Re: Where to find all downloadable security patches for W2K+SP4?

On Feb 8, 4:48 pm, "David F" <David-Wh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I never install anything live from the web, such as "live updates". "live updates", etc.
When I install from the web, I first download and then install
while the cable is disconnected.

I also download them myself and install them. I have a firewall
though, so I don't disconnect the cable.


Is there a link where I can find all MS' patches for W2K to be downloaded
in an ordered manner, including dependencies (pre-requisites) / order of installation, etc?

What I do is go to the Windows Update site and have it tell me what
updates I need to install. Then I just download them myself and
install them.

I'm not completely sure about this, but I don't think order matters.
Once I tested that theory by installing an update that contained files
that were older than the ones on my system. The files on my system
were not replaced by the ones in the update, so that means the
installation program was able to detect that newer files were already
on my system. But I don't know if ALL of the updates behave like
that.

One thing I wish Microsoft would do is to update their security
bulletins for the updates that have been superceded. Whenever they
release a security bulletin, they include information about which
previous updates have been replaced. It would be nice if they also
updated those old security bulletins to tell people that they don't
need to download those anymore. I've been saving all the updates that
I've downloaded, and I'm not sure if there are some that I don't need
anymore. If Microsoft would update the security bulletins for the
updates that have been superceded, then I could delete those.


For example, in the cumulative patches from December 2006, there is
one patch (KB926121) which would not install, claiming I miss a
prerequisite, w/o telling what is that prerequisite!

It says SP4 is required. Do you have that installed?


Also, preferred is to find those patches in large chunks such as SP4 or
Rollup_1_v2 to save work, mess and mistakes.

Unfortunately SP4, the Rollup, and the IE Cumulative patches are the
only "large chunks" that Microsoft puts out.

.

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