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

[agcarver+ale at acarver.net (Alex Carver)]

On 1/6/2013 13:58, Phil Turmel wrote:
> 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.

I think I've seen that before but does it allow downloading and saving 
the patches to use later as straight executables or does it require 
their software?