In Windows Vista you are constrained to use the default tool,Windows Updates, which is set to download only the files which need to be updated, by example if  xxx.dll exists in Microsoft’s database as a bigger version and needs to be updated, then only this file will be downloaded from the Microsoft servers. What if you need to reinstall your computer and you don’t have Internet connection available? Sometimes when you don’t know where your work will ask you to be, is better to have all updates archived safely and closely to you, on your harddrive. (more…)