Updates are ready to be installed

[tacoeater]

Ok I am getting ready to try my experiment with the 17 critical updates which remain to be downloaded and installed after SP2 on XP Pro. I am going to slipstream them into my XP Pro with slipstreamed SP2.
My first question is in what folder are these 17 updates (downloads) saved which are ready to be installed?
And second, can I copy them off to CD before I agree to install them?
And question three; are these updates deleted from the hard disk after you install them or do they remain there? If they are not deleted after they are installed I would not have to wait to burn them before I install them.
Just noticed Eskimo's post which asks the same thing but no one actually answered his question which are my questions one and two of three.
The Microsoft link for all the updates is a little vague in that it does not give you the update number for each and every one, just a few actually show the number.
Thanks,
Alan

[RJ]

My second question is in what folder are these 17 updates (downloads) saved which are ready to be installed? And, can I copy them off to CD before I agree to install them?

That sounds like you wanna use Windows Update to install them. Don't do that. They'll be downloaded and installed in the background.

Download them directly from the M$ website, to any place you want. Then slipstream them, and install them when you want it.

Just write the number of the update in google, then you'll find the correct M$ site where you can download it, like these:

KB873333
KB873339
KB885250
KB885835
KB885836
KB886185
KB886903 (for .NET 1.1)
KB887742
KB888113
KB888302
KB890175
KB890830 (Tool for Malware Removal)
KB890859
KB890923
KB891781
KB893066
KB893086

(these are the 17 that Windows-Update showed me for a SP2 system with .NET 1.1 framework installed)

RJ

[tacoeater]

thanks rj.
the reason i wanted to let automatic update download them (and then choose not to install them) is so that i could see the actual update numbers which i could then (if i can't get them off the hard drive) search for them by number on google.
The next install I do will get the benefit of all the wonderful updates slipstreamed.
What is your opinion of the Media Player 10? Should I not do that cause some systems might not be good enough for the newer player or should I try it too?
I am going to save each directory, xppro with sp2, xppro with sp2 and the 17, xppro with sp2 and the 17 and so forth.....
AND
I want to take the time to express my gratitude to all the moderators and the members who make this such a great forum!
Alan

[RJ]

the reason i wanted to let automatic update download them (and then choose not to install them) is so that i could see the actual update numbers which i could then (if i can't get them off the hard drive) search for them by number on google.

But on the Windows-Update site you can see the numbers. You don't have to download them first.
I edited my post above and added the links to the 17 updates that Windows-Update showed me for my XP SP2 with .NET 1.1 framework installed.

What is your opinion of the Media Player 10?

I don't use Media Player often. I downloaded MP10, installed it, and it works fine. Can't tell you more than that, though.

RJ

[tacoeater]

ok,
there were 16 updates.
i downloaded them from microsoft.
they did not all install. some of them gave errors about comand line switches
or other error messages.
the six that gave errors were:
kb887472 - Messenger Patch
kb890830 malicious tool--some message about quiet mode
kb885250 - cannot be integrated after KB885835
kb887797 - cumulative OExpress
kb890047
kb884020 - loopback problem
i had fun experimenting with it and i will try and install something just to test it out. my only concern is that the integration suggested files were copied to folders then the error messages popped up. perhaps it doesn't actually copy it till it is ready to pop up the successful integration box.
we'll see.
thanks for your help.