On decommissioning of update servers for 2000, XP, (and Vista?) as of July 2019

[wyxchari]

Hi. I am doing a compilation of my Windows XP updates from SP3 May 2008 to April 2014 and from XP Embedded / Posready from May 2014 to April 2019.
I think of several methods. Which one do you recommend?
1.- I have downloaded the updates from the Microsoft catalog and I think some do not appear when searching for them, it depends on what is searched: XP, Embedded, Posready... although I know they are there because when searching for them with KB they do appear. In addition some newer ones must overwrite other old ones so these should not be necessary.
2.- Look in Control Panel, Add and remove programs, View updates, point the KB number and download them. Will they all be listed or just some?
3.- In VMWare install a clean XP, install SP3 and give update. When you start to install, cancel, search inside c: \ windows and copy them.

Edited April 16, 2019 by wyxchari

[heinoganda]

Another note: The updates listed in my update lists are sometimes not available via AU / WU / MU! The lists are cleaned up, where by updates which are no longer needed by more recent updates are not listed.

[greenhillmaniac]

On 4/14/2019 at 9:42 PM, daniel_k said:

I was scanning the whole hotfix database, but, sadly, when the work finished, the download server have been already shutdown. 

Actually, it hasn't been shutdown. Just buried.

Use this URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hotfix/kbhotfix?kbnum=2990184&kbln=en-us&forceorigin=esmc
Accept the EULA and it will redirect you to the KB4343220 page. No worries. Just click the URL again and you'll be in the hotfix download page. Then change the URL to the update KB you want to download

On 4/14/2019 at 9:42 PM, daniel_k said:

There was a single hotfix for XP Embedded which no one has noticed: 

Are there any others? I intend on making a compilation of POSReady patches in PT-PT language.

Edited April 16, 2019 by greenhillmaniac

[ED_Sln]

Here is my list of updates. Not sure if it is 100% correct, but after installing all these updates, the WU does not offer anything. Updates marked as SSE2 cannot be installed on processes without support. Updates marked SSE are updates that are needed only for those who have a processor without SSE2 support.

KB887606

KB892130
KB898461
KB902344
KB909520
KB922120-v6    
KB932716-v2    
KB935957
KB941569
KB943232-v2    
KB943729
KB944043-v3    
KB946648
KB950762
KB950974
KB951376-v2    
KB951618-v2    
KB951830
KB951978
KB952004
KB952011
KB952069
KB952287
KB952954
KB953155
KB954155
KB954708
KB954920-v2    
KB955417
KB955704
KB956572
KB956844
KB960680-v2    
KB960859
KB961118
KB961503
KB968389
KB969084
KB970430
KB971029
KB971314
KB971657
KB973507
KB973540
KB973815
KB973869
KB973904
KB974112
KB974318
KB974571
KB975025
KB975254
KB975558
KB975560
KB976323
KB977816
KB977914
KB978338
KB978542
KB978695
KB978706
KB979309
KB981997
KB982316
KB982665
KB2115168
KB2124261
KB2290570
KB2296011
KB2345886
KB2347290
KB2378111
KB2387149
KB2419632
KB2423089
KB2443105
KB2447961
KB2479943
KB2483185
KB2485663
KB2491683
KB2492386
KB2506212
KB2544893-v2
KB2564958
KB2566454
KB2570947
KB2584146
KB2598479
KB2598845
KB2603381
KB2619339
KB2620712
KB2631813
KB2659262
KB2661637
KB2686509
KB2698365
KB2705219-v2
KB2723135-v2
KB2727528
KB2749655
KB2770660
KB2780091
KB2801109
KB2803821-v2
KB2807986
KB2808679
KB2813347-v2
KB2820917
KB2834886
KB2834903-v2
KB2834904-v2
KB2862152
KB2862330
KB2862335
KB2864063
KB2868038
KB2868626
KB2884256
KB2893294
KB2900986
KB2914368
KB2926765        POSReady↓
KB2933528
KB2934207
KB2957503
KB2962872
KB2991963
KB2993254
KB2998579
KB3004361
KB3013126
KB3020393-v2
KB3021674
KB3029944
KB3033889
KB3033890
KB3035132
KB3065979
KB3067903
KB3068368
KB3078601
KB3109560
KB3121918
KB3124275
KB3124624
KB3126587
KB3139398
KB3139914
KB3140709
KB3145739
KB3149090
KB3161561
KB3161949
KB3170455
KB3178034
KB3183431
KB3185911
KB3191203
KB3196718
KB3197835
KB4012583
KB4012584
KB4014652
KB4014794
KB4015383
KB4018271
KB4019276
KB4022747
KB4024323
KB4025218
KB4025398
KB4025409
KB4025497
KB4034775
KB4039384
KB4047211
KB4052303
KB4056564-v2
KB4056941
KB4087398        SSE
KB4089082
KB4089175
KB4089453-v2
KB4089694
KB4091756
KB4101477
KB4130957
KB4291391
KB4339291
KB4343674        SSE2
KB4457163
KB4458000        SSE2
KB4458001
KB4458318
KB4459091
KB4462935
KB4462987        SSE2
KB4463103
KB4463361        SSE
KB4467689
KB4467770
KB4470118
KB4473077        SSE2
KB4486463
KB4486465
KB4486468
KB4486536
KB4486538
KB4487085-v2    SSE2
KB4487990
KB4489493
KB4489973
KB4489977        SSE2
KB4490228
KB4490385        SSE2
KB4490501
KB4491443
KB4493341
KB4493435
KB4493563
KB4493790
KB4493793        SSE2
KB4493794        SSE2
KB4493795        SSE2
KB4493796        SSE2
KB4493797        SSE2
KB4493927
KB4494059
KB4494528        SSE2
KB4495022        SSE2

