Windows Vista Updates

Q

quik1

Well-Known Member
Joined
Feb 20, 2008
Messages
247
Reaction score
0
Location
Cape town
Hi
Does any1 know where the updates for windows vista get stored once its downloaded before it get installed on my HDD?
I want to save it somewhere so that i dont have to download it again if anything should happen and i loose the partition or the info.
 
I'm not sure about Windows Vista but I know Windows XP stored it's temporary update files in the Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder (I don't think it does that any longer). Maybe use something like Acronis True Image to make a copy of your Windows partition? :)
 
Indeed its there also for vista
thx 4 da help

Although its not the installation files - its .CAB files and other
 
Ok
just found out how to do it!
Its in C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download

Burn the download folder to a disk and just copy and paste into the same directory for future reinstalls.

For any1 who is interested!

Regards
 
quik1 said:
Ok
just found out how to do it!
Its in C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download

Burn the download folder to a disk and just copy and paste into the same directory for future reinstalls.

For any1 who is interested!

Regards
Click to expand...
man thats a great tip for vista users.
beanie should ad that to the H and S section faq..:D
nice one quik1...;)
 
all the automatic updates are stores in the above folder prior to actually installing - works on 2000,Xp, 2003, Vista
 
Is vista clever enough to install update(x) before update (y) if both are present tho?
Could'nt this cause a bit of screwup when x has to be already installed before y is applied?
 
Last edited:
I think that it is actually clever enough - although when i restarted i got a BSOD - sorted it out though - it was a doggy driver, well actually it was Alcoholsoft that didnt want to work anymore
Quik repair - boot to another OS or live cd - browse to "vista drive" eg: C:\ Windows\System32\Drivers and delete a347scsi.sys and a347bus.sys

Solved It
 
quik1 said:
I think that it is actually clever enough - although when i restarted i got a BSOD - sorted it out though - it was a doggy driver, well actually it was Alcoholsoft that didnt want to work anymore
Quik repair - boot to another OS or live cd - browse to "vista drive" eg: C:\ Windows\System32\Drivers and delete a347scsi.sys and a347bus.sys

Solved It
Click to expand...

PS: Reinstall alcohol after restarting - it takes a bit long for vista to configure the updates (i had 260 odd updates) but it works afterward

same solution for XP SP3
and install the latest version though:D
 
Cool.....so it installed them in the order it needed too,that what your saying?
 
Tun@ said:
Cool.....so it installed them in the order it needed too,that what your saying?
Click to expand...

yes - at least i think so - i didnt look at the order of the updates it was installing. It downloads all of the files and then installs them one by one, so yes i would say that it installed it in the order that it was downloaded, and it downloaded in the order of the date - older first then newer.

;)
 
Is vista clever enough to install update(x) before update (y) if both are present tho
Click to expand...

Yip - even NT could do that. You run all the patches and then run qchain and it sorts out all the file versions. Now its all built into auto updates.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X