Vista Changes Unpacking Method

Microsoft has changed the way that the Microsoft Update Standalone packages work for Windows Vista. The old way to view the contents or extract the contents of one of the packages will not work -- especially if you are trying to do this on a non-Vista computer. It's because they use the "New and Improved" (those are air-quotes) Intra-Package Delta (IPD) compression technology. You will need to get the Windows Vista OEM Pre-installation Kit (OPK) if you want to view and extract. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928636 for the details.