Windows Installation Status Update

Lawdy A clean install of Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 on a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop has the following updates available:

• 36 Critical Updates
• 11 “Optional” Updates
• 1 Hardware Update

One of those Critical Updates is an update to one of the Optional Updates, and must be discovered by running Microsoft Update a second time.

Another of those Critical Updates is an update to the Critical Update to the Optional Update, and must be discovered by running Microsoft Update a third time.

The worst part is that apt-get is broken under Windows XP. It doesn’t even seem to have the executable in the path. I had to go through their website for all of this.

;)