[ale] If you own (almost) ANY HDD, repartition with 4k boundaries

[philip at turmel.org (Phil Turmel)]

On 01/06/2013 01:17 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
> On 1/6/2013 08:53, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> 
>> By the way, security patch support for Windows XP ends in something
>> like 400 days.
> 
> Speaking of this, anyone know how/where to download full copies of all
> the patches (preferably in one giant download or at least something that
> can be scripted).  I've got two machines that probably couldn't handle
> Win7 and if I ever have to reinstall them, I'll need the patch files to
> bring them back up to reasonable security.

http://www.wsusoffline.net/docs/

Nicely scripted.

I don't allow a new Windows installation to touch a network until after
I've brought it up to date with this kit.  And it'll still work with
whatever you've previously downloaded after official MS support ends.

Phil