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Thread ID: 85471 2007-12-11 05:32:00 Reformatting and Updating WinXP springa886 (10558) Press F1
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620228 2007-12-11 05:32:00 Hi,

I just finished reformatting and reinstalling WinXP Home Ed. onto my desktop PC. When it was finished installing windows and everything, I had to download like 70 updates for windows!! This took its toll on my Broadband Usage and im back to dial up speeds untill next month!!!!

I want to do the same (reformat and reinstall) to my laptop but i DON'T want to have to download all of those updates again!! My two computers are networked so I was wondering if there is any way of leeching the updates from my desktop to my laptop when the WinXP reinstall is finished??? 		springa886 (10558)
620229 2007-12-11 05:46:00 Not really - you cant transfer / copy the windows updates from one PC to another, unless you manually downloaded the exe /msi files and manually installed them. Then they could have been burnt to CD and installed that way. wainuitech (129)
620230 2007-12-11 05:59:00 Sometimes, when u get them off the Windowsupdate site, the updates install their files in the C:\windows\softwaredistribution folder.

You just have to figure out WHAT sub-folder. You may have to be quick with some of the updates tho. Once the update installs, the files for it get deleted.

Yup, it'll be better if u download them manually and put them on a cd or on a partition, like what I do here. That saves me getting them all over again.

When and if I reformat. I just copy across the network for the other PC. 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
620231 2007-12-11 07:59:00 Cheers for the advice guys. I did'nt think there'd be an easy way.

Another question...


Yup, it'll be better if u download them manually and put them on a cd or on a partition, like what I do here. That saves me getting them all over again..

Could you please tell me how to manually download the .exe files or where to download them from?? Also, I don't know which ones I do and don't need. I guess I need all of them??? 		springa886 (10558)
620232 2007-12-11 08:12:00 These are the XP updates. As well as SP1 or 2.

There's more if Internet Explorer 7, Windows Media Player 11, and .Net Framework 1.1,2, 3 are installed.

Some of them are here (www.microsoft.com)

BUT, you dont need all of them on the above site.

Do a search on the above site, for the numbers below.

These updates DONT include the updates that are due to be released tomorrow.

Hotfix for Windows XP (KB319740)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB889527)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB893357)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB896344)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB900485)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB903234)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB904412)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB906569)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB907865)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB909095)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB912475)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB913538)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB914440)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB914841)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB917021)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB926239)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB929120)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB933062)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB935448)

Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB911564)
Security Update for Windows Media Player 6.4 (KB925398)

Security Update for Windows XP (KB893756)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896358)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896423)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896424)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896428)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899587)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899591)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901017)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901214)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB902400)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB904706)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905414)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905749)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB908519)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911280)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911562)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911927)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB912919)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB913580)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB914388)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB914389)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB917422)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB917953)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB918118)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB918439)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB919007)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920213)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920214)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920670)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920683)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920685)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB921398)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB921503)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB922616)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB922819)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923191)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923414)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923689)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923694)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923980)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924191)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924270)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924667)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB925902)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB926255)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB926436)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB927779)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB927802)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB928255)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB928843)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB929123)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB930178)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB931261)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB931784)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB932168)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB933729)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB935839)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB935840)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB936021)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB938829)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB941202)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB943460)
Update for Windows XP (KB894391)
Update for Windows XP (KB898461)
Update for Windows XP (KB904942)
Update for Windows XP (KB910437)
Update for Windows XP (KB916595)
Update for Windows XP (KB920342)
Update for Windows XP (KB920872)
Update for Windows XP (KB922120)
Update for Windows XP (KB922582)
Update for Windows XP (KB923845)
Update for Windows XP (KB925720)
Update for Windows XP (KB925876)
Update for Windows XP (KB927891)
Update for Windows XP (KB929338)
Update for Windows XP (KB930916)
Update for Windows XP (KB931836)
Update for Windows XP (KB932590)
Update for Windows XP (KB932716)
Update for Windows XP (KB933360)
Update for Windows XP (KB938828)
Update for Word 2007 (KB934173)
User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
Windows Installer 3.1 (KB893803)
Windows XP Hotfix - KB873339
Windows XP Hotfix - KB885222
Windows XP Hotfix - KB885835
Windows XP Hotfix - KB885836
Windows XP Hotfix - KB888302
Windows XP Hotfix - KB890859
Windows XP Hotfix - KB891781 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
620233 2007-12-11 08:15:00 HOLY TOLEDOS BATMAN!!!! That's going to be a mission!!!
Cheers Speedy, ur a champion :) 		springa886 (10558)
620234 2007-12-11 08:30:00 No worries :)

Yer theres quite a few lol.

This one

Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)

May only install, once you go to the windowsupdate site to validate, before you check for updates. 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
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