General and specific solutions for problems regarding AU/WU/MU in Windows XP

[mina7601]

1 minute ago, AstroSkipper said:

Thank you, @mina7601! They must have updated the link in the last minutes. I will correct that immediately.

Well, 1.2.1 was released 4 days ago.

[AstroSkipper]

1 minute ago, mina7601 said:

Well, 1.2.1 was released 4 days ago.

I copied the link from the homepage a few minutes before I posted it. Maybe, it was an old, cached version in my browser and not refreshed.

[msfntor]

On 6/27/2022 at 4:23 AM, AstroSkipper said:

Last version compatible with Windows XP is WinRAR 6.02.

Hmm I use WinRAR v3.9.1.1 and all is good always...

[mina7601]

10 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

I copied the link from the homepage a few minutes before I posted it. Maybe, it was an old, cached version in my browser and not refreshed.

Yes, sometimes cache can be left out of date. That's why it's recommended to clear cache, but not very often though, depending on how long you keep cache.

Edited November 15, 2022 by mina7601

[AstroSkipper]

2 minutes ago, msfntor said:

Hmm I use WinRAR v3.9.1.1 and all is good always...

There are many current RAR files which need at least WinRAR 4 or higher. Therefore, an update is a good idea.

[WinGlass]

52 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

Legacy Update - An alternative to Microsoft or Windows Update

Legacy Update is a community-run resource to help you fix the Windows Update service on earlier versions of Windows. More information and instructions can be found on the homepage of Legacy Update.
Here is the link: https://legacyupdate.net/
And this is the download link of the program which is needed to be installed: https://content.legacyupdate.net/legacyupdate/LegacyUpdate-1.2.1.exe
Some screenshots of this service:



I didn't try this service, no need for me at the moment, but as far as I read in different comments, it works properly with Windows XP and other OSs. Thanks to @maile3241 for the hint!

Cheers, AstroSkipper

Glad you posted this.  Personally, I prefer this for Windows 2000 (tried it in a VM and it worked great) and Windows XP Pre-SP3 as getting original WU to work is tricky on there. But guess what? The puzzle has been solved: WU has been restored for Windows 2000 - Vista if you think about it 

[mina7601]

7 minutes ago, WinGlass said:

Windows XP Pre-SP3 as getting original WU to work is tricky on there.

Thanks for the information about Legacy Update working on Windows XP below SP3 (yes, I always think about them), you made me impressed!

Edited November 15, 2022 by mina7601

[WinGlass]

11 minutes ago, mina7601 said:

Thanks for the information about Legacy Update working on Windows XP below SP3 (yes, I always think about them), you made me impressed!

No problem! I only tried it on Windows 2000 SP4, but it should work on Windows XP RTM - SP2 

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, WinGlass said:

Glad you posted this.  Personally, I prefer this for Windows 2000 (tried it in a VM and it worked great) and Windows XP Pre-SP3 as getting original WU to work is tricky on there. But guess what? The puzzle has been solved: WU has been restored for Windows 2000 - Vista if you think about it 

You're welcome! I think it's important to have an overview of all solutions or possibilities for updating Windows XP. This was the main idea when I created this thread. 

[WinGlass]

Yep, now I'm waiting for a revival of WU v3 - v5 to be a thing so that updating Windows 9x can be easy than using Auto Patcher for 98 SE.
 

Fun Fact

I discovered that some of the URLs to download updates for Windows ME (and 98 SE the last time I tried) are still alive, like this update for Windows ME: http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/22940/WinMe/EN-US/314757USAM.EXE

So it looks like some updates for pre-Windows 2000 are still a thing in Microsoft's servers.  

Edited November 15, 2022 by WinGlass

[mina7601]

5 minutes ago, WinGlass said:

I discovered that some of the URLs to download updates for Windows ME (and 98 SE the last time I tried) are still alive, like this update for Windows ME: http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/22940/WinMe/EN-US/314757USAM.EXE

So it looks like some updates for pre-2000 are still a thing in Microsoft's servers.  

@xpandvistafan has already discovered something similar, but as well with NT4:

[WinGlass]

Nice, I wonder if MS still has Windows 95 (the later OSR versions, like OSR2.5) updates on their servers 

[mina7601]

1 hour ago, WinGlass said:

Nice, I wonder if MS still has Windows 95 (the later OSR versions, like OSR2.5) updates on their servers 

Well, the above linked post says 9x, and 95 is a part of the 9x OS family, so, probably yes.

[AstroSkipper]

On 11/15/2022 at 6:33 PM, AstroSkipper said:

Legacy Update - An alternative to Microsoft or Windows Update

Legacy Update is a community-run resource to help you fix the Windows Update service on earlier versions of Windows. More information and instructions can be found on the homepage of Legacy Update.
Here is the link: https://legacyupdate.net/
And this is the download link of the program which is needed to be installed: https://content.legacyupdate.net/legacyupdate/LegacyUpdate-1.2.1.exe
Some screenshots of this service:



I didn't try this service, no need for me at the moment, but as far as I read in different comments, it works properly with Windows XP and other OSs. Thanks to @maile3241 for the hint!

Cheers, AstroSkipper

The program LegacyUpdate 1.2.1 has been updated and is now available in version 1.3. I'll update my original post, too.

Cheers, AstroSkipper 

Edited November 30, 2022 by AstroSkipper

[CIACIACIACIACIACIA]

I think now there is also version 1.4 available for downloading on https://legacyupdate.net/ link and also on this https://github.com/kirb/LegacyUpdate/releases link.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2022 by CIACIACIACIACIACIA