Patches, Hotfixes and Service Packs

This page will help you find out which OS and product updates are currently available from Microsoft. I will also try to help you deploy those fixes to the computers on your LAN by using various methods.

I will not and cannot post all updates, Hotfixes and bug fixes. Instead I'll try to focus on the most important ones and on Service Packs or Cumulative Patches. With the tools available and constantly changing patch landscape, trying to keep your own record of required patches is duplicating work that MS is doing for you, so this list should only be used as a general reference guide, no more. 

Note: See the "Page Updated" on the top right corner for a clue on when this section was last updated.

Available topics:

• Download Service Packs for MS Products
• Windows XP SP1/SP1a Deployment Info
• Windows XP SP2 Slipstreaming
• Windows 2000/XP SP Deployment
• Windows 2000/XP SP Reinstallation
• Windows 2000 SP4 Slipstreaming
• Windows 2003 SP1 Slipstreaming
• ISA Server Feature Pack 1
• ISA 2004 SP3 Released
• Office XP SP3 Slipstreaming
• Office System (2003) Hotfix Slipstreaming
• Front Page 2003 SP2 Slipstreaming
• Office System (2003) SP2 Slipstreaming
• One Note 2003 SP2 Slipstreaming

You should also read:

• Windows Update
  • Windows Update Problems
  • Info Collected by Windows Update
  • Configure Auto Windows Update
• Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS)
• GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner
• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer v1.2
• HFNetChk
• Shalvik HFNetChk Pro/LT
• Microsoft Security Bulletins

Note: Some items might fit into 2 or more categories, for example IIS 5.0 and Windows 2000 updates, but they only appear in one. Also, many IE and IIS hotfixes were incorporated into Windows 2000 Service Packs 3 and 4 and into Windows XP Pro SP1/1a. Read the Windows 2000 SP4 Info, Windows XP SP1 Info and Windows XP SP1a Info pages for more on this subject.