[MaterSystem]

307 hotfix winxp + ie8 + wmp11 (April 2019)

except:

         + Windows Install (KB958655, KB4087398) => causes installation error of SQL Server 2005 SP4
         + MSJET40 (KB4034775, KB4093257) => causes an error to always display a request for repair each time you run MS Access 2003 SP3
         + KB4134651 affected the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer security scanning process

KB892130, KB898461, KB909520, KB923561, KB929399, KB932716, KB939683, KB941569, KB942288, KB943729, KB944043, KB946648, KB950582, KB950762, KB950974, KB951376, KB951618, KB951830, KB951978, KB952004, KB952069, KB952287, KB952954, KB953155, KB953839, KB954154, KB954155, KB954920, KB956391, KB956572, KB956844, KB958752, KB958911, KB959252, KB959426, KB960803, KB960859, KB961118, KB968389, KB969059, KB969084, KB969262, KB970430, KB970483, KB971029, KB971513, KB971657, KB972260, KB972270, KB973507, KB973525, KB973540, KB973815, KB973869, KB973904, KB974112, KB974318, KB974392, KB974571, KB975025, KB975254, KB975467, KB975558, KB975560, KB975713, KB976002, KB976323, KB976325, KB976749, KB977816, KB977914, KB978207, KB978262, KB978338, KB978542, KB978695, KB978706, KB979309, KB979482, KB979687, KB980182, KB981997, KB982132, KB982316, KB982381, KB982632, KB982664, KB982665

