finding old XP hotfixes

[dedndave]

now, here is one update that i will install immediately (java ver 7 upd 1)
some of the more recent "bad guys" have been dropping through java
about time oracle did something - lol

[thesqueakycat]

@dedndave

I want to download and update manually but i was forever downloading the right KB# and the wrong version for my computer. how did you sort that out?

Your experience is greatly appreciated.

[dedndave]

well - i did it the hard way
i went through every one individually - read the docs and all that   :P
about 300 files to go from the bare MCE build to current

i might have used autopatcher - but they do not support MCE, which is different enough from XP to make a job out of it
http://www.autopatcher.com/forums/

what OS are you using ?

[AParsons]

I prefer to use: https://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/

It doesn't show all the different patch's but it does keep all my apps up-to-date.

[dedndave]

autopatcher doesn't update everything
it analyzes the current state of your machine, then creates a list of all the MS hotfixes required to update it
then, you can run another program that downloads all the KB's for you, directly from MS
another program will install them all

[AParsons]

I used to use WSUS to patch machines. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb332157

From what I remember, I could control what client machines received certain patches or any patch's at all or in a particular language. I haven't run WSUS for some time.
The only downside was that the machine had to part of a domain, which is no real problem, just a time thing. If it was, I would put the client machine in the domain then remove it afterwards.

But I see that being part of a domain could cause problems, or introduce other problems, so autopatcher looks like a good solution to patch non-domain machines.

[dedndave]

no - don't do that
AutoPatcher is a better way to go
if you use WSUS, your machine will always run like a pig