From: Jeff Shultz 

It was fun loading XP Pro on a few machines today... and discovering either
44 or 45 (oddly enough, it differed by machine)updates to download... what
was even odder was that after downloading SP1, that number dropped to only
16....

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:14:25 -0500, Rich Gauszka wrote:

> Let's see the Security Update CD is only for updates released through
> October 2003. Microsoft should call it the
> almost-secure-but-you-are-still-screwed update CD. I realize the CD can't
> be up to the minute - but it hasn't been released yet and it stops at
> October.
>
>
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/02/19/HNmssecuritycd_1.html
>
> Microsoft Corp. has started taking orders for the Windows Security Update
> CD, a disc with all critical updates released through October 2003 for
> various Windows versions.
>
> The CD-ROM is meant especially for Windows users with slow, dial-up
> Internet connections that can make downloading updates a nightmare.
> However, because the disc offers updates only through Oct. 15, 2003,
> Microsoft still recommends users go to the Windows Update Web site to get
> the latest updates, the company said in a statement.
>
> Windows users can request the Windows Security Update CD here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp

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