Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:
> Zak wrote:
> > There's a whole new slew of new MS windows updates. Jeeze!
> >
> > I thought all the XP bug-fixes were going to settle down after a year of
> > two but the activity seems to increase.
> >
> > The last lot were about 43 MB in my case as I have MS Office.
> >
> > Has anyone kept a running total of how many MB of download have been
> > needed to keep patching XP ever since its launch?
>
> Ask the same question for typical Linux distros and you might get a clue
> that it's not that bad.
>
> A way bigger question is why it usually recommends a reboot whereas a
> restart of the service or driver is normally sufficient.


You can do an unatteded update and limit it to one reboot.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...ttogether_tehf