KB2115168, KB2124261, KB2183461, KB2229593, KB2264107, KB2290570, KB2296011, KB2345886, KB2347290, KB2360131, KB2387149, KB2393802, KB2419632, KB2423089, KB2443105, KB2467659, KB2478960, KB2479943, KB2482017, KB2483185, KB2485663, KB2491683, KB2492386, KB2506212, KB2507938, KB2508429, KB2509553, KB2510531, KB2510581, KB2535512, KB2536276, KB2544521, KB2544893, KB2564958, KB2566454, KB2570947, KB2584146, KB2585542, KB2592799, KB2598479, KB2598845, KB2603381, KB2619339, KB2620712, KB2631813, KB2632503, KB2653956, KB2655992, KB2659262, KB2660649, KB2661637, KB2676562, KB2686509, KB2691442, KB2698365, KB2705219, KB2719985, KB2723135, KB2727528, KB2749655, KB2757638, KB2770660, KB2780091, KB2797052, KB2801109, KB2802968, KB2807986, KB2808679, KB2813347, KB2820197, KB2820917, KB2834886, KB2834904, KB2835364, KB2847204, KB2847311, KB2850869, KB2859537, KB2862152, KB2862330, KB2862335, KB2864063, KB2868038, KB2868626, KB2876217, KB2876331, KB2879017, KB2884256, KB2888505, KB2892075, KB2893294, KB2898715, KB2898785, KB2900986, KB2909210, KB2909212, KB2909921, KB2914368, KB2916036, KB2922229, KB2925418, KB2926765, KB2929961, KB2930275, KB2933528, KB2935092, KB2936068, KB2957503, KB2964358, KB2991963, KB2993254, KB2993651, KB2998579, KB3004361, KB3013126, KB3020393, KB3021674, KB3029944, KB3033889, KB3033890, KB3035132, KB3055973, KB3065979, KB3067903, KB3078601, KB3081320, KB3087039, KB3092601, KB3109560, KB3121918, KB3124624, KB3126587, KB3126593, KB3139398, KB3139914, KB3140709, KB3145739, KB3149090, KB3161561, KB3161949, KB3170455, KB3178034, KB3183431, KB3185911, KB3196718, KB3197835, KB3198510, KB4012583, KB4012584, KB4014652, KB4014794, KB4015383, KB4019276, KB4022747, KB4024323, KB4025218, KB4025398, KB4025409, KB4025497, KB4026061, KB4034044, KB4039384, KB4041995, KB4047211, KB4052303, KB4056564, KB4056941, KB4089082, KB4089175, KB4089453, KB4089694, KB4091756, KB4101477, KB4130957, KB4291391, KB4294413, KB4343674, KB4457163, KB4458000, KB4458001, KB4458318, KB4459091, KB4462935, KB4462987, KB4463103, KB4463573, KB4467689, KB4467770, KB4468323, KB4470118, KB4473077, KB4486465, KB4486468, KB4486536, KB4486538, KB4486924, KB4487085, KB4487086, KB4487989, KB4487990, KB4489493, KB4489973, KB4489974, KB4489977, KB4490228, KB4490385, KB4490501, KB4491443, KB4493341, KB4493435, KB4493563, KB4493790, KB4493793, KB4493794, KB4493795, KB4493797, KB4493927, KB4494059, KB4495022.

[Mathwiz]

4 hours ago, greenhillmaniac said:

Actually, it hasn't been shutdown. Just buried.

Use this URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hotfix/kbhotfix?kbnum=2990184&kbln=en-us&forceorigin=esmc
Accept the EULA and it will redirect you to the KB4343220 page. No worries. Just click the URL again and you'll be in the hotfix download page. Then change the URL to the update KB you want to download

I'm not following you, or at least, it's not working here.

When I click on that URL it goes directly to the "This hotfix is no longer available" page for KB4343220. There's no EULA to accept. Clicking the URL again just brings up the "This hotfix is no longer available" page again.

[w2k4eva]

3 hours ago, Mathwiz said:

I'm not following you, or at least, it's not working here.

When I click on that URL it goes directly to the "This hotfix is no longer available" page for KB4343220. There's no EULA to accept. Clicking the URL again just brings up the "This hotfix is no longer available" page again.

Same here. Even worse, this problem exists for ALL hotfixes, even ones I already downloaded. Even if you already know the actual DL link, in a form like http://hotfixv4.microsoft.com/Windows Server 2003/sp3/Fix200653/3790/free/315139_ENU_i386_zip.exe from having downloaded it before, the same thing happens. Seems that the DNS entry for hotfixv4.microsoft.com now has a new CNAME pointing to hotfixv4.trafficmanager.net, not sure when that happened.

[dencorso]

22 minutes ago, w2k4eva said:

hotfixv4.microsoft.com now has a new CNAME pointing to hotfixv4.trafficmanager.net, not sure when that happened

It's worse now, because now one gets "Server not found" from trafficmanager.net... So what was not hoarded and saved seems to have fallen down the memory hole forever (unless it's been moved to yet another CNAME... then again, it still'd be problematic brcause the numbers in the url are not related to the KB numbers in any obvious ways, IMO). BTW, has anyone perchance preserved this one?

On 4/14/2019 at 5:42 PM, daniel_k said:

KB2963522 - The system or application freezes in a Windows Embedded POSReady 2009-based device

[Bersaglio]

On 4/14/2019 at 11:42 PM, daniel_k said:

KB2963522 - The system or application freezes in a Windows Embedded POSReady 2009-based device

Same here. I'm looking for en-us version of this hotfix too (maybe ru-ru too, but not in top priority)

[greenhillmaniac]

4 hours ago, Mathwiz said:

I'm not following you, or at least, it's not working here.

When I click on that URL it goes directly to the "This hotfix is no longer available" page for KB4343220. There's no EULA to accept. Clicking the URL again just brings up the "This hotfix is no longer available" page again.

