[download] Windows Updates [and burn to CD]

I always download the updates to my local hard disk and burn to CD for future use in situations like yours. My list is current for my system which is almost as it was when first installed (no updated WMP and so on). The list is formated YYMMDD (date) - XXXXXX (KB-number without "KB "). Go to Microsoft Update Catalog and make sure you get them for the correct operating system version.

For Windows XP SP2:
050503-893803 (#1 Windows Installer)
040924-885884 (if Office XP is installed)
041015-887472
041021-886185
041028-885835
041029-885836
041117-873339
041207-888302
050111-891781
050321-890859
050507-894391
050511-896428
050517-898461
050527-896358
050629-901214
050630-896423
050630-899587
050630-899591
050709-893756
050726-902400
050822-905414
050823-905749
050910-901017
050928-900725
051018-908519
051028-904706
051202-910437
060104-911927
060112-911564
060216-900485
060318-916595
060322-913580
060323-911562
060418-908531
060420-917953
060505-914389
060514-911280
060518-917344
060519-914388
060601-918439
060622-920685
060626-920683
060706-920872
060713-919007
060721-920670
060814-923414
060816-922819
060821-922582
060825-923191
060904-924496
060914-925398
061013-923980
061013-924270
061016-920213
061020-926255
061107-926436
061127-918118
061208-923689
061220-927802
061220-928255
061226-927779
070119-924667
070123-928843
070205-931261
070213-930916
070301-931784
070308-925902
070308-930178
070309-932168
070416-935839
070423-927891
070425-935840
070501-936782
070516-929123
070613-938828
070619-938829
070621-921503
070626-936021
070626-938127
070709-933729
070719-933360
070821-941202
070822-939653
071030-943460

For Office XP SP3:
040311-833858
040827-873379
040914-837253
050925-904018
051116-905758
060222-905649
060329-911701
060623-914796
060714-920821
060815-894541
060830-920816
060928-923092
061213-921594
070420-934705
070725-940601
070917-942670

Christer

 

Windows XP SP2 comes with an outdated version of Flash Player. To avoid downloading and installing meaningless updates, go to How to remove the Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX control, download the utility and remove the "original" version. If you need it, go to Adobe and get the most recent version.

Christer

 

By the way,

Don't let the date confuse you. The date referred to is according to the Properties > Digital Signature for the Swedish version of the file. Other language versions may/will have other dates.

"050503-893803 (#1 Windows Installer)" is out of sequence and should be installed first. After a reboot, the rest in order of date. Rebooting after each update that prompts for reboot is not necessary but one single reboot after all have been installed is sufficient. (I don't think it is necessary to install in any specific order but I do it in order of date, with a single reboot and have never had a problem.)

Christer