From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Gregg,

Send me your snail mail address, and I'll burn a CD for you of the Network
install.  Grabbed it yesterday, and have it on our server for local
install.

I'm also setting up SUS, but I think I'll have all the XP machines patched
prior to it hitting the SUS servers.

The initial SUS sync was 244 packages.....Took a few hours do download....

--
Glenn M.


"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:4118a547.4032408{at}216.144.1.254...
> Gregg N  wrote in message
> news::
> > I have automatic update downloads enabled. When can I expect to see a
> > system tray icon telling me it is downloading an update, and how long
will
> > it take over a 56k dial-up that is connnected for a few hours a day?
>
> Jerold Schulman recently posted the following on Compuserve WINNT:
> Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been released to maunfacturing.
>
> The relevant end-user schedules for 2004 are:
> August 06 Release to manufacturing.
> August 09 Release to Microsoft Download Center (network installation
> package).
> August 09  Release to MSDN subscription site (CD ISO image).
> August 16  Release to Automatic Updates.
> August 16  Release to Software Update Services.
> August xx  Release to Windows Update.
>
> I don't know how much AU will download. Perhaps only a stub with core
> components of SP2. When run, perhaps the stub looks more closely at what
> is required on the system and may need to download more??
>
> I would NOT try to download SP2 over dial-up! Surely one of our
> well-endowed friends here will send you a CD with the network installation
> package (around 270M ISTR). At one time there was talk about a free CD
> from Microsoft - but there should be quite a delay before that arrives.
>
> John
>

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