Mike Crooke wrote:
> I have an XP Pro machine that I always keep up to date with the
> latest updates. Another machine has just been reformatted and XP
> Pro reinstalled from the original CD.
>
> Is there any way that I can copy/transfer the updates from my "up
> to date" machine to my newly installed machine. I really don’t
> want to have to download all the updates again. Here in South
> Africa bandwidth is quite limited and connections are rather slow.
>
> I also have a Vista machine that I will need to do something
> similar very soon so if the same thing applies to that I would be
> grateful.
> I have an XP Pro machine that I always keep up to date with the
> latest updates. Another machine has just been reformatted and XP
> Pro reinstalled from the original CD.
>
> Is there any way that I can copy/transfer the updates from my "up
> to date" machine to my newly installed machine. I really don’t
> want to have to download all the updates again. Here in South
> Africa bandwidth is quite limited and connections are rather slow.
>
> I also have a Vista machine that I will need to do something
> similar very soon so if the same thing applies to that I would be
> grateful.
Reliably – no. If you got the updates through automatic updates or even the
web page – they are on your computer, but not in any format you would be
used to and/or that you might even find useful.
If the freshly formatted Windows XP computer is at least to the SP1 level,
you could download just SP3 and have a huge chunk of the updates done in one
fell swoop. That’s not to say there is still not a significant number of
updates after SP3 – but the hundreds you install with just the installation
of SP3 is nice.
If it is not to SP1 level – download SP2 and SP3 and install them in that
order.
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Shenan Stanley
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