pete dillon
December 11th 03, 10:53 PM
my brother lives in the "boonies" also, so your only
option is to have a friend or relative with a high speed
internet connection and a cd burner down load them for
you and give you the cd. I do this for my brother, and
it's no problem... good luck
>-----Original Message-----
>Recently bought a new notebook with Windows XP Home
>installed.
>When I go to Windows Updates, I am given a total of 23
>update files, either critical or recommended, that total
>29MB to download and install.
>I live in country NSW with slow phone lines, so it is
>going to take me ages (at least 5 hours I think) to
>download all of this - that is if my connection stays up
>for the whole time (unlikely).
>Are these updates available anywhere on CDROM?
>Can anyone suggest any other way of getting updated?
>.
>
option is to have a friend or relative with a high speed
internet connection and a cd burner down load them for
you and give you the cd. I do this for my brother, and
it's no problem... good luck
>-----Original Message-----
>Recently bought a new notebook with Windows XP Home
>installed.
>When I go to Windows Updates, I am given a total of 23
>update files, either critical or recommended, that total
>29MB to download and install.
>I live in country NSW with slow phone lines, so it is
>going to take me ages (at least 5 hours I think) to
>download all of this - that is if my connection stays up
>for the whole time (unlikely).
>Are these updates available anywhere on CDROM?
>Can anyone suggest any other way of getting updated?
>.
>