WindowsXP reinstall and Critical Updates

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Recently I had to reinstall an early version of WindowsXP home. To my
surprise I found that I had to download and install 48 critical updates from
Microsoft. With a dial-up modem this took several hours.

I noticed that the previous updates are shown in the Windows folder. Can the
updates be reinstalled from these folders or is there another way to prevent
the huge and time-consuming downloads?

Thanks
John Louis

 

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John, I think that MS has a CD with all the necessary updates on it. They
were giving it away free. Maybe not. But go
check at www.microsoft.com
"John Louis" <jlw@medschemeclub.co.za> wrote in message
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> Recently I had to reinstall an early version of WindowsXP home. To my
> surprise I found that I had to download and install 48 critical updates
from
> Microsoft. With a dial-up modem this took several hours.
>
> I noticed that the previous updates are shown in the Windows folder. Can
the
> updates be reinstalled from these folders or is there another way to
prevent
> the huge and time-consuming downloads?
>
> Thanks
> John Louis
>
>
>