So Windows Update for WinXP 32-64 is finally turned off?

[assenort]

Hi guys,

Yesterday I tried to update my 3 Win XP installations:

- Win XP Home SP3 without any MS Office suite

- Win XP Home SP3 with MS Office 2010 suite

- Win XP Pro x64 SP2 with MS Office 2010 suite

and it failed on all occasions. Frankly, I expected eventual updates only on the installations that have Office 2010. However, all I got was some error messages from the Windows/Microsoft Update page.

I guess M$ finally pulled the plug on the Update services for Win XP iterations? Probably because that will save them a lot of money for hosting and traffic expenses?

Greets!

 

[ED_Sln]

For about 1 month, the windows.update site does not work, sometimes it opens, but the search for updates ends with an error. So we can assume that it is disabled.

 

[RainyShadow]

Does this include the POSReady updates? About a week ago i got a notification for a ton of availale updates after starting the service by accident...

I just tried it and got the offer again.

[ED_Sln]

This affects all updates, the site itself does not open. But maybe the automatic system update connects to a different server.

 

[RainyShadow]

It loads here, but i'm missing the WU ActiveX and it fails to download. The MU ActiveX installed fine though. My IE is pretty broken, lol.

 

 

[edit] just tried on my work system, there i get "Error number: 0x80244019" which is supposed to mean error 404...

At least i got the Express/Custom prompt there.

Edited August 20, 2020 by RainyShadow