Win XP Updates -- NON Security Related

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:
> Use the Custom option at Windows Updates.
> That will show you updates that aren't
> security updates.

That's not what I am talking about.
I'm not talking about running Windows Update
on a subject computer. In any form.

All "custom" does is get you an occasional
Optional Software patch, and -- rarely --
an Optional Hardware patch.

In both those infrequent cases those updates are
displayed only because MS has decided to show them
to you.

I'm a unix and network sys admin. I do this stuff
for a living for unix systems. Some of the patches
that are not security related would curl your hair,
if you know what components your computers use.

I just want to look at a list of all available patches
and decide what I, not MS, think is important for
my computers.

> HotFixes may be available.

Perhaps that's what I'm looking for.
I'll search their website for that term.
Thanks.

Windows is not Unix. Not even close, <s>. Yes, there are any number of bugs
that have fixes, whether HotFixes, Registry edits, or other procedures that
you can do. But AFAIK, HotFixes, Service Packs, and Updates are the only
"patches" available. HotFixes are a category that MS uses to address
specific issues that generally do not apply to most systems, and MS has you
call to get them so they can keep track of how many times they're used,
under what conditions, for follow-up, etc.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"ll" <ll.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:
>> Use the Custom option at Windows Updates.
>> That will show you updates that aren't
>> security updates.
>
> That's not what I am talking about.
> I'm not talking about running Windows Update
> on a subject computer. In any form.
>
> All "custom" does is get you an occasional
> Optional Software patch, and -- rarely --
> an Optional Hardware patch.
>
> In both those infrequent cases those updates are
> displayed only because MS has decided to show them
> to you.
>
> I'm a unix and network sys admin. I do this stuff
> for a living for unix systems. Some of the patches
> that are not security related would curl your hair,
> if you know what components your computers use.
>
> I just want to look at a list of all available patches
> and decide what I, not MS, think is important for
> my computers.
>
>> HotFixes may be available.
>
> Perhaps that's what I'm looking for.
> I'll search their website for that term.
> Thanks.

Since most of the bugs in Windows *are* security related, this is obviously
where the priority lies....

"ll" <ll.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I am asking about Win XP updates that are _not_
> security related.
>
> With that many lines of code in XP, you can be certain
> that there are bugs. That's just simple statistics.
> Does MS also create patches for the more important
> non-security-related bugs? If so, where are they?
>
> I have looked on the MS website and cannot find
> what I am looking for. A search of the website
> turns up many links about updates. Typically
> they will have subjects like:
> "Get the latest _security_ updates _automatically_".
> That is precisely what I am NOT looking for.
> I do that already.
>
> I want to review a list of available patches for
> other issues. How do I do this?
> Thanks.