Autopatcher
 

I just ran across this and I think it may be a good thing to have.

From the site: http://www.autopatcher.com/

A lot of people have asked, "Why Patch our system?" or "Why AutoPatcher?". Well, I thought this would be a good opportunity to explain to you why we exist. Well, first of all, here's an Article for you to read:

Microsoft has a message for Windows users: Patch your computers quickly.

As you can see in that article, there are a lot of vulnerabilities out there, that many people don't know they have. Patching your system reduces the chance you'll be affected by a virus (like Blaster) or Hackers exploiting problematic code. Need more? This article is for you Corporate users:

Worms Jack Up the Total Cost of Windows

Now Microsoft does ask everyone turn on Critical Updates, but for people on Dial-up, that could be a hassle. Also, some of their patches don't even show up on it! They've also released a Security CD, but that too doesn't contain everything, in fact, it only contains Critical Updates through October '03! That still leaves many people with holes in their Operating System. That's where we come in.

The AutoPatcher is designed to quickly patch a system with the most current updates (and tweaks) available. It runs silently in the background, and needs no inputs once started. It just has to be downloaded once, then burnt to a CD, and you can patch as many systems as you want, with no extra bandwidth usage (for you companies that pay for it), and also for you users who have friends, family, and relatives on Dial-up.

All in all, I feel the AutoPatcher is a very useful product, and can help many people stay updated, and not have to worry about vulnerabilities. If you haven't already, give it a try. Download a copy or order a CD... see why so many people have already started AutoPatching.

Update! Windows XP SP2 has been released, but read here why some people would rather stick with SP1:

Windows XP SP2 Spoofing Threat

non-existent "link" in above post. could you revise it please?

Works for me as well as being the correct URL that you can type in.

I think he was referring to the last line.

Ah, well as to that, it can be found on the web site.

Does this also include patches for Office? :)

I didn't look.

I've had ms patches really screw things up on my PC and some of the ms patches can't be undone. Being sabbotaged "silently in the background" doesn't sound like fun to me. :eyebrow:

10-4 Bruce. I never let anything do an auto update on my computer.