August 2008 Windows XP Essential Updates | |
| The following Windows XP essential updates contain direct links to the Microsoft website where they can be downloaded from. Finding direct links on the Microsoft site can be quite time consuming. Please discuss any problems or view user comments in our forum. | Please Note: Last updated 30/08/08. Each heading contains: A link to the top of this page. |
| 01. Top Downloads August 2008 02. Internet Explorer Updates 03. Windows Media Player Updates | 04. Microsoft .NET Framework Updates 05. Other Microsoft Updates 06. DirectX Updates |
1. Top Downloads August 2008 | |
| The executable for XP SP3 (Pre Release) should only be used by beta testers on non productivity machines as it is not yet an official release. Do not slipstream this version as you will not be able to install/uninstall newer updates. DirectX 9.0c contains all updates until Nov 2007. | |
| DirectX 9.0c (Aug 2008) - DirectX 9.0c (80.3mb) | |
| Windows XP SP3 (Final) v5512 - KB936929 (316.4mb) KB936929 - Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final (06/05/2008) | |
| August 2008 - KB944338 (807kb) & KB946648 (516kb) & KB950582 (2.99mb) & KB950974 (520kb) & KB951066 (798kb) & KB952954 (581kb) & KB953839 (488kb) KB944338 - Vulnerability in VBScript and JScript Scripting Engines Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB946648 - Vulnerability in Windows Messenger Could Allow Information Disclosure KB950582 - Vulnerability in Windows Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB950974 - Vulnerabilities in Event System Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB951066 - Vulnerabilities in MHTML Protocol KB952954 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Image Color Management System Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB953839 - Cumulative security update for ActiveX (Killbits) | |
| 117 XP Updates Since SP2 - Part 1 (2007-2008) & Part 2 (2004-2006) | |
2. Internet Explorer Updates | |
| The cumulative updates for IE6, IE7 and IE8 contain all the updates until April 2008. No previous updates will be needed. | |
| Internet Explorer 8 (Beta 1) - IE8 SP2 (14.4mb) | |
| Internet Explorer 7 - IE7 SP2 (14.7mb) | |
| Internet Explorer 7 Cumulative Update - IE7 KB947864 (8.43mb) KB947864 - Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer | |
| Internet Explorer 6 Cumulative Update - IE6 KB947864 (4.47mb) KB947864 - Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer | |
3. Windows Media Player Updates | |
| The following updates include the latest security update, codec package and video decorder utility. | |
| Windows Media Player 11 - WMP 11 (24.6mb) | |
| Security Update (Aug 2007) - KB921503 (732kb) & KB936782 (5.5mb) & KB938829 (612kb) KB921503 - Vulnerability in OLE Automation could allow remote code execution KB936782 - Vulnerability in Windows Media Player could allow remote code execution KB938829 - Vulnerability in GDI could allow remote code execution | |
| Windows Media Player Codec Installation Package 9 - WMP Codec (1.35mb) | |
| Windows Media Player Codec MPEG-2 and DVD Codec - WMP Codec (162kb) | |
4. Microsoft .NET Framework Updates | |
| The following update is needed to run applications developed using Microsoft's own Visual Studio. This update is needed as it is a runtime package which executes the Visual Studio code. If this is not installed Error 1645 is shown which tells the user to install .NET. | |
| Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5 - .NET 3.5 (33.3mb) | |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - .NET 3.0 (50.3mb) | |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 - .NET 2.0 SP1 (23.6mb) | |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 - .NET 1.1 (23.1mb) | |
5. Other Microsoft Updates | |
| The following updates include the latest Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (updated April 2008) and Outlook Express 6 latest update. The software removal tool will help remove some of the more stubborn viruses including the Sasser, Mydoom, MSBlast (Blaster) and over 50 others. The main problem with this tool is that it will only detect and remove some common active viruses. It is in no way a replacement for a antivirus as it does not have any on access protection and cannot detect dormant viruses e.g. in email attachments. | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.40 - Removal Tool 1.40 (8.15mb) | |
| Outlook Express 6, XP SP2 (October 2007) - KB941202 (771kb) | |
| Windows XP SP2 - KB835935 (272mb) KB835935 - Windows XP Service Pack 2 | |
6. DirectX Updates | |
| DirectX is used for to help display graphics functions. For maximum performance the latest version should be used. This is essential in pc gaming as it helps to achieve higher frames per second. | |
| DirectX 9.0c (Aug 2008) - DirectX 9.0c (69.4mb) - Updated 30/08/08 | |
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