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SP4 for XP
In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all
the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! |
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SP4 for XP
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In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! It doesn't exist. If some third party packed a so-called post SP3 Roll-Up, I have simple advice... ** Don't do it ! ** -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Todd wrote:
On 03/14/2014 06:46 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! It doesn't exist. If some third party packed a so-called post SP3 Roll-Up, I have simple advice... ** Don't do it ! ** Hi Casey and David, Spin your own: WSUS Offline Update: http://www.wsusoffline.net/ -T The tool comes from them, but while the downloading activity is happening, the files come from Microsoft. That tool consults the manifest file on Windows Update, to figure out what files should be downloaded for a rainy day. Paul |
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:10:03 -0400, Paul wrote:
Todd wrote: On 03/14/2014 06:46 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! It doesn't exist. If some third party packed a so-called post SP3 Roll-Up, I have simple advice... ** Don't do it ! ** Hi Casey and David, Spin your own: WSUS Offline Update: http://www.wsusoffline.net/ -T The tool comes from them, but while the downloading activity is happening, the files come from Microsoft. That tool consults the manifest file on Windows Update, to figure out what files should be downloaded for a rainy day. Paul So it is safe????? Im downloding it right now. Its only 2 meg for the latest version. I thought it would be huge. or is this one of those installer packages where it goes online to do the actual install? Part is written in some other language. Looks like German????? Of course Im DLing it from W98, so I cant run any online installer, which I dont do anyhow...... Once I get it and copy it to my XP machine, what do I do with it? BTW: Using the PCTEL modem, I managed to activate XP. It's easy. I was prepared to have to answer all kinds of technical questions. It ran for a couple minutes and said it's done..... SIMPLE! |
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Bill in Co wrote:
wrote: On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:10:03 -0400, Paul wrote: Todd wrote: On 03/14/2014 06:46 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! It doesn't exist. If some third party packed a so-called post SP3 Roll-Up, I have simple advice... ** Don't do it ! ** Hi Casey and David, Spin your own: WSUS Offline Update: http://www.wsusoffline.net/ -T The tool comes from them, but while the downloading activity is happening, the files come from Microsoft. That tool consults the manifest file on Windows Update, to figure out what files should be downloaded for a rainy day. Paul So it is safe????? Im downloding it right now. Its only 2 meg for the latest version. I thought it would be huge. or is this one of those installer packages where it goes online to do the actual install? I'm pretty sure that is the case. You can't get all the updates in 2 MB! I'd guess it's more like several hundred megabytes! So I don't think you'll get very far with this. The first time I ran it, I got somewhere around 2GB of files. I tried to turn on as many options as possible. On my second attempt, I got perhaps 800MB. I haven't spent the time to see what downloads disappeared, between the two sessions. Since I have SP2 and SP3 redistributable, I don't need stuff like that. You can download the tool itself over dialup, but when it comes to running it, you'd need the Wifi setup or something that can handle 800+ MB. Whatever the number is today, who can say, unless they just ran it. I'll be running it again one of these days (as I have a computer some distance from here, that is way behind on updates, and that computer is on dialup). Paul |
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 21:06:53 -0600, "Bill in Co"
wrote: I'm pretty sure that is the case. You can't get all the updates in 2 MB! I'd guess it's more like several hundred megabytes! So I don't think you'll get very far with this. Ok, I kind of figured out that it saves all those individual files to the drive, or a storage medium. Then I can run it offline anytime. CORRECT? This is definately NOT for dialup! |
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SP4 for XP dummys
"Todd" wrote in message
... On 03/14/2014 06:46 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! It doesn't exist. If some third party packed a so-called post SP3 Roll-Up, I have simple advice... ** Don't do it ! ** Hi Casey and David, Spin your own: WSUS Offline Update: wsusoffline.net It's just a wish list a of links that are on line 05.03.2014 Version 9.0 (Hashes, AV check) dummy.txt Not just XP Updatas For all the Windows OS his software run your windows updates for you http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/ msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool /windowsserver2003.windowsxp-kb914961-sp2-x64-enu_7f8e909c52d23ac8b5dbfd73f1f12d3ee0fe794c.exe http://download.microsoft.com/ download/2/6/1/261fca42-22c0-4f91-9451-0e0f2e08356d/ WindowsServer2003-KB942288-v4-x64.exe http:// download.microsoft.com/ download/3/0/8/3080c52c-2517-43de-bdb4-b7eafd88f084/ wmp11-windowsxp-x64-enu.exe If links die so will the sorfware |
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Il giorno Sat 15 Mar 2014 03:31:44a, ** inviava su
