Does MS have all Win 2000 upgrades/updates in one neat site or group of file?

I've downloaded the exe file for SP4 but upon reinstall, there are about 60
or more other upgrades. Is there a disk or group of files that MS has
somewhere that will allow you to burn them to disk so that they don't have
to be downloaded whenever the OS (Win 2000 Pro) is installed?

Even the upgrade to IE6 is just a download that forces the OS to contact MS
for further files.


Since they are going to cancel support for the OS at some point, wouldn't
it be wise to offer these files as one entire download? In other words,
during the first update search, give the user the option to download all
the files into a zip file.

 

This is a big one that can be downloaded and burned to cd prior to
installation:

Windows 2000 Update Rollup 1 for Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/rollup.mspx

For the full IE download see:
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/257249
http://www.compu-docs.com/ieadmininstall.htm

John

 

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On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:21:30 -0600,

Desides the update rollup packages 2000 SP4 mentioned there were MSIE
and IIRC IIS rollup updates. It's been a while and as I have those
locally now without the URLs anymore try www.google.com the MS site
links will be there.

Internet Explorer 6: Downloads
Deploying Internet Explorer 6 Across a Network? Internet Explorer
Administration Kit (IEAK) 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) enables the most
cost-effective and ...
www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/default.mspx - 11k - Cached -
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Usually if Canada / US you can get an (and others) IE Updated CD for a
small fee.

Spot the important 'update', that's the trick. But you (used to be able)
select download all. You can also get (again it's bee a long time since
I did this) download the IEAK (IE admin kit) you run that, create a
folder and select to d/l all components. This saves the 60-70MB locally,
of course that all languages as well.

Usually you look for the network administrator installations. The IE6
one may not be around but there are browser archives like
http://browsers.evolt.org/

You are thinking about MS, aren't you?

So you have missed (if it still works) the MS Update download basket
where you could view / select all updates and download to your PC. Only
problem it doesn't include the KB information articles but you can save
those if needed from the MS support site.

Other solution, is MS Technet CD/DVD subscription it has an update disk
MS98-001 to MS06-039, service packs and several disks of downloads.

Optionally, over the years I saved the updates, integrated them into a
batch file on CD and can put on OS and patches 90% automatic.

Me