I've used this, although it hasn't been updated in a year.

http://smithii.com/slipstream_xpsp2

Still, downloading 12 MB is better than 100 MB.

On Feb 12, 2008 10:58 AM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I thought Autopatcher was shut down by Microsoft because they didn't want
> anyone to be a source of patches but themselves.
>
> If Dakota is including the patches on the CD that you download, then the
> same is true and they could be in jeopardy of a visit from the MS MIB's.
>
> I've heard of another project that would build one's own patching CD by
> downloading from Microsoft, which could not run afoul of MS's
> requirements.
>
> Carl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:14 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>  Subject: Re: Slashdot | Windows XP Update Library On a CD
>
> Isnt this just like Auto Patcher?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Angus Scott-Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:47 AM
> Subject: Slashdot | Windows XP Update Library On a CD
>
>
> > Interesting ...
> >
> > ------- Included Stuff Follows -------
> > Slashdot | Windows XP Update Library On a CD
> >    KrispyKofta sends us to APC Magazine for a writeup on Project Dakota,
> a
> >    one-man effort to provide all Windows XP SP2 updates on one
> > downloadable
> >    CD. It's poor man's XP SP3, but even when SP3 is out, the project
> will
> >    continue to offer a CD that will install all patches offline. "When
> was
> >    the last time you installed a fresh copy of Windows XP SP2? The
> process
>
> > is
> >    still straightforward and relatively quick... but then you think
> 'I'll
> >    just make sure the patches are up to date,' and proceed to stare in
> > horror
> >    at the 100+ security updates and critical fixes that Windows Update
> or
> >    WSUS demands you install. And it takes forever. A better option which
> >    we've just discovered is the innovative work of Alek Patsouris...
> it's
> > a
> >    self-contained boot CD which contains all the necessary updates to
> >    automatically patch a Windows XP SP2 system with all the patches
> > available
> >    at the CD's build time."
> > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/12/021223&from=rss
> > --------- Included Stuff Ends ---------
> >
> > Project Dakota page is slashdotted right now ...
> >
> > Similar project from German online mag c't
> >
> >    heise Security - c't Projekte - Offline-Update
> >    http://www.heise.de/ct/projekte/offlineupdate/download_uk.shtml
> >
> >
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