RSS| topspeed | Mar 30, 2010 | 2.2.5 |  5 out of 5 |
Well as SP3 is already available so I rate it 4 otherwise I can rate it 5. I would appreciate if they release a timezone updates which is missing with Windows XP SP3. http://methoo.com |
| DudeBoyz | Jan 19, 2009 | 2.2.5 |  4 out of 5 |
The Original version of this, which will slip-stream SP1 and/or SP2 in with your original Windows XP installation disk is outstanding. I'm not sure of the exact benefits of the Post-SP2 update pack, so this one may be hard to recommend. But if you slipstream SP2 into your config and then do Windows Update, you should be covered, I think. |
| rcglidden | Sep 11, 2008 | 2.2.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent!!!! I use nLite to slipstream Windows XP Home and Pro disks to service pack 2, and make them unattended. Then I use RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack to slipstream the nLited disks to just before SP-3. Then use .NET-3.5 offline installer from Microsoft. (note that the installer includes .NET 2 and 3 and 3.5 with service packs and updates. A bug in Windows online updates wants to install an update for .NET 3 but fails because the above installer already includes it, so just ignore it.) Now only 8 online updates left and no reboots!! |
| newyorksabre | May 6, 2008 | 2.2.2 | 5 out of 5 |
seier needs to check the facts, Microsoft sp3 is available through windows update. |
| Umapathy | Apr 29, 2008 | 2.2.2 | 4 out of 5 |
Well as SP3 is already available so I rate it 4 otherwise I can rate it 5. I would appreciate if they release a timezone updates which is missing with Windows XP SP3. |
| seier | Apr 28, 2008 | 2.2.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Hi Gang, I haven't Ryan's update package out yet, but I just want to point out that SP3 is coming out tomorrow. Apparently it won't initially be on windows update, but as an individual download: http://www.microsoft.com...5110&displaylang=en Cheers, Christian Blackburn |
| christoofar | Mar 3, 2008 | 2.2.1 | 5 out of 5 |
good to have a newly updated Update Pack from Ryan. Even better will be the post SP3 pack from him! |
| Artem S. Tashkinov | Mar 3, 2008 | 2.2.1 | 5 out of 5 |
It's the best for busy system administrators and for those who wants to avoid downloading more than 100MB of updates and messing you whole /WINDOWS directory. I give it strong 5! (As a side note I'd like to say that I will skip this update and wait till XP SP3 is out - it's really close). |
| jsrinivasu | Jul 20, 2007 | 2.1.11 Pre-Release | 5 out of 5 |
test |
| Joffi | May 14, 2007 | 2.1.10 | 5 out of 5 |
@ Use all three; see below. This pack used as the author packaged it for is to make your custom install CD/DVD up-to-date at the time is burned. Using either Ryan's Integrator or nLite, you start with a security updated install. From there you can easily use Autopatcher to keep up to date. This package is excellent and I give an A for effort and a 5 for hitting all targets. |
| slinkys_delsol | May 14, 2007 | 2.1.10 | 4 out of 5 |
I will give an "A" for effort, but NLite is much better combined with AutoPatcher. You can have all the updates post SP2 from AutoPatcher (Not a select few) and then you can integrate them along with Drivers and many other aspects with NLite. I have been able to remake the Windows XP CD for so many different Setups (IBM, HP, Customs). Plus it can output it to a Standard ISO or write you a new CD / DVD. It's so nice to do a Windows Setup and NOT have to look for any drivers and have minimal patches. |
| tolaat01 | Apr 13, 2007 | 2.1.9 | 5 out of 5 |
very good update pack. i didnt use the integrator - i used nlite and it worked . i also used addones like peerguardian ,kerio firewall ,SpywareBlaster ,direct x 9.0c windows media player 11. worked like a charm. |
| Banquo | Mar 29, 2007 | 2.1.8 |  1 out of 5 |
I used this and the official integrator with an original Windows XP install CD. Slipstreamed SP2 and the update pack to create a new CD. On first boot errors were popping up all over, frame.dyn dll is missing, srclient.dll is missing, IE and OE Express are both hosed, etc. I tried it on a different PC with the same result, had to throw out the CD. Went back to using a vanilla XP CD with SP2 slipstreamed. BAD. |
| horsecharles | Mar 22, 2007 | 2.1.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Wunderbar, and really looking forward for eventual Vista version!!! |
