windows update on a CD....is it possible?

hello all

i was wondering if i could download all updates currently released for a given Windows version, and drop them all on a cd that i can update...

sometimes i dont want to waste the bandwith when setting up a new computer

other times im fixing a computer at a house with 14.4kbs dialup....and they need 32 updates X_X

figured this would be a good way to speed up the process

if anyone knows how this could be acomplished, or if windows already had updates on a cd *cant find anything on MS webpage* please share :)

thanks for your time

hex

I found service pack 3 for free....

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010383631033.aspx

Hi Hex,

Sure MS have done CDs for security updates and XP SP2..........you need to phone them?

Otherwise you should be looking for the network distribution version/method from MS.......drop that onto a CD and away you go.............sorry have to go on "family duties" or I would get the links........if you cannot get a result just keep the thread alive or send a PM

Cheers :)

You can order them for free, ive got several security update CD's laying about, thing is when they come (took 5weeks from ordering to recieving) theres a shed load of new updates to download anyway..

For instance -

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...s/default.mspx

i2c

Well, here's the deal Hex... if you run a Vulnerability scanner (things like Nessus, GFI Languard, my favorite eEye Retina... or even at a bare minimum MBSA -- MS Baseline Security Analyzer), you will be able to ascertain what vulnerabilities you have (Duh). But, a lot of the 3rd parthy apps mentioned above connect to Microsoft SUS is some way, shape, or form in order to match vulnerabiulities to Knowledge Base (KB) articles. Once you know the KB Number, you can go to the download section of Miscrosoft and search for the KB number and pull up the .exe or .cab file that is the patch to that particular issue. You can easily download all the patches you need from a place with a decent connection, burn them to a CD... but before you do, you can write a simple little batch file that qchains all the patches together (with appropriate switchs like /quiet and /norestart). That CD then becomes your best friend. I do this if I am going to a location where outband bandwidth is known to be poor (I'm in the military, so a lot of the stuff I have to use to get out to the world is slow). I update my little "Resource CD" about once a month.

It should also go without saying that you should have a CD in your library that contains the latest Service Pack for whatever flavor of OS you are working on. I still carry around NT SP 6a for no apparent reason :p as well as SP4 for Win2K, and SP1 with tons of patches for XP (I am personally anti-SP2 for XP).

Anyhow, good luck and I hope this helps.

Create a Windows Update Server on a box that has a high speed and tell it to syncronize. Then go to bed. By morning you will have all the current updates for all systems in the location you told it to put them. Then start cutting them to CD... You'll probably need to create an indexing system 'cos there's a _lot_ of updates out there. Then, once you have the base CD's you can just cut one or run by date for the rest. MBSA will tell you what you need and then it's just a matter of finding the right CD and clicking on the appropriate file on it.

the windows update server sounds like a good method Tiger shark, could you explain alittle more about windows update server...for example...is it free?...if not how much will it set me back

thanks for your thoughts guys...glad to know this is possiable

It's free.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...s/default.mspx

All of the info you need is available on the web site.

AJ

downloading now
ty guys :) il post back with results

Heh, well... Tiger is definitely right... I didn't realize that you were in a position to stand up a SUS server, Hex... so yeah, that'll be the best. Just be prepared to peruse the "Approve" list for a while... and also, a word to the wise... ensure you only check the box for your native language (English I presume)... if not, you will download every update for every language from the MS software repository. :eek:

not sure if this helps or not

http://www.autopatcher.com/

but I've found it very useful

If it is always the same OS that is being installed slip-streaming the installation with the latest SP and fixes is the best way to go IMO. The problem with WUS and things like that is that the system will be on the network an unprotected until you tell WUS to go an update it. On slow links, the download part can still cause issues.

This is the best answer IMO. http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;828930

mo: He's looking for a "portable" solution... On CD... WUS is a nice way to get them all in the same place.... Then he can copy them to the CD's.... ;)

If you have a laptop, setup WUS or SUS on the laptop and then it is portable?

Then you just have to point the workstation to your portable update server. If you don't want to haul around a hub/switch and they have no network, then you can use a crossover cable.

Then you've got a Windows update server that is portable.

You can setup sus or wus on an xp or 2k workstation. You just have to hack up the install.msi to ignore OS requirements. I've posted on that before.

You can also just burn the updates to a CD like TS said. You'll have to install them manually as far as I know.

You can also check out autopatcher.com

They are several patches behind though... :(

Just a thought, but they have a download center at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/s...displaylang=en

You have to go through and pick out what you want to download, it's not all there for you like the update service itself but it gives you all the offline/network install versions of the SP's and any other patches you search for. Once you have the executables you can make your CD's however you want.

i dont have win 2000 server....

so WUS didnt work

but im looking into other ideas mentioned

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Originally posted here by hexadecimal
i dont have win 2000 server....

so WUS didnt work

but im looking into other ideas mentioned

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You can install it on a non server based OS.

Here is an example of how to install SUS on xp pro.

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=264458

EDIT: Ah... I was wrong you can't modify the WUS install. You can use SUS though. It'll work the same. You just wont' have all the reporting functions... which you really don't need on your mobile "windows update".

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Originally posted here by uselinux34
not sure if this helps or not

http://www.autopatcher.com/

but I've found it very useful

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Hey Hey,

I'm just going to quote this since it seems to have been slightly overlooked. I believe that his site is exactly what you're looking for.. It's windows updates and so much more (I found some pretty cool little windows toys that I hadn't know about previously the first time I used it)... It's not always as up-to-date as it could be but you can't expect them to do it non-stop... It's time consuming to install everything, but it's the most comprehensive patch CD I've seen released.

Peace,
HT

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Originally posted here by Tiger Shark
mo: He's looking for a "portable" solution... On CD... WUS is a nice way to get them all in the same place.... Then he can copy them to the CD's.... ;)

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Slipstreaming the patches into an installation and then burning that to a cd is about as portable as you can get. WUS is not needed though. Yeah, it is nice in that it can go out and gather everything up for you, but why wouldn't you just go to support.microsoft.com, get the patches you need and then build the installation CD with the patches already included.

If anything WUS is a lot of extra steps. I can go out to support.microsoft.com and download the SP and the appropriate security patches before somebody with no experience with WUS could download it, get it setup, get the patches downlaoded, and then figure out how to get the proper files out of it.

It takes about 2 hours to setup an installation disk that has all of the current service packs and security hotfixes included. Then about 15 minutes each month to add the new hotfixes and re-burn the CD.

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If you have a laptop, setup WUS or SUS on the laptop and then it is portable?
Then you just have to point the workstation to your portable update server. If you don't want to haul around a hub/switch and they have no network, then you can use a crossover cable.
Then you've got a Windows update server that is portable.
You can setup sus or wus on an xp or 2k workstation. You just have to hack up the install.msi to ignore OS requirements. I've posted on that before.
You can also just burn the updates to a CD like TS said. You'll have to install them manually as far as I know.

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With slipstreaming there is no need to carry around multiple cd's, laptops running WUS, and the best part, the system is secured againt the usual network threats from the very first boot. Also, you don't have to manually install the patches, or manually tell the WUS machine to go out and update the newly built machine.

I'm constantly amazed at the amount of time people spend building and then patching new systems when it can all be done in one shot with a couple hours of upfront work. Worst case you have to build a new installation disk every month to keep up with the monthly security patch releases.