Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[XBrit]

Yes I know about the standard Windows Update site. As I said, the updates available there mostly just fix security holes. Non-security related updates are mostly available only by calling Microsoft, or waiting for SP1. Here is a list of fixes you CANNOT get from Windows Update:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/support/servicepacks/windows/xp/pre-sp1_hotfixes.asp

I have called up and got the following which applied to my PC. Some of these fix pretty serious bugs. In particular, Q318159 and Q322097 have probably hit millions of people.

Q308219 Hard Disk Performance Is Slower Than You Expect
Q314634 Windows XP Does Not Detect Your New USB Device
Q317751 Explorer Process Uses Many CPU Cycles When Windows Is Idle
Q318159 Damaged Registry Repair and Recovery in Windows XP
Q322097 Slow Browsing to Windows 98 or Windows Me Client from Windows XP