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Size of windows updates

  • 09-12-2007 4:37pm
    #1
    IncredibleHulk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 633 ✭✭✭


    I am thinking I might reformat this laptop and go back to the facory image with restore disks as it is not running great.

    My question is would the windows updates that will download amount to a very considerable amount of download? Anything after SP2 will download automatically, unless I turn off windows updates which may leave me vulnerable. But I also know some do not think updates are important for security


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  • #2
    majiktripp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Post SP2 updates your looking at 75-100mb's of updates and 15 of that is Internet Explorer 7. Shouldn't take 10-15mins on broadband.


  • #3
    IncredibleHulk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 633 ✭✭✭IncredibleHulk


    majiktripp wrote: »
    Post SP2 updates your looking at 75-100mb's of updates and 15 of that is Internet Explorer 7. Shouldn't take 10-15mins on broadband.
    That's not bad, thought it might eat my download allowance. You sure yeah?
    Thanks


  • #4
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Moved to windows.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    don't forget the three dotnets and media player and their patches too
    and realplayer and acrobat reader and all their patches and microsoft office patches too

    Microsoft release updates that prevent anyone taking complete control of your PC if you visit their web site / open an emailed document or other normal stuff at least every two months :(

    Tomorrow night they should have the latest patches ready

    BTW Windows 2000 SP4 needs another 77MB of patches before you go to IE and the rest


  • #6
    kaiser sauze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭kaiser sauze


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    don't forget the three dotnets and media player and their patches too
    and realplayer and acrobat reader and all their patches and microsoft office patches too

    Microsoft release updates that prevent anyone taking complete control of your PC if you visit their web site / open an emailed document or other normal stuff at least every two months :(

    Tomorrow night they should have the latest patches ready

    BTW Windows 2000 SP4 needs another 77MB of patches before you go to IE and the rest

    Why anyone would still be using WMP is beyond me.


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  • #7
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Throw in the .NET framework and patches and that fairly ups the size of updates.


  • #8
    Cryos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Cryos


    If you download all updates from fresh SP2 your looking at 109 updates includes everything from your os patches to XMLSP6 WM11, IE7 and .nets upto 3.0 about 200mb


  • #9
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    If you were desperate -- say on dial-up -- it would be tempting to get someone with broadband to download the SP3 RC for you.


  • #10
    IncredibleHulk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 633 ✭✭✭IncredibleHulk


    ethernet wrote: »
    If you were desperate -- say on dial-up -- it would be tempting to get someone with broadband to download the SP3 RC for you.
    Is the RC SP3 out now is an RC a beta? Not on dial up


  • #11
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    IncredibleHulk wrote: »
    Is the RC SP3 out now is an RC a beta? Not on dial up
    Indeed it is in RC stage.


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  • #12
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Anybody else notice an unusually large amount of windows updates for xp over the past two weeks or so?


  • #13
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    No but I got a heap of them on Vista a couple of days ago.


  • #14
    mick.fr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭mick.fr


    Guys stop whining Redhat has even more updates than Windows...


  • #15
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    mick.fr wrote: »
    Guys stop whining Redhat has even more updates than Windows...
    :rolleyes:
    You can't have windows without IE so you have to include them too when counting "windows" ones.

    Also most linux distro's include application software. So to compare like with like you would have to include http://officeupdate.microsoft.com patches too.

    How big is your WSUS cache ?


    And finally how do you fix windows update when it stops working ??


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