Jody Thornton

So what does this "update" actually do? What does it change? Is there some comprehensive documentation somewhere? I didn't see any on the original site.

I wonder when the shoe drops for Windows Server 2003. I use the Vista/7 installer on it, and it's still works thankfully, but with the 4.4.304.0 build too.

Not that it will surprise too many. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/11/future_of_firefox_is_chrome/

No tweaks at all. Download the updates manually and install them. They are of the same codebase, and in fact, the files are listed as Windows8-RT-KBxxxxx.exe For Windows Vista, my hope is that Server 2008 classic updates will provide the same benefit past April 2017. There's one more year left.

Da Da Duuuuuuuuuum! So there you have it! Three months of successfully installed post-support updates. Lookie Here!

Wow! I have an awaiting audience ...lol. You know greenhillmanic, it's good to see that you're interested. If you go to the Windows 8 Forums at eightforums.com, I'm greeted with the chirping of crickets ...lol. It's expressly a Windows 8 forum, and you'd think something like this would interest somebody. Wow! I can't get over the disinterest there. So I have the following Server 2012 updates downloaded for April 2016: KB3154132 (for Adobe Flash Player) KB3148198 (for IE 10) KB3142043 (for .NET Framework v3.5) And the rest are security updates for the OS itself: KB3135456, KB3145739, KB3146706, KB3146723, KB3146963 and KB3149090 I'm applying these to Windows 8 Pro (Original). See you after the reboot with the results.

Neither of them actually ... lol. But dencorso, is that the same Maria McKee of Lone Justice fame? I used to like them a lot.

Hi zerbey. I think I saw you on the XP Forums talking to Elizabeth ...lol. But yes, no commercial XP distros were prepackaged with anything but IE 6.

Never 10? Sounds like the name of a song ...lol. Never 10 .... by Steve Gibson, on your hit music station - OK I'll cut it out.... lol

SlimJet may be a good possibility for XP/Vista users (there's even a compatible x64 build), but be aware of the caveats posted here: http://www.slimjet.com/blog/regarding-support-for-windows-xp-and-32-bit-linux/

Yeppers that's precisely the version I have too

This thread from Windows 8 Forums may prove interesting: http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/74567-microsoft-forcing-update-reactivate-mine-just-did.html

Here's what I would like to find out though. On Windows 8.1, what is the current Defender build? I have v4.8 on Windows 8 (original), but I wondered if Windows Defender was upgraded to v4.9 (similarly to MSE). I found it surprisingly hard to find out this info on the interwebs ... lol

Going off topic is just human nature. I started a thread to track installation of Windows 2012 updates on Windows 8, and it has been derailed something awful. But that's OK ...lol. This thread just got me to thinking how far back I could go if I wanted to, that's all. People should just skip thread they don't want to read ...lol

If I think about all of the software that I use, and ponder how old of a Windows version I could go back to using (now that I'm accustomed to x64 builds, I would NEVER go back to x86 environments) ... well let's take a look: I browse with Pale Moon 26 x64 so I could go back to Vista. There is no longer any x64 Gecko compatible solution for Windows XP x64 Edition. I could use Pale Moon Atom Edition I suppose. I use Softmaker Office 2010, which is compatible with 2007+ documents and even has a PDF writer. I can go back to XP with this one. I use Windows Mail as a client, but I could always use emClient v5 instead for my calendar/mail needs if I wanted to go back to XP. I really liked Outlook 2003, but I'd fear using it now that support has passed. But then again, so has XP's ...lol Sumatra PDF is a great Adobe Reader substitute. I haven't used Adobe Reader in some years now. It works with XP x64 Edition. Media Player Classic x64 can be used all the way back to XP. Adobe Audition can too. I really miss Windows XP x64 Edition. It was the perfect OS on my HP xw8200 workstation. Vista was good on it too, but Windows 8 is a tad faster. I guess if I could sacrifice 64-buit browsing, I could go back to XP.

As far keeping system semi-private, that's why I'm stopping at Windows 8 original/classic. It supports everything I need, I can still source security updates for it (at least I hope I can until January 2023) and there's no telemetry/GWX crap to deal with. Even if I get a newer workstation that's NX compatible, I won't bother moving to Windows 8.1. I use Puppy Linux on my old Centrino M notebook as a lightweight Internet terminal (I have Seamonkey on it). I've tried some other Linux builds, but I think that since the X Windowing system consists of a client/server component that work interactively, I find windows tend to draw or process in a way that seems less responsive. At least that seems to be the reason for the dodgy performance.

I'm seeking out a way to edit my signature. I don't see it in my profile anywhere.

So I guess nothing on this topic, eh? I was really hoping someone might know something. I suppose when I get a new notebook PC and put Windows on it, I can just access a calenedar file over a network share.

Also I noticed it looks like an MSFN "Metro" forum ...lol. New upgrades I take it.

At one point, I wanted to leave about two years ago, because I had some disagreements with some of the core members. But I learned you get these issues on all forums, and it's not worth it to harbour bad feelings. I really like the sense of collaboration and assistance on this forum. Lots of good advice here. So I'm glad I stayed.

No I do not. I do not even have a maintenance partition on my hard disk - only Windows 8. By the way, KB3135989 successfully installs.

OK, you are officially the man - thank you for finding that. I wonder if it was posted late perhaps. Now when you ask, "Do I have more than an OS installed?", yes, I have applications too, but what did you precisely mean?

Anyway here are the security updates that were installed from Server 2012, onto Windows 8: KB3137513, KB3138910, KB3139852, KB3139914, KB3139940, KB3140735, KB3139929 (for IE 10), KB3135984 (for .NET v3.5), KB3135997 (for .NET v4.6x) and KB3135995 (for .NET v4.52) Apparently KB3138962 is deemed as not applicable for my OS. It is available for other consumer versions of Windows, so perhaps it requires patching to allow the update to install on Windows 8. And I am still unable to find KB3135989 for .NET v3.5. I'll keep readers posted.

I posted this over at eightforums.com. The thread I created there has had NO fanfare whatsoever: Well Patch Tuesday is here again, and as a Windows 8 user (yes the original version), I'm happy to say that I was able to amass the updates for March 2016 from Server 2012, and use them to patch Windows 8 for a second month in a row. I have to say, especially given that this IS a Windows 8 Forum, I'm surprised that there is no interest in this whatsoever. You'd think that there are fans of Windows 8 that would be thrilled that there is a source for updates. What gives?

Well it seems mostly a success. Now one of the updates, KB3138962, was said not to be compatible with my system, and as aforementioned, I am unable to track down KB3135989 (for .NET v3.5. But the other six regular security patches for 2012, the IE10 updates, and the three .NET patches all installed.