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yea i got that same thing. I think you need to setup the poll differently. This isnt working properlly

thanx for your reply. yea i understand about the entire installer package deal. what i was really wondering is if microsoft had all sp2 patches somewhere that did not have this bloated installer package included with it. I have them downloaded and installed from the microsoft update site there are a total of 22meg if i manually install them with the links from the Kb articles they are 40meg total for all 31. Where can i get copies of the smaller versions? when they are automaticly downloaed from the site whrere are they placed before install??

halo all the way!! hope 2 comes out for pc

well i noticed on a fresh install of windows xp with only sp2 intergrated that windows has you install Windows Installer 3.1 and KK898461 which, installs a permanent copy of the Package Installer. Now after these updates are installed and pc is restarted 31 critial hotfixes are shown. the total size of these is 22.2 meg. now when i have these updates downloaded the size is twice that around 40 meg. why the difference in size? does installing ther permanent copy of the package installer reduce the size of ALL updates? i thought it just applied to the newest ones. Is it posable to download the smaller versions of the hotfixes that do not include the package installer in the hotfix itself? Title Edited - Please follow new posting rules from now on. --Zxian

I have also come across these three updates that are not listed on the posted page they appear in windows update. I have provide direct downloads and KB articles KB900930 - An update that addresses Outlook Express 6.0 issues is available for Windows XP KB Article- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/900930/EN-US/ Direct Download- http://download.microsoft.com:80/download/...930-x86-ENU.exe ----------- KB903234 - An update is available to optimize the way that the Shadow Copy Client accesses shadow copies in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP KB Article - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;903234 Direct Download - http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3...234-x86-ENU.exe (FOR WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10) KB902344 - FIX: Some portable devices may take 30 seconds or longer to start playing back a piece of content when you play subscription content that is protected by Windows Media DRM that uses chained licenses KB Article- http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902344&SD=tech Direct Download - http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/e...44-x86-intl.exe

found the links. Here they are for others. check your own hotfixes you could be using the old versions like i was. KB884883-v8 http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/b...-v8-x86-ENU.exe KB885222-v2 http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0...-v2-x86-ENU.exe Also im sure everyone would be in favor of direct links given to all fixes listed on the update post.

Does anyone have a direct link for KB884883-v8. i only have version 2... Also direct link for KB885222-v2 i only have version 1...

Yes i know there are hotfixes that are unoffical that you can only get by request but im talking about hotfixes that have this in the knowledge base article There are many hotfixes that may still need additional testing. some of these WMP10 hotfixes are the same way and i dont think they should be placed on the update page. Here is an example of a hotfix that has the above quote in the KB article. There are many others. KB907865 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;907865 Yea i agree KB891122 is not a update needed for the current WMP10 install

Yea the hotfixes i listed are only the ones that do not need additional testing. The hotfixes you have listed need additinal testing, personal i dont want to install unstable hotfixes. There are dozens of other windows updates also availible that could be placed on the list, (like those inlcuded in Ryan's back) that address certain problems and are still in testing stages. We dont want all those hotfixes listed on this list do we? Just official hotfixes that would be seen on windows update was what i though this post was originally about. Also boooggy it seems that some of your fixes listed dont even have knowledge base articles... And this hotfix (WindowsMedia10-KB910393-x86-ENU.exe) is for windows Media center not XP... Cheers

I dont think hotfixes that need additional testing and are not "Stable" should be added to the hotfix list. Most of the fixes you list m1m1m1m101 are only to address particular problems with windows media player 10 or windows. If you want to add windows media player 10 hotfixes i have only found two fixes that are "offical/stable" fixes that need no more testing. KB891122 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891122/ KB892313 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=892313&SD=tech This updates windows media player to build .3901

Alright i tried hitman pro for a while and and i was impressed with how with the click of a button it would search for updates for Spyware Blaster, Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware. I was just wondering if anyone had a method where they could put the commands into a batch that could be run and would automaticly search for updates for these three programs, download them, and apply them to the programs. And prehaps even perform a scan afterward? Thoughts anybody?

I just install 2.0

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I have an XP pro system. the cmpnents folder can safely be deleted

Just wondering if those with uA cds remove the cmpnents\netfx\i386\netfx.cab? I install a silent .Net framework 1.1 SP1 package from my CMDLINES.txt. do i still need the netfx.cab? also how many of you remove the VALUEADD folder from your XPCD. Do these folders just take up extra space that could be used for more important things? Is netfx.cab even installed when xp installs? or is it an extra optional component?

err.... what is the entry mhz?

Yea thats it i want to make a shortcut to a folder with a batchfile. This folder also has a custom icon that i want to appear in the shortcut also. any ideas?

Is there a registry key that can be removed during install that will prevent outlook express link from being placed in the start menu. I ask because i can remove it from the admin account but if i create any other acounts the outlook express icon is listeded in teh startmenu. Is there a method for prevent it from appearing in ANY PROFILES?

I agree with Sonic these updates should be included in your list HULK. I have all the updates you have listed save for GDI+, Melicious Virus Tool, and the one that fixes XP screwing up after SP2 installs (I have my SP2 slipstreamed and GDI+ and Virus Tool i apply through the registry. So i have a total of 45 hotfixes i install.

ok but how do you know what to change it to. CD's come with there own icons that are set. where are these icons located. also can you just use the shell32.dll icons?

I would like to change the icon that is shown by my office 2003 CD currently the only icon for office 2002 appears when the 2003 cd is in the drive. It shows up correctly in virtual pc just not on my real pc. I can i change this and also how can i have a custom icon appear for the CD when i place a CD in the drive rather than a simple icon of a CD? any ideas? edit desktop.ini somehow? suggestions please.

@Shark Thanks this program works great

Alright i would like to create an iso out of files that i have stored on my pc. I do not want to use a CD to rip an iso from. This iso does not have to be bootable either. What program should i use. alcohol 120% only works for ripping a cd to an iso. and i could find anything else that might work. suggestions?

yea is there any way to repair a corrupt cab on my office disk. I can copy the corrupt cab off the disk just fine but when i try to do an administrative install it cannot read the file. please help.

So then if this is a corporate key could i use this instead of my oem key? any ideas? has anyone tried an install with these other keys?