There are so many updates and Service packs that it would
be impossible to download these on a dial up internet
provider. I recently built a computer for my daughter and
all she can afford is dial up. I hate giving this system
to her without the updates installed. If they were
already on the system then maybe it would not be such an
impossible task to keep up with the (weekly, daily,
hourly) updates on XP home edition with dial up. Is there
a cd with this on it? Is there a list of just the
necessary ones or is there a cummulative one thus so far?
I do have cable high speed service and would be happy to
download them into a file and burn a cd to put them on
her system but wheres the list of whats needed. I tryed
using her system to go to the update site and do a system
scan but after 45 minutes we just gave up on that idea. I
know what some are thinking, why not get a faster
internet provider, however she doesn't currently have
bill gates resources at her disposal. Any info would be
very much appreciated.

>-----Original Message-----
>Darrell Withers said:
>
>
>> There are so many updates and Service packs that it
would
>> be impossible to download these on a dial up internet
>> provider. I recently built a computer for my daughter
and
>> all she can afford is dial up. I hate giving this
system
>> to her without the updates installed. If they were
>> already on the system then maybe it would not be such
an
>> impossible task to keep up with the (weekly, daily,
>> hourly) updates on XP home edition with dial up. Is
there
>> a cd with this on it? Is there a list of just the
>> necessary ones or is there a cummulative one thus so
far?
>> I do have cable high speed service and would be happy
to
>> download them into a file and burn a cd to put them on
>> her system but wheres the list of whats needed. I tried
>> using her system to go to the update site and do a
system
>> scan but after 45 minutes we just gave up on that idea.
I
>> know what some are thinking, why not get a faster
>> internet provider, however she doesn't currently have
>> bill gates resources at her disposal.
>
>SP1a is good for starters.
>Then there are the Windows Media Player and I.E.
cummulative patches, as I
>recall.
>Look through the list of critical updates, and install
only those that
>apply to her operation; many are for Networks.
>It is not necessary to install ALL updates, and may even
be detrimental.
>
>Others may have thoughts; stay tuned to this thread.
>
>
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>
>.
>Why not just hook her comp up to your connection and
download them with your cable?

Darrell Withers wrote:
> There are so many updates and Service packs that it would
> be impossible to download these on a dial up internet
> provider. I recently built a computer for my daughter and
> all she can afford is dial up. I hate giving this system
> to her without the updates installed. If they were
> already on the system then maybe it would not be such an
> impossible task to keep up with the (weekly, daily,
> hourly) updates on XP home edition with dial up. Is there
> a cd with this on it? Is there a list of just the
> necessary ones or is there a cummulative one thus so far?
> I do have cable high speed service and would be happy to
> download them into a file and burn a cd to put them on
> her system but wheres the list of whats needed. I tryed
> using her system to go to the update site and do a system
> scan but after 45 minutes we just gave up on that idea. I
> know what some are thinking, why not get a faster
> internet provider, however she doesn't currently have
> bill gates resources at her disposal. Any info would be
> very much appreciated.

You can download the updates and burn them to CD. Open Windows updates and
from the left menu choose Personalize Windows updates. You download and save
the updates to hard drive and then burn the files to a CD.
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