How to download updates for drivers and hotfixes from the Windows Update Catalog

[Paramartha]

Hello to all,

Can anyone suggest me How do I download updates for drivers and hotfixes from the Windows Update Catalog, this is little not understandable by me.

Please help,Any suggestions would be Appreciable.

Regards

[Adler]

To update the drivers and hotfixes follow the steps mentioned:

Step 1: Access the Windows Update Catalog
To access the Windows Update Catalog, visit the following Microsoft Web site:


Step 2: Download updates
To download updates from the Windows Update Catalog, follow these steps and for that you have to go to the Microsoft official site.
Here:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx

1. Click view basket under the Search box to view the download basket.
2. Verify your list of updates, and then click Download.
   
   Note If you are prompted, click Accept to accept the license agreement.
3. Select the location where you want to save the updates. You can either type the full path of the folder, or you can click Browse to locate the folder.
4. Click Continue to start the download.
5. When the download is complete, click Close to close the Download Window.
6. Close the Windows Update Catalog Window.
7. Find the location that you specified in step 3c.
8. Double-click each update, and follow the instructions to install the update.

Note:If the updates are intended for another computer, copy the updates to that computer, and double-click the updates to install them.

[Lane]

To determine when a product update was created, check the Modified date on the Update.exe or Hotfix.exe installation program in the update package.

To install multiple updates with only one restart

1. Run the update installer with the -z switch to instruct the installer not to restart after the installation. Add the -m switch (for Quiet mode) if you do not want prompts or messages to appear during the installation.
   
2. The update installer is one of the following programs:
   
   • The self-extracting package program file (for example, Qnnnnnn_w2k_spx_x86_en.exe).
   • Hotfix.exe (if you have extracted all the files from the package).
3. After you install all the hotfixes, run QChain.exe.
4. Restart the computer.

You can also create a batch file to do this. The following sample batch file demonstrates this method:

@echo off
setlocal
set PATHTOFIXES=some path
%PATHTOFIXES%\Q123456_w2k_sp2_x86.exe -z -m
%PATHTOFIXES%\Q123321_w2k_sp2_x86.exe -z -m
%PATHTOFIXES%\Q123789_w2k_sp2_x86.exe -z -m
%PATHTOFIXES%\qchain.exe