Windows PT-PT Update Repository

[greenhillmaniac]

I've been meaning to do this for some time now, but I finally got the will to do it... Introducing the Windows PT-PT Update Repository! Feast your eyes on over 400 updates for Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 combined, all localized in Portuguese of Portugal. Including some XP hotfixes recomended by this board, old Internet Explorer and Media Player versions. Might not be for everyone (heck, who here speaks the tongue of Camões?), but I think it should still be here for posterity's sake, and for any Internet lurkers we might find, who will most certainly need these updates.

https://mega.nz/folder/phwGXaiT#CiB6v36icukaqOv44CVdfQ

FAQ:

Why didn't you include the updates for XP x64 or Server 2003 x64?

These version of Windows are not localized for PT-PT.

I'm not seeing update KBXXXXXXX!

Let me know and I'll be sure to track it down.

Where are the XP Embedded updates, that go past XP's EOL?

Since updates for that version of Windows are still going, I plan on adding them AFTER 2019, (hopefully before Microsoft pulls them from their servers, like they did to Windows 9x updates in 2009 ). So here you'll find updates for XP until April 2014. Now available inside the Windows XP folder.

How did you do this?

I used a nifty tool called Portable Update, that uses the OS's built in Windows Update engine to track down needed updates and download them into a folder. I did this to fresh installs of 2000, XP and Server 2003, with only a few updates needed to get the Update engine going (like Windows Update engine 3.0, Internet Explorer 8, Windows Installer 4.5, ...). You can get the tool here if you plan to do what I did, but for your native language.

For Windows 9x I mainly used Archive.org and a ridiculous amount of FTP archives and collections I found around the Web through extensive search. Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6 were downloaded directly from MS in 2018!

Do you plan on doing the same thing for Vista/7/8/8.1/10?

Starting with Windows Vista, updates have been language agnostic, meaning the update file already contains all the files for all supported languages. This means there's no need to collect updates specific to one language (except for a few isolated cases, like Windows Live Essentials, Windows XP Mode, ...). So the answer to that is maybe.

Edited December 5, 2020 by greenhillmaniac
Updated link and references

[RoboSkirt]

Hi greenhillmaniac,

A few years ago (February of 2011, so a few months before the windows v4 site shutdown) I retrieved Windows ME updates in order to install them on a machine that had no internet connection. On the other day I stumbled across these while looking for a file, so if any tuga is interested in this, here they are in their PT-PT glory:

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/n4cqwuen0b68b/winmillennium-updates

Cheers

[jcfb]

Hi! Could you update the links for the W2K updates? I'm trying to make an updated W2K iso in PTG and sadly those mega links are broken and I cant find these updates anywhere else.

Obrigado!

Also it would be nice if someone had the windows 98 updates in ptpt...

[Regele]

Do you still have the updates? If so please update the links because these are broken. 

[greenhillmaniac]

On 10/11/2020 at 10:31 AM, Regele said:

Do you still have the updates? If so please update the links because these are broken. 

Forgot about this thread. I rearranged some items in my Mega account, and those links got expired. I'll update them as soon as I can.

[zemanel21]

Hi @greenhillmaniac can you update the links? Im trying to download the Win2k updates but sadly windows update is offline due to MS EOLing SHA1 or something like that so I cant download the updates from there so it would be useful if you could update the links. Thanks!

[greenhillmaniac]

To everyone: sorry for not updating this thread when I said I would. I'll be going through my external HDD and uploading all of the updates I have onto Mega. This includes the Windows ME updates provided by @RoboSkirt (seriously, much appreciated!) and some (not all) Windows 95 and 98 updates in Portuguese. I manage to scavenge a lot of them through archive.org and a heap of other collections. These include:

• Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2
• Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2
• Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
• Windows Media Player 6.4
• Windows Media Player 7.1
• Windows Media Player 9

You get the picture. I've also got Windows POSReady 2009 updates, since that has also gone EOL in the meantime. Windows 2000 also includes a whole lot of Hotfixes not released on regular Windows Update.

[jcfb]

Thank you very much for this! Your work is really helpful to the portuguese software preservation/retro gaming community. Sadly most of these updates were lost time and this is the only place where we can find them as of now.

