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 > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
