ojt_1998 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi All, Just done a reinstall of XP and currently having an issue getting Windows Update to work. I’ve installed ie8, SP3, Windows Update Agent 3, ie8 cumulative update from last year, tls update and still I’m having no luck. IE tries to open the page then redirects to the KB article but just says page cannot be displayed. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thankyou in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bersaglio Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Turn on TLS 1.0 & TLS 1.2 in IE8 (SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 should be turned off) and use https link: https://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate or https://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojt_1998 Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, Bersaglio said: Turn on TLS 1.0 & TLS 1.2 in IE8 (SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 should be turned off) and use https link: https://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate or https://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate Thankyou - I have some progress I’m now getting redirected saying my browser is not supported even though it’s IE8. Obviously this is the latest version for XP so I’m now totally intrigued. First time in the past few years I’ve had an XP machine not want to update after a fresh install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojt_1998 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 So I installed the Unofficial XP SP4 and it all seems to be working now. Thankyou for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneCrusader Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Glad to see you accomplished your purpose with USP4. For the record though, in case anyone else has issues: I actually just finished working with a fresh XP SP3 install and Windows Update. Despite reports to the contrary WU still works with IE6. Install the three packages listed as "Needed for Windows Update" listed here. Then enable TLS in IE6 Internet Options. Now WU should work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlandisgood Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 1 hour ago, LoneCrusader said: Glad to see you accomplished your purpose with USP4. For the record though, in case anyone else has issues: I actually just finished working with a fresh XP SP3 install and Windows Update. Despite reports to the contrary WU still works with IE6. Install the three packages listed as "Needed for Windows Update" listed here. Then enable TLS in IE6 Internet Options. Now WU should work properly. Can confirm it works. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destro Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) maybe the way i do things is just different but I don't have to do TLS, I just go to ctrl panel and set automatic updates to notify me but dont download or install. and that always works. The only time i have problems with windows updates on XP is when I installed Office hotfixes. auto updates don't use TLS. then again i use addon in nlite to update windows installs. Edited January 6, 2019 by Destro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlandisgood Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Destro said: maybe the way i do things is just different but I don't have to do TLS, I just go to ctrl panel and set automatic updates to notify me but dont download or install. and that always works. The only time i have problems with windows updates on XP is when I installed Office hotfixes. auto updates don't use TLS. then again i use addon in nlite to update windows installs. Yeah I think this is for when you go seeking the updates instead of letting them come to you.. I also used WSUS one time and it also worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneCrusader Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Yes, Auto Update is the first thing I kill on any Windows installation. Very annoying. I always prefer to do this manually. Another note, be aware that for some moronic reason a visit to Windows Update will not offer you any of the Post-EOL (WannaCrypt vulnerability) HotFixes, even after you have updated everything else it lists. These must apparently be hunted down and manually installed. If someone could please provide a list of the KB numbers of these and/or links to the updates themselves it would be nice to have here. (In this instance I mean a list of ONLY those updates made available for "pure" XP, not including those for POSReady. I believe I saw such a list here at some point; now I can't find it anymore. Maybe it was lost in one of the database crashes???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destro Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) The thing is you cant kill auto update sevice if you want to go to the MU site and scan, it will report an error that automatic updates are not turned on. then u will have to go and turn the service on. If its off. All going to the site is doing is forcing wuauclt.exe /detectnow..... and instead windows updates scanning in the backgroud you are just getting a UI that shows a bar that is scanning. It's just stupid the way that it works. So that is all I am saying is you do not need a user interface to simply run a command %windir%\system32\wuauclt.exe /detectnow it all is the same thing. Edited January 6, 2019 by Destro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On Κυριακή, 6 Ιανουαρίου 2019 at 9:56 PM, LoneCrusader said: If someone could please provide a list of the KB numbers of these and/or links to the updates themselves it would be nice to have here. Post EOS Windows XP updates (from the Microsoft Update Catalog): KB4018466 KB4019204 KB4022747 KB4024323 KB4024402 KB4025218 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistaboy Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) On a fresh XP-POSREADY post-marathon WU i found: NOT INSTALLED: KB4018466 KB4019204 KB4024402 INSTALLED: KB4022747 KB4024323 KB4025218 It remains a mistery in MS mind why a Posready system did not benefit in automatic from the red updates. And it's ridicolous that Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer doesn't give any advice on such important lacking updates. Edited May 12, 2019 by Vistaboy add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigTex Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) KB4018466 -> Superseeded by KB4486465 KB4019204 -> Superseeded by KB4493927 kb4024402 -> fix for smb vulnerability. maybe it's included in newer patches? Those 3 installed updates were never offered to my XP "pos-ready" clean install Edited May 12, 2019 by TigTex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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