Comments on: Fresh Windows Install, Ouch http://kylecordes.com/2006/09/17/fresh-windows-install-ouch/ Kyle Cordes's Software Site Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:57:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Tim Dreste http://kylecordes.com/2006/09/17/fresh-windows-install-ouch/#comment-3958 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:37:40 +0000 http://kylecordes.com/2006/09/17/fresh-windows-install-ouch/#comment-3958 There is a utility - I don't recall it off hand, and don't have my CD pile nearby to thumb thru - that allows you to go to Micro$oft's update site and download all the updates in advance. Then, after the fresh install, insert the CD it makes and all your updates are completed quickly. Yes, there are still required updates, but far less of them, and the update process from the CD is much quicker. There is a utility - I don’t recall it off hand, and don’t have my CD pile nearby to thumb thru - that allows you to go to Micro$oft’s update site and download all the updates in advance. Then, after the fresh install, insert the CD it makes and all your updates are completed quickly.

Yes, there are still required updates, but far less of them, and the update process from the CD is much quicker.

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