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DIY Service Pack For Windows 2000/XP/2003

Posted by kdawson on from the patch-it-yourself dept.

Karsten Violka writes "Looking for manageable Windows updates even without an internet connection? Heise's script collection Offline Update 3.0 downloads the entire body of fresh updates for Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003 from Microsoft's servers in one fell swoop and then uses them to create ISO-Images for CD or DVD. Included is an intelligent installer script that allows you to update as many PCs as desired." Sounds like a great idea, given the danger of putting an unpatched PC on the Internet to download security updates.

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  1. nlite by Danathar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    nlite does almost the same thing and is much more flexible and easier to use

    http://www.nliteos.com/

  2. What about Microsoft? by febuiles · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder what Microsoft thinks about this, right now I'm downloading updates that I wouldn't be able to get since I don't use a legal version of their software.

    Thank you :D

  3. Re:Well Einstein by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That may have been true 10 years ago, but these days most home PCs are at least behind a NAT.

    Umm, I'd have to disagree with that statement. Around here the biggest provider of internet connectivity for home users is Roadrunner. They provide you with a cable "modem" that acts as a bridge between their network and your PC. The PC gets a globally valid address.

    In fact the only Roadrunner home users I know (not counting geeks/techies) that have NAT routers are those that have more then one computer. Otherwise it's right into the PC and come and get it boys cuz I'm wide open!

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  4. Re:Installed patched OS, same as old OS by PAPPP · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One of the best "In Soviet..." jokes I've ever seen, for those not in the know, it refers to some US made technology, most famously pipeline control software, the soviets stole in the early 1980s which was carefully designed to pass QA tests, then go haywire. Suffice to say, the plan worked, and in fact produced the largest non-nuclear explosion seen from space when it took out a large natural gas pipeline in Siberia. A version of the story here.