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general il messaggio . Vediamo cosa scrisse: Im downloding it right now. Its only 2 meg for the latest version. I thought it would be huge. well, I got four languages, English, Italian, German and French, for all windows versions and all office versions the final folder is about 35 Gb -- /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\ -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=- http://www.bb2002.it ............ [ al lavoro ] ........... |
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:10:03 -0400, Paul wrote:
Todd wrote: On 03/14/2014 06:46 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! It doesn't exist. If some third party packed a so-called post SP3 Roll-Up, I have simple advice... ** Don't do it ! ** Hi Casey and David, Spin your own: WSUS Offline Update: http://www.wsusoffline.net/ -T The tool comes from them, but while the downloading activity is happening, the files come from Microsoft. That tool consults the manifest file on Windows Update, to figure out what files should be downloaded for a rainy day. Paul Does this mean that you have to run WSUS downloader on the machine that you want all the updates for, so it knows what to get? Or have I misunderstood what this manifest file is (and where it is)? |
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Davidm wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:10:03 -0400, Paul wrote: Todd wrote: On 03/14/2014 06:46 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! It doesn't exist. If some third party packed a so-called post SP3 Roll-Up, I have simple advice... ** Don't do it ! ** Hi Casey and David, Spin your own: WSUS Offline Update: http://www.wsusoffline.net/ -T The tool comes from them, but while the downloading activity is happening, the files come from Microsoft. That tool consults the manifest file on Windows Update, to figure out what files should be downloaded for a rainy day. Paul Does this mean that you have to run WSUS downloader on the machine that you want all the updates for, so it knows what to get? Or have I misunderstood what this manifest file is (and where it is)? There is supposed to be some file on the Microsoft server, that wsusoffline uses to fetch all the relevant updates for a particular OS. One part of the program fetches the updates, and puts them into some storage area. You run this on an Internet connected machine, this month, to save the files for some future date. http://www.wsusoffline.net/docs/wsus..._generator.png The other part of the program, you run it on a client machine later, to install the updates. This could be a machine with dialup, where a WinXP re-installation would take forever to download and update the OS to the latest set of patches. http://www.wsusoffline.net/docs/wsus..._installer.png The thing that bothers me right now, is the virustotal report for the package. On the one hand, the authors of the program know that it triggers virustotal reports. They even keep a PDF of the current report on their site, as acknowledgment of that. The question I have, is what part of the program is doing that, and can I trust it. Paul |
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:36:43 -0400
Message-ID: Paul wrote: The thing that bothers me right now, is the virustotal report for the package. On the one hand, the authors of the program know that it triggers virustotal reports. They even keep a PDF of the current report on their site, as acknowledgment of that. The question I have, is what part of the program is doing that, and can I trust it. Paul It's written in AutoIt script language. http://www.autoitscript.com/ Most AV's will trigger because of the packer AutoIt uses. ie: the upx packer. This is a known problem for past versions of upx. They just need to update upx and recompile. In short, nothing to worry about. It's a well known program. |
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In message , Ammammata
writes: Il giorno Sat 15 Mar 2014 03:31:44a, ** inviava su microsoft.public.windowsxp.general il messaggio . Vediamo cosa scrisse: Im downloding it right now. Its only 2 meg for the latest version. I What, the wsus utility or "SP4"? (Vediamo may have said what he was downloading but Ammammata snipped that part? I don't have the original post.) thought it would be huge. well, I got four languages, English, Italian, German and French, for all windows versions and all office versions the final folder is about 35 Gb Is that what wsus generates? My wsusoffline folder is 2.66 GB, 2.65 of which is in "client", of which 59.3 MB is in cpp, 771 MB in dotnet, 111 in msse, 132m in o2k3, 811 MB in ofc, 22.1 in wddefs, 138 in wdefs, 88,7 in wsus, and 578 in wxp (with small amounts elsewhere). Is yours so much bigger because I've only gone for (I think) XP itself and Office 2003, whereas you've gone for everything wsus can get, or are we talking about something else entirely? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off. - Albert Pierrepoint, in his 1974 autobiography. |
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On Friday, March 14, 2014 6:14:10 PM UTC-5, wrote:
In recent weeks, I read someone saying on here that someone packaged all the updates for XP, since SP3. So, it's not really SP4, but before April 8, I'd like to download that when I get to a WIFI spot. But I dont recall what thread this was in. Rather than have to read hundreds of messagess again, can someone please repost the URL for this. Thanks in advance! Why go to that trouble when you can use a disk image backup program like Macrium Reflect and they have a free version as well ? Andy |
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