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Windows Updates on Disk
How do I save Windows updates? There must be a faster way to update multiple computers than by downloading the same huge files repeatedly.
Vinay Mathew, Houston
Microsoft has Web pages for "corporate" Windows updates where you can download the files to disk rather than install them automatically. The hitch, of course, is that you have to remember what updates each PC has already installed, since you lose the convenience of the standard Windows Update program looking at your system and knowing instantly what needs to be changed.
Microsoft's tack on corporate downloads varies with the version of Windows ( all the updates are free, however).
Windows 2000 and XP: Microsoft provides a good update tool for these two operating systems. Click Windows Update, as if you were just updating that machine. In the left pane, click Personalize Windows Update. Check D isplay the link to the Windows Update Catalog under See Also, and then check Save Settings. The Windows Update Catalog, where you download the files, appears as an option in the left pane (see FIGURE 2).
Windows 98: Go to Microsoft's site for a list of this OS's updates.
Windows Me: You can find a single security update for this Windows version at the Microsoft's Windows Me site.
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