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~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.


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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:51:45 +1200, "Dave - Dave.net.nz"
<> spoke these fine words:

>~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.

And a URL:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

or http://tinyurl.com/a2xua

Good on MS. I wish they did this more often.

H.O.G <> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:51:45 +1200, "Dave - Dave.net.nz"
><> spoke these fine words:
>
>>~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.
>
>And a URL:
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
>or http://tinyurl.com/a2xua
>
>Good on MS. I wish they did this more often.

I notice that it requires you to validate your copy of Winblows before
you can down load it..

Mutlley wrote:
> I notice that it requires you to validate your copy of Winblows before
> you can down load it..

Actually you don't have to, you can skip the validation and download it
anyway.

The Other Guy

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:17:48 +1200, Mutlley <>
spoke these fine words:

>H.O.G <> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:51:45 +1200, "Dave - Dave.net.nz"
>><> spoke these fine words:
>>
>>>~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.
>>
>>And a URL:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>>
>>or http://tinyurl.com/a2xua
>>
>>Good on MS. I wish they did this more often.
>
>I notice that it requires you to validate your copy of Winblows before
>you can down load it..
>
Problem being?

(And actually, you can choose not to - it's more for those that are
unaware they have a pirated copy of Windows, eg if they thought they
bought a full version, but were ripped off by the dealer who installed
a pirated copy).

In article <>,
"Dave - Dave.net.nz" <> wrote:

>~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.

Why the fractional numbering?

Lawrence D¹Oliveiro wrote:
>>~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.

> Why the fractional numbering?

because it is not a SP as such, just a collection of updates.

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In article <>,
"Dave - Dave.net.nz" <> wrote:

>Lawrence D¹Oliveiro wrote:
>>>~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.
>
>> Why the fractional numbering?
>
>because it is not a SP as such, just a collection of updates.

But isn't that what a service pack is?

Lawrence D¹Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.
>>>Why the fractional numbering?
>>because it is not a SP as such, just a collection of updates.

> But isn't that what a service pack is?

it depends on what you want to call a collection of updates...
I call it a SP, hence why I called it "SP4.5" rather than collection of
updates.

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In article <>,
"Dave - Dave.net.nz" <> wrote:

>Lawrence D¹Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>~35MB of updates that were released since SP4.
>>>>Why the fractional numbering?
>>>because it is not a SP as such, just a collection of updates.
>
>> But isn't that what a service pack is?
>
>it depends on what you want to call a collection of updates...
>I call it a SP...

So you call a collection of updates a service pack.

>...hence why I called it "SP4.5" rather than collection of
>updates.

So you don't call a collection of updates a service pack.