Server 2012 Updates on Windows 8

[dave67]

Will there be something similar for 8.1? 

[erpdude8]

July 2022 updates (not including the monthly rollups):

KB5015875 security-only update {download from MS Catalog}

KB5015805 cumulative IE11 update for Server 2012 {download from MS Catalog}

need newest KB5016263 servicing stack update installed first before installing these July 2022 updates

[Jody Thornton]

On 6/25/2022 at 5:27 PM, dave67 said:

Will there be something similar for 8.1? 

In what way Dave?

[Jody Thornton]

On 6/25/2022 at 5:27 PM, dave67 said:

Will there be something similar for 8.1? 

Do you mean like a MEGA update repository like what @greenhillmaniac made?  That was because updates for Windows 8 disappeared after January 2016.  From what I gather, for the same thing to be available for Windows 8.1 after January 2023, you would need to use updates fro Server 2012 R2 until October.

After that, I also gather that obtain ESU updates from Server 2012 and 2012 R2 wuld be illegal if we weren't paying the support fees.  I guess there's 0-Patch

 

[dave67]

19 hours ago, Jody Thornton said:

Do you mean like a MEGA update repository like what @greenhillmaniac made?  That was because updates for Windows 8 disappeared after January 2016.  From what I gather, for the same thing to be available for Windows 8.1 after January 2023, you would need to use updates fro Server 2012 R2 until October.

After that, I also gather that obtain ESU updates from Server 2012 and 2012 R2 wuld be illegal if we weren't paying the support fees.  I guess there's 0-Patch

 

Yes

[sonyu]

Are all the updates of the repository free of Meltdown and Spectre? 

Do you know if it's possible to install Net Framework 4.8 on Windows 8.0 the same way as greenhillmaniac installed Powershell 5.0 on 8.0 ?

Or if it's better to integrate them on WS2012 R1 and use MICROSOFT SERVER CONVERTER 2012 to convert 2012 to Workstation?

I don't know if I can publish the link here but there is a batch script ( made by @abbodi1406 ) to install .NET Framework 4.8 packages on Windows 10 Version 1507/1511, by modifying the mum files and remove parent node using powershell.exe
this, however, allow to install the package from offline servicing only (because security catalogs integrity will prevent live online installation). It is possible to do the same on Windows 8.0 ? 

So this script will solve this other comment, right?:  

On 6/16/2022 at 4:56 PM, greenhillmaniac said:

The last .NET update that works with vanilla Windows 8.0 is .NET 4.6.2. Unfortunately, .NET 4.8 only installs if Server 2012 or Embedded 8 Standard parent packages are available. It is possible to edit some of the update's .mum files and slipstream them offline, but you need to do this for every possible .NET 4.8 update in the future, and I figured it would be too much of a hassle for the regular user.

 

So the way to create an ISO with all w8.0 pre-EOL updates + post-EOL updates without installing rollups containing spectre and meltdown code is:

1) Run WSUS 9.25 on 8.0 and then manually remove (if any) the rollups on download folder (>march 2018).

2) Download all pre-EOL updates of the repository and add to the folder

3) Integrate all the updates with a tool like ntlite, right?

I hope the rollups have "-UR-" in the filename when downloaded with WSUS, if not this won't be an easy process... 

Please, correct me if I'm wrong, I want to create my own updated iso without spectre and meltdown code on it 

 

Thanks

I love Windows 8.0 ...as much as XP, 2K3, 2K, ME, 98SE & 95 

 

Edited February 17, 2023 by sonyu

[Jody Thornton]

I thought I would check in on a couple of threads, just to see if anyone using Windows 8.1 attempted installing the February Secuirty Omly Update for Server 2012 R2.  If so, did it work?

 

[bruno16757]

yes it worked. just need to install blue esu bypass

[Jody Thornton]

2 hours ago, bruno16757 said:

yes it worked. just need to install blue esu bypass

Why?  The updates should work as they are until October 2023.  Then you could install it

[Jaguarek62]

6 minutes ago, Jody Thornton said:

Why?  The updates should work as they are until October 2023.  Then you could install it

my 8.1 just rollbacks all server 2012 r2 updates

[Vistapocalypse]

Does the February MSRT 5.110 work?

[Jody Thornton]

3 hours ago, Jaguarek62 said:

my 8.1 just rollbacks all server 2012 r2 updates

So in other words, the installation never completes?

 

[dave67]

On 2/15/2023 at 9:54 AM, Jaguarek62 said:

my 8.1 just rollbacks all server 2012 r2 updates

Because you need that tool to be able to install Sever 2012 r2 updates

[karl80038]

On 2/15/2023 at 10:10 PM, Vistapocalypse said:

Does the February MSRT 5.110 work?

It actually does. And is even being offered on Windows Update for both Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 (have no clue if the same is also true for Windows Server 2008).

 

[Jody Thornton]

The only thing that will dictate how long I stay on Windows 8 is Firefox ESR support longevity.  If ESR 115 is supported, I’ll stay on Windows 8 until 2024.

i wasn’t planning to stick it out through the ESU period, because once Firefox ESR support on Windows 8.1 bites the dust, then there won’t be any other suitable “modern” browsers to rely on.  I suppose 360Chrome from ArticFoxie could work in a pinch, but that’s an older Chromium build that it’s based on.  I’m not sure I’d want to bank on that for too much longer.

So hopefully I can wring out one or two more years from Windows 8 before adopting Windows 10 LTSC, which I have ready to go on another machine.