Windows Archiving Win 7 Updates?

I've just done my first full Win 7 install in a while and was shocked at how long the 198 updates took to get and install.
Never mind the fact that it did 32 and then had a meltdown for an hour...

For future use, can the Win 7 updates be downloaded and archived?

I did read about some software that located them on your system and allowed them to be coped, but the site looked quite suspect.

 

Autopatcher is the only thing I can think of,

 

You want the WSUS offline tool. Downloads all the updates for whichever OS you choose and bobs them in a folder.

 

Thanks guys, I wasn't sure if it was even possible.
The WSUS looks promising noize, I'll give it a go later.

 

You can then even go as far as slipstreaming the WSUS updates into a Win7 install image.