My apologies. When I needed to download a hotfix I usually used that link and it redirected to the EULA page. Seems like Microsoft closed that loophole...

[ED_Sln]

Here is a list of all updates in all languages with links. I find only the link to the English version of the update, which adds exFAT support (KB955704), if someone has this update in other languages, upload it.

XP Updates.zip

[w2k4eva]

On 4/17/2019 at 12:11 PM, ED_Sln said:

Here is a list of all updates in all languages with links. I find only the link to the English version of the update, which adds exFAT support (KB955704), if someone has this update in other languages, upload it.

XP Updates.zip

I don't have them myself but when OnePiece Alb created his various update packs and addons he collected these. Thankfully he posted them on box.com for public access.

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-ARA.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-PTB.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-CHS.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-CHT.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-CSY.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-DAN.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-NLD.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-ENU.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-FIN.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-FRA.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-DEU.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-ELL.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-HEB.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-HUN.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-ITA.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-JPN.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-KOR.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-NOR.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-PLK.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-PTG.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-RUS.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-ESN.exe

WindowsXP-KB955704-x86-TRK.exe

[wyxchari]

I have spent time collecting all my updates of Windows XP SP3 + IE8 + Posready + Office 2003 + compatibility 2007/2010 + All Frameworks. I have used as a personal guide the update history of microsoft update giving it to print in pdf file. I have downloaded almost all of the Microsoft update catalog and some of Google. The few missing ones have been deleted from the catalog by obsolete or replaced. I have ordered 987 updates by installation date.

Edited April 21, 2019 by wyxchari

[TigTex]

Hello MSFN

I've been following this thread for quite some time and doing some experiments with this. I'm trying to create 2 updated ISOs with Windows XP Home and Windows XP PRO, each including all xp and posready updates and all custom updates.

So, using vmware and 2 original ISOs with sp3, I've applied the posready registry tweak and scan for updates with windows update minitool until there are no more updates (excluding .net framework)

@ED_Sln, I've seen your list and I found this info that it might be relevant for you

These are all updates that I've found

kb892130-enu
kb898461
kb909520
kb923561
kb923789
kb929399-v2
kb939683
kb941569
KB942288-v3
kb946648
kb950762
kb950974
kb951376-v2
kb951978
kb952004
kb952069-v2
kb952287
kb952954
kb954154
kb954155
KB955704
kb956572
kb956844
kb959426
kb960803
kb960859
kb963093
kb968389
kb969059
kb970430
kb971029
kb971513
kb971657
kb972270
kb973507
kb973540
kb973815
kb973869
kb973904
kb974112
kb974318
kb974392
kb974571
kb975025
kb975558
kb975560
kb975713
kb977816
kb977914
kb978338
kb978542
kb978695
kb978706
kb979309
kb979482
kb979687
kb981997
kb982132
kb982665
kb2115168
kb2229593
kb2296011
kb2345886
kb2347290
kb2378111
kb2387149
kb2393802
kb2419632
kb2423089
kb2443105
kb2478960
kb2479943
kb2481109
kb2483185
kb2485663
kb2492386
kb2506212
kb2507938
kb2508429
kb2509553
kb2510531
kb2510581
kb2535512
kb2536276-v2
kb2544893-v2
kb2564958
kb2566454
kb2570947
kb2584146
kb2585542
kb2592799
kb2598479
kb2598845
kb2603381
kb2619339
kb2620712
kb2631813
kb2632503
kb2653956
kb2655992
kb2659262
kb2661637
kb2676562
kb2686509
kb2691442
kb2698365
kb2705219-v2
kb2719985
kb2723135-v2
kb2727528
kb2749655
kb2757638
kb2770660
kb2780091
kb2802968
kb2803821-v2
kb2807986
kb2808679
kb2813345
kb2820917
kb2834886
kb2834904-v2
kb2847311
kb2850869
kb2859537
kb2862152
kb2862330
kb2862335
kb2864063
kb2868626
kb2876217
kb2876331
kb2892075
kb2893294
kb2898715
kb2900986
kb2904266
kb2909212
kb2914368
kb2916036
kb2922229
kb2926765
kb2929961
kb2930275
kb2957503
kb2993254
kb2993651
kb2998579
kb3004361
kb3013126
kb3020393-v2
kb3021674
kb3029944
kb3033889
kb3033890
kb3035132
kb3065979
kb3067903
kb3078601
kb3081320
kb3087039
kb3092601
kb3109560
kb3121918
kb3124624
kb3126587
kb3126593
kb3139914
kb3140709
kb3145739
kb3149090
kb3161561
kb3161949
kb3170455
kb3178034
kb3183431
kb3185911
kb3196718
kb3197835
kb3198510
kb4012583
kb4012584
kb4014652
kb4014794
kb4015383
kb4019276
kb4022747
kb4024323
kb4025218
kb4025409
kb4025497
kb4026061
kb4034775
kb4039384
kb4041995
kb4047211
kb4052303
kb4056564-v2
kb4056941
kb4089082
kb4089175
kb4089453-v2
kb4089694
kb4091756
kb4101477
kb4130957
kb4291391
kb4294413
kb4343674
kb4457163
kb4458000
kb4458001
kb4458006
kb4458318
kb4459091
kb4462935
kb4462987
kb4463103
kb4463573
kb4467689
kb4467770
kb4468323
kb4470118
kb4473077
kb4486463
kb4486465
kb4486468
kb4486536
kb4486538
kb4486924
kb4487085-v2
kb4487086
kb4487989
kb4487990
kb4489493
kb4489973
kb4489973
kb4489974
kb4489977
kb4490228
kb4490385
kb4490501
kb4491443
kb4493341
kb4493435
kb4493563
kb4493790
kb4493793
kb4493794
kb4493795
kb4493796
kb4493797
kb4493927
kb4494059
kb4494528
kb4495022

