How can I save all XP updates and install later onto another machine?
Well, MS is about to end support for XP and I would like to save all the updates to install on a future system. I already have SP2 or SP3 on CD. How can I save everything after SP2/SP3 and then use them later off my external drive if/when I reinstall Windows XP? (Even if existing updates will still be available from MS, I still want to install all of them offline.) I would think this is a simple thing to do, but I have looked for the solution in the past and just resorted to installing online.
No need to panic. Though there will be no more new security updates for Windows XP, the downloads will continue to be available... Probably for quite some time.
So from re-installation perspective nothing will change.
So from re-installation perspective nothing will change.
Might I suggest that you install a copy of XP, then download all applicable updates.
Create an image of the OS and that way you can have a pre made ISO image to use that you can install that is already fully up to date..?
Create an image of the OS and that way you can have a pre made ISO image to use that you can install that is already fully up to date..?
Otherwise may I suggest slipstreaming the updates into your image
http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/21/slipstreaming-windows-updates-into-a-windows-iso/index.html
This will allow you to input drivers also (ohhhh ahhhhh :P)
Which you can then put on a usb to create a bootable usb :D
http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/21/slipstreaming-windows-updates-into-a-windows-iso/index.html
This will allow you to input drivers also (ohhhh ahhhhh :P)
Which you can then put on a usb to create a bootable usb :D
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Thanks nobus.. that's a great tutorial. a little long.. but once master its very good :D
i have used it to upgrade all my xp cd's to SP3
I just slipstream so i can add drivers and apps like winrar, vlc, all the standard apps :-)
Starting to look a little more complicated than I originally thought... maybe it's not a good idea. A future install might be an install on a different hardware configuration, so I cannot possibly know what updates I could or could not install, right? And the only way to confirm what updates are needed is to use microsoft.com, right?
But, if I want to save all updates online for my current hardware configuration, can I find a list of every update that's been applied to my system so I can just grab all of them? Every single update isn't listed in Add/Remove Programs.
Duh ;-)
Ya, duh!
See, I have XP on my laptop, but I have an extra installation key for XP, and I was planning to find a used tower later in the year, and install XP on that as well.
See, I have XP on my laptop, but I have an extra installation key for XP, and I was planning to find a used tower later in the year, and install XP on that as well.
99% of updates are universal.. Drivers are the only ones that arent and you can take the drivers from the drivers folder in windown and inject them into ur iso
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XP is dead and presumably you are getting rid of your XP machines. It is about 2 years past time to move on to something new.
Two things you can do (beyond the lists of updates we have provided above).
1. Get a license for Ghost and make images of important XP machines onto a USB hard drive. This works (I have done it).
2. Implement a strategy of scrapping XP machines that break and replacing them with new machines. Have a few new machines in boxes to implement this strategy as needed.
Two things you can do (beyond the lists of updates we have provided above).
1. Get a license for Ghost and make images of important XP machines onto a USB hard drive. This works (I have done it).
2. Implement a strategy of scrapping XP machines that break and replacing them with new machines. Have a few new machines in boxes to implement this strategy as needed.
Downloading Windows Updates offline: http://www.wsusoffline.net/
I found this Microsoft Forum post with links for a list of updates. It might help you.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_update/windows-xp-updates-can-i-save-updates-installed/43493b35-5a20-46fd-846e-ef90c7b14050