From: "David Blair" 

Since they're on the same machine, and I keep them current, they should not
be different other than needing to update the patches it THINKS it has but
doesn't...

Of course this should be moot when SP2 comes out... "Jan van Hoek
(NL)"  wrote in message
news:VA.000001c8.001edc4e{at}xs4alldot.nl...
> >> I would only replace those files which are the "same"-
> >> so both the Installation History and Windows Update
> >> won't have an issue.
>
> This reply does not compute (by me): same name does not imply same
> content.
>
> Check a random example of a C:\WINDOWS\NTUnInstallxxxx directory,
> and you'll loose all hope(:-(( Not that it really matters what these
> directories contain (I delete them routinely), but it illustrates
> what a Windows Update action does under the hood.
>
> IF (I say IF, see my still more important "files in use" paragraph)
> this COPY operation succeeds, you may get a working installation.
> But I'll expect that subsequent usages of Windows Update will yield
> some complaints, sooner or later, especially when trying to reverse
> some later update.
>
>
>  >> Both installation,
>  >> from an XP perspective,
>  >> are the same.
>
> Of course, that goes without saying. Otherwise this operation would
> be a Mission Impossible anyway.
> --
> -- Jan van Hoek (NL)
> -- Fri 2 Jan 2004 23:02 CET
>
>

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