Free Microsoft Update CD

[granny]

Thanks to el Reg for advertising this little gem from Microsoft. They're distributing a free Windows Update CD which you can get here. It's only current up to October 2003 but if, like me, you've got lots of friends & relatives who are still on dialups then it could save an eternity of downloading 98/2000/XP critical updates & service packs. Apparently they're also sending out a CD with it with free trials of firewall & AV software.

And yes, obviously this is open to all the predictable "blah blah micro$oft sux0rs cos a proper OS wouldn't even need a cd's worth of security patching". If you feel the urge to make such a post then don't bother, we've all heard it all before and besides, as the article points out you'd want 550mb of updates for a linux install as opposed to 102mb for XP... nobody is immune from this problem

 

[Pro]v[etheus]

Thanks for that Granny, I just signed up for the CD, always handy

 

[Clown]

I downloaded SP4 from somewhere, and put it on CD for myself. Does that count? But yeh, saves a lot of that patching when you first install.

 

[Teren]

i never ever download a windows update.... and i never hada ny viruses or hacks \o/


NO IM NOT A M$ FANBOI

i'd switch to linux anyday... if daoc ran on it

 

[Tom]

I don't care what my computer runs on, so long as its easy to use, colourful, quick, and plays games.

 

[Driwen]

i never ever download a windows update.... and i never hada ny viruses or hacks \o/


NO IM NOT A M$ FANBOI

i'd switch to linux anyday... if daoc ran on it

daoc can be run on linux if you put some work to it . Off course that is sort of the rule with linux for everything. It is usually always abit harder to get something to work on linux (talking about hardware mostly) than on windows as finding needed drivers can be harder and you need to know which linux shells to get as some are useless.

Also you might not actually know if your pc isnt having any problem if you dont have those updates installed, same with virus scanner. If you dont update that you might not actually realize you have a virus on your pc that is until it is really to late.

 

[Mazling]

check THIS out (and THIS if you are in any doubts over security n such.)

 

[gunner440]

signed up for it too

thanks loads for that, saves me from the huge downloads every format as i never could be bothered downloading sp1+updates

 

[Whipped]

i never ever download a windows update.... and i never hada ny viruses or hacks \o/


NO IM NOT A M$ FANBOI

i'd switch to linux anyday... if daoc ran on it

It's people with this self-assured attitude that are the reason there are so many mass-mailing worms flying around the Internet, slowing down my pr0n surfing

 

[Lazarus]

cheers granny

applied last night (i think) - how long does it take for the CD to arrive?

 

[granny]

how long does it take for the CD to arrive?

No idea. Depends if you've got broadband postal service or some kind of modemesque contracted out private random army of disgruntled 56k posties

 

[.Wilier.]

Thanks Granny

 

[Lazarus]

No idea. Depends if you've got broadband postal service or some kind of modemesque contracted out private random army of disgruntled 56k posties

56k now , BB on Thursday

 

[.Wilier.]

Mine came yesterday, havnt looked yet, but does anyone know if it is SP1a?

 

[granny]

Mine arrived yesterday too Not looked at it, no idea what's on it... although I seem to remember the Reg said it was all critical updates up to October 2003 or something.

 

[.Wilier.]

Mine arrived yesterday too Not looked at it, no idea what's on it... although I seem to remember the Reg said it was all critical updates up to October 2003 or something.

OK, so it has SP1 and all the updates to February 2004 (although no SP1a, which is curious)

Also has some firewall software for trial on a separate CD.

Yay MS