WULover

Hi to all MSFN users! The latest version of the Prerequisites Installer (version 1.7) fixed support for Microsoft Update. We also now partially rely on a custom ActiveX control that the installer will extract. For those who still rely on previous versions of the Prerequisites Installer, Internet Explorer will prompt you to install the new control upon launching the website (this has do be done one single time). Windows Update V4 has problems installing the WUR certificate under Windows Me, but other systems work fine and will install everything the intended way.

Hi, Microsoft Update Restored is still a work in progress, due to Microsoft killing the official V6 website. If you right-click on the page, you should see "errorinformation.aspx", but the page is trying to retrieve resources from Microsoft (which now no longer exist). We're working on a solution to MU being so picky. For now, you can use Windows Update V5 or V6, which will provide you with the exact same updates, the only difference being that those two sites work. What if the user wants to use Windows Update instead? That's exactly what this project is about... Litteraly having to visit the Windows Update website after installing. We rely on Microsoft's servers, updates are served the same way and come from the same source. Both ways of updating Windows are valid, but it's to the user to decide how they want to do it.

Hi, Microsoft Update Restored is currently known for looping on the muoptdefault.aspx page. We're looking into this issue. Please note that those message boxes you are encountering are debug information popups we use to troubleshoot what's wrong.

Hi, to everyone that's still following us on MSFN. As of February 16 2025, here's what we have to do, to get the project out of its current idle state; - Find out how to make our own V2/V3.1 inventories; - Revise the V4 inventories for 98/98SE/Me; - Get the Internet Explorer categories to show up on V4; - Get V4 to work on XP; - Complete our collection of Windows Service Packs and IE installers; Find missing files and try to collect more logs using the tool I made (https://www.windowsupdaterestored.com/en/downloads/wurinvchecker.htm). This is very important. There currently is not much work done on WUR, and most of these steps will require a lot of time and effort to get them working. If you think you can help us, be sure to let me know!

Windows Update V6 (when I'm writing this post) is even more broken than it was before. The old tricks no longer work (at least for me), and the site sometimes partially loads using g_sconsumersite. Maybe that's not big news, but I'm reporting it anyway for everyone to be aware of that.

What do you mean ?

Hello! This page is part of Windows Update V4, and uses an ActiveX control, thus making it impossible to work in browsers other than Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Hello MSFN members! We have released a completely new and revised version of the Prerequisites Installer, which will patch your system in order to use Windows Update Restored V5. This patch works on both x86 and x64 systems, and supports Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 only. Here's a link to the download page: https://windowsupdaterestored.com/en/downloads/wurv5patchertool.htm.

Here's the link: https://discord.gg/windowsupdaterestored [NOT AN AD]

Hello all! I'd recommend you to join the WUR Discord Server if you want quick help from us. However, concerning @Condor.07's problem, I can tell that there are no inventories for this configuration in Italian. @Tru8Ins00er What do you mean "you can't install IE5.5"?

Hello! Regarding the updates you're looking for, you can get in touch with us on our Discord server or MSFN thread. We might have them, as our database is quite big now xD Cheers, WULover, founder of Windows Update Restored

Windows Update Restored News Hello everyone on MSFN ! This topic has not been very active for a while now, and I'll revive it by giving the latest news about the project : General Project Information The website has been improved with more pages and new images, as well as new files to download. For example, you can now download Internet Explorer 4.01SP2 (online installer) in all languages, we well as IE5.5SP2 and IE6SP1. The website is now compatible IE3 and onwards. Windows Update Restored v2 The website has complete HTML sets of files, and is available in French, English and Chinese (for IE4 ONLY). The site is still work in progress. Windows Update Restored v3.1 Russian and Finnish have been added for W95+IE5.5, as well as some updates. Windows Update Restored v4 We have made a HUGE improvement on the V4 website. It no longer crashes on 9x systems, and there are a ton of new updates added. The site is more complete than before, but a lot of content is still missing. Windows Update Restored v5 You no longer need a proxy to use the website !!!! The V5 website is more stable than before. Hope these news help! If you have any questions or suggestions, I'll be glad to answer them ! http://www.windowsupdaterestored.com

I don't know, but you'll need to install it manually.

You need to install the certificate generated by the proxy in Trusted Certification Authorities > Local Computer.

Just click on the link in the warning (test@example.com) and follow what I told you.