| Znoo | Mar 21, 2007 | 2.1.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Last week i helped som family reinstlling their PC. It was no fun at all! I had to start out on a old WinXP CD (no SP). It took hours... ¤#!¤"!%#¤. Yesterday my own PC was reinstalled. My WinXP CD was updated with RyanVM's update pack. Wow! What a time saver. Highly recommended. |
| ryanvm | Mar 21, 2007 | 2.1.8 | 5 out of 5 |
gauchedude - Feel free to correspond with me... |
| duntuk | Feb 17, 2007 | 2.1.7 | 5 out of 5 |
this thing is a super time saver when combined with nlite... and in response to gauchedude: if anything is changing system policy, it's one of the MS critical hotfixes... |
| gauchedude | Feb 17, 2007 | 2.1.7 | 1 out of 5 |
I cannot recommend this. Please consult with the writer before using. It alters the windows system policies. I removed what it added. I have not corresponded with the writer. The writer failed to say what his software performs. To me this is sad behavior on the part of the writer. Be warned or correspond with the writer first. Besides if it as altered my windows in some other manner -- I have not found it yet. |
| Vimes | Feb 17, 2007 | 2.1.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent release. Integrates well using nLite. |
| thezelda | Feb 16, 2007 | 2.1.7 | 5 out of 5 |
This software makes MSFT look like crap. What a great idea, and this is wonderfully executed. I thank the people who make this package whole heartedly, awesome job. Shame on you MSFT, shame on YOU. MSFT should release service packs at least every year, and NT 4.0 should get service pack 7, Windows 2000 should get SP5, Windows XP should have SP3 already, and Windows 2003 should have SP2 already. I strongly believe if you dont service pack software you should lose the copyright/intellectual property rights and be legally reverse engineered. I think, for example, NT 4.0 is now public domain because MSFT abandoned it. We need to fight back to this lack of support and responsibility for software! |
| Banquo | Feb 16, 2007 | 2.1.7 | 5 out of 5 |
These packs are indispensable for keeping an up to date install CD, especially since Microsoft seems to be unwilling to release service packs anymore. |
| christoofar | Jan 17, 2007 | 2.1.6 | 5 out of 5 |
To the reviewer below You gave it a 3, and you haven't even TRIED IT? sheesh! THE best way to integrate the latest post SP2 XP updates when compiling an Nlite install CD. Big thanks to Ryan for his continuing work |
| servimo | Jan 17, 2007 | 2.1.6 | 4 out of 5 |
I give a three because I don't tried it. Want to ask if Brazilian Portuguese is supported? Ok Four is Ok? So what if my Windows is Portuguese (Brazil)? Could not apply the patches? Yes I go to the site and found my answer. |
| polysius | Jan 8, 2007 | 2.1.5a | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent update pack, makes the task of reinstalling Windows many times faster. This pack is minimalistic so there is absolutely no bloat to be found here. The updates are usually a few days after Patch Tuesday and it has been very reliable and 'on-time'. Have been using this for months in a row without any problems whatsoever - no incompatibility issues, update packs that didn't work, etc. Full marks. |
| benyahuda | Dec 27, 2006 | 2.1.5a | 5 out of 5 |
I like what RyanVM has here. It works just fine and while I do use AutoPatcher too, this is just better as the updates are integrated into the installation CD. anomoly, I run XP 64 and the integrator won't run on my machine for some reason so I use nlite to do the job. nlite is quite user friendly and even though you see cautions on some of the RyanVM pages my personal experience has been literally 100% success. After my install CD is made (which is a relatively painless and short process), my new installations (which are built my way and usually 250MB or more smaller than the original XP CD), always install in less than 15 minutes. Everything is already at GO. ALL updates are already installed and even some drivers, UXTHEME is patched and TCIP is hacked, services are turned on or off and the display modes are already set. I'm done, 15 minutes or less and not one extra restart. This is a beautiful thing indeed. |
| periklo | Dec 18, 2006 | 2.1.5a | 5 out of 5 |
Works. |
