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First post, by kainiakaria

Posted on 2018-11-03, 16:49

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These ISO files contain the essential updates in order to get Windows 2000, Windows XP (x86 and x64) and Windows Vista (x86 and x64) to either properly update or at best be able to install things such as drivers for things like video cards. This also contains updates for Windows 95, Wndows NT 4.0, Windows 98SE and Windows ME. This will also contain the February 2004 Security Update Disc as an additional download. I have also added additional stuff as well as reorganized a few updates. I have also reorganized my Windows NT 4.0 updates. I have included Post Service Pack 4 updates for Windows 2000 as well as Post Service Pack 3 updates for Windows XP (32 Bit). I have included older Service Pack updates for Windows XP (32 Bit). I have also included an archive of Windows Media Player related materials. I now have finally included the Windows Movie Maker update and Windows Automatic Updating for Windows ME. I have stopped supporting Windows Vista in favor of Windows XP.

Reply 1 of 8, by DosFreak

Posted on 2018-11-03, 22:14

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IIRC, these contain updates not released by Microsoft to the public and required support agreements. If I'm wrong then feel free to prove it but I've removed the link to the Internet Archive where they are available to download for now.

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Reply 2 of 8, by leileilol

Posted on 2018-11-03, 23:56

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IIRC those 'updates' also bundled some warez like a full WinRAR etc. It's the kind of "expert" bundle you'd find on blindly managed warez sites.

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Reply 3 of 8, by chinny22

Posted on 2018-11-06, 11:04

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Meh, a fully updated legacy OS is still full of security holes, Save the bloat and just upgrade the minimum needed for drivers etc.
I get some people like running the latest possible, personally I like the latest service pack and IE version, but just as long as its not really required.

Reply 4 of 8, by Strahssis

Posted on 2018-11-06, 22:38

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DosFreak wrote:
IIRC, these contain updates not released by Microsoft to the public and required support agreements. If I'm wrong then feel free to prove it but I've removed the link to the Internet Archive where they are available to download for now.

Isn't anything pre-XP considered abandonware at this this point, so it should be legal to share the updates? And the Windows XP and -Vista updates can still be downloaded via WSUS Offline v9.2.1 😀

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Reply 5 of 8, by KCompRoom2000

Posted on 2018-11-06, 22:54

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Strahssis wrote:
DosFreak wrote:
IIRC, these contain updates not released by Microsoft to the public and required support agreements. If I'm wrong then feel free to prove it but I've removed the link to the Internet Archive where they are available to download for now.

Isn't anything pre-XP considered abandonware at this this point, so it should be legal to share the updates? And the Windows XP and -Vista updates can still be downloaded via WSUS Offline v9.2.1 😀

This site doesn't believe in abandonware for good reasons (didn't you notice the disclaimer at the bottom of the page?). As long as the updates are 100% free and contain no hidden warez, I don't see a problem with them. I'm not a moderator so IDK for sure.

From what I could gather, the ISOs the OP attempted to share contained unreleased (to the general public) updates and possibly some hidden "warez" software (i.e. fully registered copies of paid software for free).

Reply 6 of 8, by DosFreak

Posted on 2018-11-06, 23:22

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Yeah I may be wrong about the updates being included but there is definetly warez in there which is ridiculous since if it was necessary to include those programs for some reason they could have used free programs instead.

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Reply 7 of 8, by kode54

Posted on 2018-11-08, 07:03

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Huh, I only grabbed the CDROM sized image from there when it was linked on the PCem forum, and never inspected its contents, so I was unaware it was an unofficial resource with pirated software bundled. Pity there are updates that required a support agreement, but I guess, how else is a publisher supposed to milk money out of stragglers stuck on older releases?

Reply 8 of 8, by kainiakaria

Posted on 2018-11-09, 01:39

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leileilol wrote:
IIRC those 'updates' also bundled some warez like a full WinRAR etc. It's the kind of "expert" bundle you'd find on blindly managed warez sites.

Those are not full versions of Winrar though.

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