these to the new
computer and install them?


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

[Cassandra's Bastard]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:09:55 GMT "Dwight Stewart"
> wrote the following and gave me the
chance to write something equally inane:

>"Gordon Burgess-Parker" wrote:
>>>
>> > Does Microsoft still offer a Service Pack CD?
>>
>> They do.
>
>
> Does it include the critical updates? If so, where can I get this CD?

From the Microsoft website:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/ordercd.asp

or you can call 1-800-360-7561

>I'm
>planning to buy another computer within the month and, after downloading 23
>updates with a 56K modem, I certainly don't want to download all those
>updates again.

I don't blame you.

> On a side note, are any of these updates still on my hard drive in
>compressed form? If so, is it possible to just copy these to the new
>computer and install them?

Please keep in mind that the XP license you have is likely for just
one machine. So you are going to have to buy a new copy of XP, which
is likely to have a recent Service Pack on it already.

Of course, any software CD is obsolete as soon as its stamped,
especially with the rash of security patches Microsoft has issued
recently. So, you will still have new patches to download no matter
what, just not quite so much.

>Dwight Stewart (W5NET)
>
>http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
>

[Dwight Stewart]

"Cassandra's *******" > wrote:
>
> From the Microsoft website:


Thanks.


> Please keep in mind that the XP license you have is likely
> for just one machine. So you are going to have to buy a
> new copy of XP, which is likely to have a recent Service
> Pack on it already.


I wasn't talking about Windows, just the updates I previously downloaded.
Probably wouldn't work (different updates), so never mind.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

[Cassandra's Bastard]

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 04:58:44 GMT "Dwight Stewart"
> wrote the following and gave me the
chance to write something equally inane:

>"Cassandra's *******" > wrote:
>>
>> From the Microsoft website:
>
>
> Thanks.

NP

> I wasn't talking about Windows, just the updates I previously downloaded.

So was I