| anomoly | Nov 21, 2006 | 2.1.4 |  3 out of 5 |
so aside from the "What's Included", "Other", & addon links this is better?. I'd say this is better for being more organized although Autopatcher makes for simplicity & this is anything but |
| [deXter] | Nov 20, 2006 | 2.1.4 | 5 out of 5 |
sweathog, it's very widely known that the AutoPatcher method of installing updates is inefficient and not recommend. - AutoPatcher is probably the *WORST* method of installing updates. If you really want to do a post-setup updates, its better to manually install the updates you downloaded (for eg using Windows Updates Downloader and Windows Updates Installer). AutoPatcher XP bundles too much unnecessary junk. - The RyanVM update pack contains only recommended updates, the rest of the tweaks and non-updates updates are included in various Addon packs. The main pack contains only the necessary updates. - Running AutoPatcher post install is totally inefficent as it increases the overall setup time (from format to a fully capable system), and from a security point of view, it gives a window during which the PC is vulnerable. - AutoPatcher is also extremly buggy, you never know when a problem or incompatibility is going to crop up. Personally I've seen too many systems getting screwed or becoming messy after they installed AutoPatcher. If you take a poll on website if anyones ever tried out autopatcher and faced problems or inconvienences or annoyances, you'll know the real truth. I'm speaking here from personal, real life experience. - RyanVM Update Packs *are* the best method there is to install updates because a) You don't waste time in the unpacking, installation, compatibility checks, backup etc that goes on while installin individual updates. b) You get a fully updated setup where there's no window of vulnerability. c) Hassle free d) Fast integration time - @urbanriot: That's not true. I've installed RvanVM based XP setups in over 50 computers with different hardware and software setups and I haven't come across a single issue till now. It's the best hassle free method of integrating updates. |
| FlipmodeBG | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.1.3 | 5 out of 5 |
that's so cool! |
| Bagobie | Sep 19, 2006 | 2.1.2 | 5 out of 5 |
You need to go to the actual site to download this (as of when I'm typing this). The link is "Forbidden" |
| shtraue | Sep 19, 2006 | 2.1.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Simply excellent! |
| sweathog | Jul 2, 2006 | 2.0.7a | 3 out of 5 |
Given the caveats pointed out by previous reviewers about potential conflicts, you're better off just slipstreaming SP2 into your Windows XP CD and running Autopatcher afterwards, so you can pick and choose which updates and tweaks YOU want to install. You really don't eat up much more clean install time using that approach. The best solition would be to have Autopatcher silently execute itself after an XP install with some script that selects the updates you want. |
| urbanriot | Jun 30, 2006 | 2.0.7a | 4 out of 5 |
It should be noted that this patch contains MANY patches that should only be installed if absolutely necessary. Installing many of the included hotfixes included in this pack will result in an unsupported environtment leading to many anomolies. Definitely not suggested in a production or corporate environment - I've experienced many problems in the past with Nlite + update packs. |
| iLLz | Jun 30, 2006 | 2.0.7a | 5 out of 5 |
This is awesome. You use this with their Integrator or with nLite and you have the most up to date, slipstreamed Windows Install! Now you don't have to download 4 years worth of updates form Microsoft Update. Plus if you use this with nLite, you can customize the install so you don't have to spend a few days resetting back up all those settings that you can't live without. Keep it up. |
| alexweber15 | Jun 30, 2006 | 2.0.7a | 4 out of 5 |
great idea! most ppl do this kind of slipstreaming and integrating hotfixes on their own (i use NLITE + autopatcher) but it'd be handy to grab it all in one place! |
| aredo | Jun 30, 2006 | 2.0.7a |  2 out of 5 |
It should work for all major languages and not just English. It's just a matter of mantaining an updated index and links of all needed hotfixes in order to have the application download them directly skipping any MS WGA sued thing... |
