If you go to the Windows Update page (
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.a
sp
) on
other options click on
Personalize Windows Update then tick the
Display the link to the Windows Update Catalog then save settings. On the left you will now have
Windows Update Catalog under
See also. Scan your machine then take a note of which updates you need then find them in the Windows Update Catalog. Download the files to suitably labelled folder on your C: drive then run the updates locally. It is more of an effort but you can burn the updates to CD and use them on other computers (if you fancy).