jcarle

Windows Updates Downloader Last Updated March 15th, 2010 This is a small utility that I've created that allows you to download all of the current Windows critical updates. All updates are downloaded directly from microsoft.com to your computer with a single mouse click. I will be keeping this program up to date, adding features and removing bugs. Feedback is appreciated. You MUST have the .NET 2.0 Framework installed for this utility to function. Download [ WUD 2.50 Build 1000 ]

I added the mirror to the main post. Thanks.

I added to the download package for WUD, will be available later when the server comes back up.

[quote name='mdes' post='546986' date='Aug 13 2006, 01:31 PM']Using folder, the selected folder should be ended with a "/". I had t edit "WUD.settings" file by changing [quote]<DownloadPath value="I:\WindowsUpdates" />[/quote] by [quote]<DownloadPath value="I:\WindowsUpdates\" />[/quote][/quote] It really doesn't matter. The application will append the backslash automatically if missing. @others re: downserver... i notified my host, should be fixed soon.

Added UL for Windows XP x86 FRA thanks to maxximum.

Thank you, added it to the current WUD download package.

WUD 2.2 released... I did another complete re-write of the code to resolve an issue where cpu usage would run very high during downloads. CPU usage is now much lower with the revisions written in.

Would be glad to have it. Once you complete it, send it to me via PM and i'll add it to the download package. Thank you.

WUD does only HTTP downloads based off the lists it has. It's the equivalent of clicking around microsoft.com by yourself. It's mostly useful for people that want to integrate Windows updates into their Windows CD.

Fixed. Downloads are no longer buffered to memory, but streamed directly to disk. Thanks.

The longest part is getting the first UL made up, so of course your help would be appreciated. Once it's created, it will be easier to find people to keep the CHS UL for WUD up to date. Thank you.

@Sphinx-cn: Fixed. @everyone: NEW RELEASE! Some very useful new features! Including having previous settings saved! ( See first post for more information or to download )

.NET 1.1 SP1 added to the Windows XP x86 ENU UL.

[quote name='Sphinx-cn' post='545857' date='Aug 10 2006, 04:28 PM']making use of you're external download list and re-making it for swedish updates.. and i noticed you do not have KB911565 in there anywhere... it's an update for Windows Media Player 10, maybe it's been replaced and maybe not.. thought i'd mention it[/quote] I update the Windows XP x86 ENU UL to include that update. Thank you. Send me over your Swedish UL after you complete it. Thanks

Not up to date is not accurate. It is, indeed, current with all the latest updates, however, it is possible that some updates in the list have been superceded. However, I did not find mention of those updates having been replaced in the Microsoft Bulletins. After your post, I verified very carefully the security bulletins for August, July and May. KB888113 was replaced by KB920670. KB896422 was replaced by KB917159. But I did not find any evidence that KB887742 or KB902400 have been replaced. I've updated the UL list to reflect the changes I just mentioned in this post.

To get the download link, one way is to use the following method. Go to the Microsoft Download Center. Search for the update/file you want. Example, Security Update for Windows XP (KB921883). Then, with the page displayed, View Source... Within the source, do a search for window.open. If you scroll a touch to the right, you'll see the HTTP download URL.

I will be publishing a new UL for WUD for Windows XP x86 ENU every month. NOTE: Schema information has moved here.

If you check my thread here, you'll see that WUD 2.0 is now available for download! WUD loads external update list files (UL files) that contain an XML formatted list of all the updates available. I'm looking for people that would like to become the official maintainers of UL files for different windows versions, platforms and languages. I will personally maintain the Windows XP x86 ENU update list. People are needed to maintain the Windows 2000 ULs, Windows 2003 ULs and the Windows XP x64 Edition ULs, to name a few, not to mention the multi-lingual ULs such as Windows XP x86 FRA, and so on and so on. Obviously, the longest part is creating the original UL. Once the UL is created, maintaining it only requires about 20 mins of time every 2nd tuesday of every month (Patch Tuesday). Anyone interested?

Windows XP Updates Downloader was renamed today to Windows Updates Downloader due to the complete rewrite that I did today! WUD 2.0 is now available for download and features external update lists! (See first post of this thread.) I need testers people! Try it out! I'm excited!

[quote name='XrisCarter' post='542852' date='Aug 3 2006, 05:11 PM']Thanks for Compression Bin. I have been looking and testing all compression programs I could find. This one took a 347mg file and made it a 87mg file. There is one problem that I am running into. How does one uncompress the output file that compression bin makes? I can not get this program or winace, winrar, uharc, winrk, 7zip, gzip, and lha to open the file type ac_[/quote] Compression Bin uses MAKECAB.EXE to compress files, which is a Microsoft utility. To expand those files, you need to use EXPAND.EXE. [url="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/expand.mspx?mfr=true"]Microsoft XP Professional Product Documentation - Expand[/url]

I'm looking into adding multilingual support.

Just wanted to let you all know that the Windows XP Updates Downloader was updated today to reflect all of the new windows updates as of today. Link to thread.

Windows XP Updates Downloader updated with all critical updates up to date.

I updated this thread to include the Windows XP Updates Downloader, let me know if there's any broken links.

Yea, sorry... life's been a bit hectic... *takes a look at source code*