A few weeks ago I also found this Portuguese Multilingual User Interface Pack for Server 2003 64 here: https://vl463l.s.cld.pt

It also installs on XP 64 but only translates some UI elements while the rest stays in english. Not sure if it's worth something or if you already got it but it's here. Feel free to add it to your updates repository.

Once again, thanks very much for providing us this rare updates in the Camões language :D

[greenhillmaniac]

There, the Mega link is updated. Enjoy

Since this update repository is now a bit more generic and not necessarily NT 5.x oriented, I'm not sure if the topic should be moved. I'll leave it up to the moderators to decide it.
Also, I don't know how to put a link in spoiler tags, but I think they would be appropriate for the repo link. If anyone wants to tell me how to do it, I'd appreciate it.

[jcfb]

Thanks. I'm already downloading . I'll try to make an updated portuguese Win2k ISO with HFSLIP using all these updates.

Also thanks for the 98se updates, even if some are missing those are quite rare and difficult to find.

Edited December 5, 2020 by jcfb

[johnyept]

A text file with a brief description of what each update is for would be nice, but I commend you for giving us tugas such a nice treat

If you would like to add untouched ISOs from the older operating systems to the collection (win95/98/98SE/Me/2K) just let me know, I have the original CDs.

[greenhillmaniac]

On 4/29/2021 at 8:49 PM, johnyept said:

If you would like to add untouched ISOs from the older operating systems to the collection (win95/98/98SE/Me/2K) just let me know, I have the original CDs.

Oh yeah, I found your collection on MyDigitalLife way back. I actually use it a lot (and also the Office one).

On 4/29/2021 at 8:49 PM, johnyept said:

A text file with a brief description of what each update is for would be nice

For the most part, information on the updates should be on the Internet Archive, if you search with the URL: support.microsoft.com/kb/xxxx

But yes, I should probably get around to doing that one of these days

[peido]

Hi.

Thanks for this great compilation.

Recently decided to restore some old computers (Windows 9x era) and I was having an hard time finding updates for the PT-PT version.

Sorry for my ignorance, but were there any PT-PT updates for Windows older than 95? And for Office? Could you tell me what is the old Microsoft link for downloading updates from archive.org?

Thanks.

Edited November 14, 2022 by peido
more questions

[greenhillmaniac]

7 hours ago, peido said:

Sorry for my ignorance, but were there any PT-PT updates for Windows older than 95? And for Office? Could you tell me what is the old Microsoft link for downloading updates from archive.org?

AFAIK Microsoft only started localizing Windows with 95. Windows 3.1 was only released in Brazilian. On WinWorld you'll find Word 6.0 and Excel 5.0 in Portuguese of Portugal so I guess that makes them the oldest MS software to be localized in our language (even though the installers are in Brazilian, so not all components were localized).

As for the update link, there's not a single one and could come from various sources, like Microsoft Update, the Download Center and the dedicated pages for Windows 9x Corporate Downloads, that usually hosted all language variants of an update. The weirdest thing I found was that some updates weren't even available in PT-PT, such as the Windows 98 SP1. My advice to get started is to find a list of all updates released for your OS of choice, track the KB number and search on Archive.org with the following link: support.microsoft.com/kb/xxxxxx. Good luck!

[peido]

1 hour ago, greenhillmaniac said:

AFAIK Microsoft only started localizing Windows with 95. Windows 3.1 was only released in Brazilian. On WinWorld you'll find Word 6.0 and Excel 5.0 in Portuguese of Portugal so I guess that makes them the oldest MS software to be localized in our language (even though the installers are in Brazilian, so not all components were localized).

As for the update link, there's not a single one and could come from various sources, like Microsoft Update, the Download Center and the dedicated pages for Windows 9x Corporate Downloads, that usually hosted all language variants of an update. The weirdest thing I found was that some updates weren't even available in PT-PT, such as the Windows 98 SP1. My advice to get started is to find a list of all updates released for your OS of choice, track the KB number and search on Archive.org with the following link: support.microsoft.com/kb/xxxxxx. Good luck!

Thank you.

I'll let you know if I find anything new.