RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack is designed to bring a Windows XP CD with SP2 integrated fully up to date with all of the latest hotfixes released by Microsoft since SP2's release. It accomplishes this task via direct integration, where files on the CD are directly overwritten by the updated files. This method has numerous advantages over other integration techniques.
Rated 50/50 by christoofar at Mar 3, 2008
good to have a newly updated Update Pack from Ryan. Even better will be the post SP3 pack from him!
Rated 50/50 by Artem Tashkinov at Mar 3, 2008
It's the best for busy system administrators and for those who wants to avoid downloading more than 100MB of updates and messing you whole /WINDOWS directory. I give it strong 5! (As a side note I'd like to say that I will skip this update and wait till XP SP3 is out - it's really close).
Rated 50/50 by seier at Apr 28, 2008
Hi Gang, I haven't Ryan's update package out yet, but I just want to point out that SP3 is coming out tomorrow. Apparently it won't initially be on windows update, but as an individual download: http://www.microsoft.com...5110&displaylang=en Cheers, Christian Blackburn
Rated 40/50 by Umapathy at Apr 29, 2008
Well as SP3 is already available so I rate it 4 otherwise I can rate it 5. I would appreciate if they release a timezone updates which is missing with Windows XP SP3.
Rated 50/50 by newyorksabre at May 6, 2008
seier needs to check the facts, Microsoft sp3 is available through windows update.
Rated 50/50 by rcglidden at Sep 11, 2008
Excellent!!!! I use nLite to slipstream Windows XP Home and Pro disks to service pack 2, and make them unattended. Then I use RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack to slipstream the nLited disks to just before SP-3. Then use .NET-3.5 offline installer from Microsoft. (note that the installer includes .NET 2 and 3 and 3.5 with service packs and updates. A bug in Windows online updates wants to install an update for .NET 3 but fails because the above installer already includes it, so just ignore it.) Now only 8 online updates left and no reboots!!
Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Jan 19, 2009
The Original version of this, which will slip-stream SP1 and/or SP2 in with your original Windows XP installation disk is outstanding. I'm not sure of the exact benefits of the Post-SP2 update pack, so this one may be hard to recommend. But if you slipstream SP2 into your config and then do Windows Update, you should be covered, I think.
Rated 50/50 by topspeed at Mar 30, 2010
Well as SP3 is already available so I rate it 4 otherwise I can rate it 5. I would appreciate if they release a timezone updates which is missing with Windows XP SP3. http://methoo.com