Should I install all win xp hotfixes known to man in my slipstreamed c

[Kelly Keyboard]

the debate is this:

either

install every hotfix (eg. for windows update, new arabic fonts etc and japanese ime hotfixes) for everything so i have a fully updated cd. benefits are old files are replaced with newer ones. cons: updates files for things i will NEVER use.

install only hotfixes in need (for WMP11, IE7, critical updates etc). benefits: potentially less conflicts coz not installing so mamny updates. possibly less problems in the future. cons: not all files updates

what should i do?

also is it possible to remove outlook expreess w/o screwing up windows/ie7 etc???

cheers

[Kelsenellenelvian]

http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/ this update pack has everything in it you need and the best part is you can use it with nLite and still strip out the crap...

I remove OE all the time and I haved used IE7 since beta2.

http://web.clicknet.ro/boooggy/ here is a specially built slipstreamer for WMP11 that can also be used in conjunction with nLite.

[Kelly Keyboard]

yes ive doen all thtat...thanks

im just wondering (this will be my 2nd slipstreamed cd) if its worth including all the hotfixes that i never will need, e.g for wundows update, japanese characters update, high mat cd burning plugin etc) or should i just leave them out as i have been ATM (and just including all the relevant ones for me and the critical updates)

cheers

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Nope Ryans is all you really need.

[Martin H]

This issue is really just a matter of personal preference. Some ppl want to have nearly all the fixes installed, but personally then i only want to have updates installed that really serves a purposse i.e. which is important for either security or stability, and which then means that i install all high priority updates(except IE7 and WGAN), and don't install any optional fixes at all, as they only adress minor issues. Additionally, then i don't like the idea of having any unofficial updates installed either. For ppl that feel the same as me, then Xable's XUDPack is a great alternative to RyanVM's pack.

Xable's XUDPack :

http://www.udp.xable.net

Or as Kelsenellenelvian allready said, then if you want to have most of the optional fixes also installed + some unofficial fixes which supercedes the official ones, then instead go for :

RyanVM's Pack :

http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack.html

...Just to let ppl know that there are more than one way to skin the cat(or something like that)

[Ponch]

And please change your avatar, boobs don't need to be on every web page.

[albator]

I use only bare SPK2, the other updates are not needed if you have security of your pc covered.