@Chii said:
i wish microsoft would just allow the user to select which update they like, and then allow a download of the individual update - i hate it when i need to format, and have to waste my bandwidth downloading all the updates again and again.
Ah, but you can do that... For example, here's the link to the full download of SP2 for WinXP:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
Many other updates can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=7