How can we download and save updateURLs Windows for later or offline installation

When it comes to a reinstallation of WindowsWhich lowers our enthusiasm is not the actual installation OSbut reconfiguration its your preference and, especially, installation of all updatesecurityWhich gather increasingly more every day and consuming precious time in certain circumstances (such as in cases where resettlement occurs after a System crash caused by a malicious or faulty hardware components - and a must be covered deadlineOr when the operating system must be installed on computers several clients in a span of few hours).

Obviously, the best way to avoid reinstalling the system, reconfiguring it and installing the necessary applications, and updatesecurity is create an image backup of the operating systemOr by using utility Backup and Restore included in WindowsOr using an third-party application such as Acronis Backup. But if there is no backup image a Windowscommunity?

If installing the common software for Windows (Web-browsers, audio / video players, antivirus si antispyware, messaging, archivers and other utilities) Can be covered quickly online service ninite.com (I wrote about here), when it comes to update-hateWhose download on Internet it may take at least a few hours (maybe even a whole day or more, if we refer to a poor internet connectionOr a band quite low), things get complicated a bit. Because, as they called our attention in a comment, download and installation updatefixes may Windows it takes longer than the actual reinstallation of the operating system.

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The solution would be download updatefixes may Windows on Microsoft website and then saving them on a external drive (hdd, USB stick or DVD), Which would allow users install them even without internet connection (offline) And would at least save download time, not insignificant.

For save updatefor Windows Users have two methods, one easy and relatively quick, which involves using a third-party utilities, And one not necessarily difficult, but time consuming (at least happen once, not after reinstallation ficare) involving manual download a updateon the Microsoft website.

Download and save updateURLs Windows using Windows Updates Downloader (WUD)

Windows Updates Downloader is a free utility allowing users to download and to save updatesites Windows computer provided (which then can be transferred safely to an external device) for a Retrofitting theirs. The utility can be used to install updates to Windows 2000, Windows server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Microsoft Office 2003 si Microsoft Exchange 2003.

How to use wud?

  • after launch WUD, You will be notified not found any list updateLinks
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  • click on OK, Then click the button + in right field under Update List To navigate to page where you can Download files containing lists of updateLinks that must be downloaded (files are quite small and contain information about all updatethe necessary ones operating systems and Office suites). They are displayed for each system separately, both versions 32-bit, And for those 64-bit.
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  • download the file with the list of update-hate for your operating system, then select the Open with Windows Updates Downloader (this option is most likely selected in mode default) to load the list in WUD
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  • select which update-hate want to download the operating system (required for the security), Then click on the Download
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  • will be shown a Dialogue where you can watch the download al update(it takes between a few minutes and a half hours or more, depending on the speed of the internet)
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After downloading updateYou can choose to store either one external deviceOr write them on a DVD / USB stick. And when a system reinstallation is necessary, you can install updatedownloaded with WUD to save time and bandwidth.

Download Windows Updates Downloader.

Unload updateURLs Windows manual from the Microsoft site

If you prefer to do not use third-party applications, you can download updateoperating system Windows directly on site Microsoft. That's right, depending on the number of updateThe process may take some time, but you probably won't have to repeat it (if you're careful where you save updateCPCs.

  • open Microsoft Update Catalog in Internet Explorer (Website does not work on other browsers), Then install add-on Microsoft Update Catalog (Installing will be required automatic by the browser) to use online catalog of update-hate
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  • in the field Search displayed on the site, write OS and what updateyou are looking for (Security, Critical, Drivers etc.)
  • the list displayed click on the Add at the right of each update which you want to download
  • after you have added everything updatethe ones you want to download, click on the link view basket under field Search
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  • the page displayed, click on the Download next to the number of updateselected (displayed on the right side of the page, above the list of update-hate)
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  • select the folder where you want to save updateURLs and click on Continue
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  • then wait until they (updateURLs Windows) Will be downloaded to your computer
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And that's it. This way you can download and save all updaterequired for your system Windows, For then you can save time or to install offline after any resettlement scheme. Success!

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