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by brian.mcdonnell

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Is there a web site that I can download all the critical updates for xp and have them on a cd ready incase of a hard drive reformat. I have found a site that I can download them one at a time but would like a site that you can pick the updates all in one go and it downloads them all automatically.

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by hal 9000

Not really what you need to do is look through the History of the Updates that have been applied to your particular computer and then from the MS Home Page you can perform a search for each one that you need.

If you where to download every available update you would be picking up many that you have no need of as they don't suit your existing hardware. For example if you have a Lexmark printer you don't want the HP Printer Updates do you?

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