Re: Is there a direct link to SP2 patch files?

I'll let you know if I ever install SP2. ;-)

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:%23v0AG8aOGHA.312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
John Jay Smith <-> hunted and pecked:
Why is the cdrom 475 mb though and the download version is only 266?
Compression of the installer, or does the CD include other stuff as well?



"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23LAyH3aOGHA.2696@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe downloaded from here...

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT
Professionals
and Developers

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&DisplayLang=en

is the XP SP2 self-extracting installer file and 266.0 MB is as small as
it
gets.

The XP SP2 CD is 475MB.

Frustrated in Greeley. ;-)

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In news:pan.2006.02.25.01.16.33.245494@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Peter B. Steiger <see.sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
It's about time for yet another security update, so I went over to the
microsoft.com downloads page. I click on the "download SP2 now" link...
and it tries to install and run Windows Update. In fact, half the
options I click on take me to Windows Update.

I don't want the automatic update. I don't need it. I want one entity
in
charge of deciding what files get placed on my computer, particularly my
operating system, and while there may be some question of that entity's
intelligence or sanity, it's sure not gonna be some program from Redmond
that forces itself on me.

So. Is there anyplace I can download the actual patch files as
self-contained EXE/ZIP/whatever so I can launch them at my own
discretion,
or am I locked into installing and running the update behemoth just to
get
the security patches?

(ps, added later) I did find some path to an "administrator center" that
lets you download a big honkin' 256MB patch so you can roll out your own
update on multiple platforms. Well, at least I can download it without
Windows Update... sigh.

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