Windows Update Hacks!

Windows Update Hacks!


Hi Folks!

This article is for those who have a very low bandwidth and can’t afford to every time download the online Patches/Hot-fixes for their Windows XP Home, Professional and Windows 2003 All editions Users.


Due to the latest Spywares, Trojans & Malwares attacks on your Personal PC’s.
One needs to keep their PC’s up2date on Latest Security fixes and Patches.

Or-else they need to re-format their PC’s losing some of their settings and lot’s of other stuff.

So why Am I talking about all this??

Well the point here is that if you can copy the Windows Update online Patches and Hot-fixes which are downloaded when you update every time.


So you can eliminate the need for going online always for the same

Provided you copy these patches to a WORM device (Write Once Read Many).

So here is the Hack.

When doing Online Windows Update
The Patches are downloaded & installed and your PC needs to be restarted.

So where are the Patches?

You can find all the Patches which were downloaded at the below location.

See here: Step 1>


See here: Step 2>



See here: Step 3>




See here: Step 4>





Finally the last!


See here: Step 5>



Now you can Copy the entire Downloads Folder to a CD with Date so you know till when are your patches updated.

Happy Windows Update!



Nitin Kushwaha
CHFI.CEH.NSA.SCSCA.CIW-SA.ITIL.MCSE.MCSA