[GreenMachine]

Attached is a prototype XPCREATE Service Pack\Hotfix Download List. This list is current. The planned XPCREATE integration will be that XPCREATE.INI will contain a URL where the download lists are stored, using a predefined directory structure. The file will always be named XPCTHLIST.EXE (until I change it ... ). My criteria for the hotfixes in the list are that they can be included in the SVC* or SPACK directories, are downloaded directly from Microsoft, and are required as determined by the MS Baseline Security Analyzer. More or less ...

The user must define this URL, and is responsible for it's content. Anyone with a Web Server can host these files. I do it on my local server.

As to how it will be implemented, that remains to be seen. Tasks that will need to be done, by someone other than myself, include:

• Keep the list up to date per Windows Version and Language and Service Pack and Hotfixes
  
• Host the list

In the meantime, anyone interested may already start collecting the data and create their own Version/Language specific list.

I will continue this integration after my current SATA/RAID quest, at which time I will also unlock this thread!

Till then, feel free to create any localized lists, and send them to me for testing.

Thanks.

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[GreenMachine]

I have released a test version that supports this File List, providing the user provides a download URL, and updates XPCREATE.INI to use that URL. Please see the XPC Test Thread.