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]
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