kirb
Optional option to download the entire LegacyUpdate offline and portable as a megapack?
Hello.
Would it be possible in the future to optionally download the entire LegacyUpdate offline and portable as a megapack?
For example, it could weigh up to 32-64 GB.
This would be useful in a situation where we want to install patches straight from files in a selected directory instead of downloading them from the Internet.
Or simply the option of installing LegacyUpdate, which allows you to create an offline/portable version for a selected system or several, e.g. Windows XP only or XP + Vista.
Then the program would simulate the missing files download and instead of installing them, it would move them to the offline directory with the portable version of LegacyUpdate.
You could always have it with you and use it in an emergency.
E.g. Today I wanted to download LegacyUpdate on ENG - Windows XP x32 bit with Service Pack 1 and it downloaded ServicePack 3 and instead of successful installation I received errors about downloading/installing ServicePack 3.
Finally, I installed ServicePack 3 offline from a separate file because it didn't work otherwise.
But it would be nice to have LegacyUpdate as offline / portable and then I don't need the Internet to download the most necessary and popular files. This would also help indicate where LegacyUpdate should try to load and install files straight from its own specified directory.
In this case, you could run the ServicePack 3 installation along with the rest of the other needed files and updates instead of doing it manually and separately.
https://msfn.org/board/topic/182599-nt-5x-windows-update-urls-dump-inc-custom-support-updates/
https://msfn.org/board/topic/182599-nt-5x-windows-update-urls-dump-inc-custom-support-updates/
@kirb
I would prefer something fully offline that can be installed as a fully advanced package and used without the Internet.
A possible package of drivers, updates, etc. could be downloaded and kept in the install folder, etc. and it could take up to 35 GB for large pendrives and for those willing.
Something like DriverPack Solution Offline for installing drivers for the system.
But this would work as updates for the system, including optional ones with drivers.
I click download, download everything, throw it into the package and then you can use it without the Internet, always offline in the portable version.
+1 on an offline mega pack as it would be the best solution long term. Another thing I would like to see is a way to host the complete server side of LegacyUpdate including all the update files and how to configure the client for the specific server. Thank you.
We only provide a proxy to the real Windows Update service, which for the time being, still functions fine once you give it that bit of help. Downloads also come directly from Microsoft (we don’t proxy them).
If you want to run a local server and download almost all of the updates, I currently recommend looking into WSUS. Note there are minor differences in the updates you get from WSUS - it’s intended for businesses with an IT department, so updates aimed at consumers/standalone PC users such as Security Essentials, Windows Search, or End of Service notification won’t appear there.
Depending what you select to sync with WSUS, you should expect to download between 100 GB and 4 TB. Don’t select Windows 10/11 - this adds tons of updates and WSUS will struggle with it.
There is also WSUSOffline, but this is more limited, mostly only downloading security updates, not feature updates.
Hopefully it’s never needed, but I do have a 4 TB+ archive of updates on standby just in case. It’ll be pretty expensive to run as a public service, which is the only reason I haven’t yet made it available for anyone to poke through.
Hopefully it’s never needed, but I do have a 4 TB+ archive of updates on standby just in case. It’ll be pretty expensive to run as a public service, which is the only reason I haven’t yet made it available for anyone to poke through.
That's good, I guess that includes all the files on https://legacyupdate.net/download-center/ ? I hope it does, because depending on Microsoft and Internet Archive might be a bad thing in the long run.
Thank you for all your ongoing efforts to keep this alive.