XP Pro install new-avoid zillions of updates

I'm doing a clean reinstall for my dad's computer 95 years old.

Is it possible to avoid the time required for installed zillions of updates to make it current? In other words, assuming that I can still get the updates?

Thank you

LAR

Only if you have already downloaded them and slipstreamed as much as you can in your installation media already.  If not - No.  And it should be a couple / few hundred at most - including, possibly, SP2 & SP3.

Get SP2 (manually) and save it to your desktop. (There's a link here.) [You are a COMPUTER professional for now.]
 
Install it.
 
Then restart at least a couple of times for a few minutes between each restart.
 
Get SP3 (manually) and save it to your desktop. (There's a link here.) [You are a COMPUTER professional for now.]
 
Install it.
 
Then restart at least a couple of times for a few minutes between each restart.
 
Download Internet Explorer 8).
 
Install it.
 
Reset.
 
Now, try to get the updates through the normal web page (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/) and see how much more you can get (100 +) and keep checking until you no longer have.
 
Back - let everyone know if it worked for you.

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