From: Jan van Hoek (NL) 

>> || Why don't you just copy the files
>> ||from you up to date install
>> ||to your non-up-to-date  install?
>> I thought of that, but was unsure if it would be wise.

It may prove effective, IF it succeeds. However, if either partition is
active, you will receive a lot of "file in use" errors, which
will defeat your purpose.

True installation programs (like the Windows Update function) have
workarounds for that, e.g. via the infamous re-boot. But the COPY/XCOPY
cannot cope with such situations, and neither does Windows Explorer. All
will fail to get those files accross.

Whether it is unwise to bypass the Windows Update (and Restore) functions,
noone can tell. For starters, it won't correctly update the Add/Remove
Programs list, and it will falsify the Installation History as displayed by
Windows Update. Everyone will advise you against such a bypass action. But
some of the time you have no alternative than to jump blindfolded and hope
for the best (OT question: Why do people in movies always shout
"Geronimo!!" when jumping from a height??).
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-- Jan van Hoek (NL)
-- Fri, 2 Jan 2004 09:29 CET

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