Here's what I would suggest as a methodology....

First install the OS.

Second, go to Microsoft Update, let MU inventory what you need.

/Then/ using the list of updates you /need/, go to the KB articles and read
about them and determine whether you /want/ to install them or not.

No point in trying to do manually what the WUA is designed to do automatically
... for you.


For the record... /all/ Windows XP updates that I know of .. except /one/
pre-SP2 optional update .. have been applicable to both editions of XP -- Pro
and Home. The exception was an optional update for XP Home, and I still don't
know why it wasn't applicable to Pro.


"musicman" <musicman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEB430B8-C740-4AFD-9DD2-32CAAD2D5912@microsoft.com...
>I am about to put together a new workstation based on 64-bits for
> musicproduction. I have bought Windows XP PROFESSIONAL X64 Edition and I've
> found 4 updates at Microsoft's Download Center that MIGHT be useful. But I'm
> a bit unsure about 3 of them. The descriptions in Kb901105 say that it
> resolves an issue in Windows-based systems
> equipped with HD audio devices that prevents the HD Audio devices
> from playing audio properly.
> But the name of the file:
> 'WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB901105-v3-x64-ENU.exe' indicates that this
> is
> not for the PRO version I got.
> Only one of the updates says that it's for the PRO version - 'Cumulative
> Security Update for Internet Explorer for
> Windows XP Professional x64-bit Edition (KB896727)'
>
> Can anyone help me with this uncertainty?