Filed under: OS Updates, Utilities, Windows, Microsoft
Project Dakota: Update Windows XP from a CD
by Simon Kerbel Feb 1st 2008
Build PC's for a living? For a hobby? For a consortium of Russian gangsters? Either way, you'll want to know about Project Dakota. Project Dakota is a CD that contains all the updates found on the Windows Update website, including Service Pack 2. The updates come with a small stand-alone installer that runs the updates in the order set by Microsoft. For example, if you don't have Service Pack 2 installed, the Project Dakota installer will apply the pre-Service Pack 2 updates, install Service Pack 2 and then continue with the post-Service Pack 2 updates.
If you're wondering why you would want to install the Windows updates from a CD rather than directly from Windows update, here's the answer: with Project Dakota, you won't have to wait for updates to download or endure the endless merry-go-round of install-restart-install. You just insert the CD, make a few clicks, and Project Dakota takes care of the rest. Update nirvana.
Project Dakota also includes some useful and free third-party apps, including Ad-Aware, Adobe Reader, Firefox, Java, and more (for a full list of included third-party apps, as well as a list of all updates currently included, check out the forum).
Project Dakota weighs in at 702 MB, and downloads in an ISO format. For Windows XP Home and Professional 32 bit only.
[via gHacks.net]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Marshall said 3:50PM on 2-01-2008
I still know a few people with dial-up, and this will be a dream come true when they ask for support.
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Fred Thompson said 10:07AM on 2-02-2008
Offline Update http://www.heise.de/ct/projekte/offlineupdate/ supports all versions of Windows/Office and makes ISOs. IMNSHO, it's safer/better to "roll your own" update set.
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jfjb said 3:51PM on 2-04-2008
Yah, das its richtig, und für Anregungen, Probleme und Fragen haben wir ein Forum eingerichtet. Hier können Sie auch mit anderen Nutzern der Update-Skripte diskutieren.
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For non-american english-speaking people.
Pour les gens qui ne parlent pas l'anglais americain.
Para las personas que no hablan Inglés-americano.
Για τα ατομα που δεν μιλουν αγγλικα-american.
Per le persone che non parlano inglese-americano.
していない人々のためにアメリカ英語を話す。
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Just for fun. Updates included anyway.
TurboFool said 12:20PM on 2-04-2008
Sounds like the latest incarnation of AutoPatcher, but less convenient (due to its ISO structure), and probably just as likely to get shut down by Microsoft. *sigh*
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Lyle Hensley said 8:28PM on 2-04-2008
FYI
This is what TrojanHunter found when I ran a scan. I also had a Trojan called ProRat.256 in memory.
Found trojan file: D:\Apps\apps.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\OpticalTest.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\PD.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 0\group0.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 1\group1.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 2\group2.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 3\group3.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 4\group4.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 4A\group4A.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 5\group5.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 6\group6.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Group 7\group7.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Optional\end.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Optional\ie7.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Optional\optional.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\Optional\wmp11.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\group 8\group8.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\housekeeping\housekeeping.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\Updates\theend\theend.exe (Delf.537)
Found trojan file: D:\runfiles.exe (Delf.537)
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