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countryreverie · 02-02-2009, 11:15 AM

I recently had a crash (don't ask!) and had to do a re-install. Leaving aside my incomplete backups and the hassle that caused ( I know , I know) another issue arose.
Windows update did a very good job of finding all the updates accumulated over however many years and got my machine up to date. HOWEVER , I assume that at some point MS will switch off that facility, given that 2000 is no longer fully supported ( is that not so?).
Now I'm the kind of person who has no need for bells and whistles and I like 2000 and intend using it for as long as it does the job for me.
So the question is, is it possible to create a backup of the said updates , hotfixes and everything? I'm assuming that the files themselves are not sufficient as they have to be installed even if they are easy to find, which I doubt.

02-02-2009, 11:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
countryreverie Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5 OS: 2000pro sp4	[SOLVED] Update, hotfix rollups etc I recently had a crash (don't ask!) and had to do a re-install. Leaving aside my incomplete backups and the hassle that caused ( I know , I know) another issue arose. Windows update did a very good job of finding all the updates accumulated over however many years and got my machine up to date. HOWEVER , I assume that at some point MS will switch off that facility, given that 2000 is no longer fully supported ( is that not so?). Now I'm the kind of person who has no need for bells and whistles and I like 2000 and intend using it for as long as it does the job for me. So the question is, is it possible to create a backup of the said updates , hotfixes and everything? I'm assuming that the files themselves are not sufficient as they have to be installed even if they are easy to find, which I doubt.