After comparing them with your updates, I see that you have some updates that are no longer offered trough microsoft update

KB953155 not offered
KB954708 not offered (WIA )
KB887606 not offered
KB932716-v2 not offered (imapiv2)
KB943729 not offered
KB951618-v2 not offered
KB961118 not offered
KB961503 not offered
KB975254 not offered
KB976323 not offered
KB982316 not offered
KB2124261 not offered
KB2290570 not offered
KB2447961 not offered
KB2491683 not offered
KB2801109 not offered
KB2813347-v2 not offered
KB2834903-v2 not offered
KB2868038 not offered
KB2884256 not offered
KB2933528 not offered
KB2991963 not offered
KB3139398 not offered
KB4018271 not offered
KB4025398 not offered
----------------------------------
KB954920-v2  not offered server only?
KB955417  not offered server only?
KB902344  not offered, missing from catalog
KB922120-v6 not offered, missing from catalog
KB935957 not offered, missing from catalog
KB943232-v2 not offered, missing from catalog
KB951830 not offered, missing from catalog
KB960680-v2 not offered, missing from catalog
KB971314 not offered, missing from catalog
KB2962872 not offered, missing from catalog
KB3068368 ie6 not needed?
KB3124275 ie7/ie6 not needed?
KB3191203 not offered, for vista only?
KB4087398 SUPERSEEDED/SSE
KB4339291 SUPERSEEDED
KB4463361 SUPERSEEDED/SSE

And also, your list is missing 71 updates that are offered from windows update:

kb892130-enu
kb898461
kb923561
kb923789
kb929399-v2
kb939683
kb952069-v2
kb954154
kb959426
kb960803
kb963093
kb971513
kb972270
kb974392
kb975713
kb979482
kb979687
kb982132
kb2115168
kb2229593
kb2393802
kb2478960
kb2481109
kb2506212
kb2507938
kb2508429
kb2509553
kb2510531
kb2510581
kb2536276-v2
kb2585542
kb2592799
kb2632503
kb2653956
kb2655992
kb2676562
kb2691442
kb2719985
kb2757638
kb2802968
kb2813345
kb2847311
kb2850869
kb2859537
kb2876217
kb2876331
kb2892075
kb2898715
kb2904266
kb2909212
kb2916036
kb2922229
kb2929961
kb2930275
kb2993651
kb3078601
kb3081320
kb3087039
kb3126593
kb3198510
kb4026061
kb4041995
kb4291391
kb4458006
kb4463573
kb4468323
kb4486924
kb4487086
kb4487989
kb4489493
kb4489973

How exactly are you testing for superseedence and which update is actually required?

Edited April 27, 2019 by TigTex
2 missing updates

[Jody Thornton]

Is it true that update servers are being decommissioned for 2000, XP, and Vista as of July 2019?  This might warrant a dedicated topic, no?

(I've duplicated this in the Vista and Windows 2000 sections too)

Edited April 28, 2019 by Jody Thornton
Removed references to POS Ready Thread :)