where are the WIn2K3 R2 files...

[Guest Brad Pears]

I downloaded and installed SP2 for one of our Win2K3 servers last week using

Windows Update.

 

This week I'd like to install SP2 on our other WIn2K3 server and if possible

I would like to just run a setup file from the other win2K3 server. I found

a setup.exe file in the c:\windows\software

distribution\download\7c205249e4e58548a01567c8dc12d1b5\update directory that

when run, wants to install Service Pack 2.

 

Can I simply run this file from my other machine or will I have to copy the

whole update directory over...?

 

Thanks, Brad

[Guest Enkidu]

Re: where are the WIn2K3 R2 files...

 

Brad Pears wrote:

> I downloaded and installed SP2 for one of our Win2K3 servers last week using

> Windows Update.

>

> This week I'd like to install SP2 on our other WIn2K3 server and if possible

> I would like to just run a setup file from the other win2K3 server. I found

> a setup.exe file in the c:\windows\software

> distribution\download\7c205249e4e58548a01567c8dc12d1b5\update directory that

> when run, wants to install Service Pack 2.

>

> Can I simply run this file from my other machine or will I have to copy the

> whole update directory over...?

>

You possibly could, but why bother? The setup file that is automatically

downloaded is only a few kilobytes and all the rest is downloaded over

the Internet. Unless the file is the full network install of 120+

MBytes, I can't see a big advantage in running it.

 

Cheers,

 

Cliff

 

--

 

Have you ever noticed that if something is advertised as 'amusing' or

'hilarious', it usually isn't?