Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
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Re: Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
#2I haven't tried this personally but I'm already a huge fan of it. I build and benchmark various retro PCs and some of them are fast enough to be fully patched, which I do if it's an option.
For XP I really like the unofficial SP4 service pack which rolls up all post-SP3 updates into a single executable, with or without .NET. The later POS-only patches are also available. It makes it really simple to bring an old system "up to date", even if the last update was a couple years ago.
These machines are just for fun of course and I don't do real work on them, and I'm behind NAT and monitor my traffic, so I'm not really worried about these systems.
Re: Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
#3I love the style/theme of the site. I might use it on some of my own sites too. I think it's now old enough to be cool again...
Re: Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
#4Neat, could one combine this with https://download.wsusoffline.net/ ?
Edit: would need to pull from https://archive.org/search.php?query=wsusoffline&sin= I guess
Re: Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
#5I am very curious of how long it would take to be ‘pwned’ whilst browsing the web with internet explorer on XP.
Seconds, minutes, hours?
Time to fire up a VM I think.
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#6I am very curious of how long it would take to be ‘pwned’ whilst browsing the web with internet explorer on XP. Seconds, minutes, hours? Time to fire up a VM I think.
Years ? I don't know if the newest ransomware runs on Win XP.
Re: Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
#7It amazes me how many machines there are still out there, connected to the internet, running Windows XP (a 21+ year old OS)
Re: Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
#8For the love of god just get off of thece ancient systems pls, or run the only in airgapped and isolated network segments with application whitelisting and manual data ingress/egress controls, and everything will be fine without these silly updates.
Just bury the body already, let winxp rest in peace, please
Re: Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
#9It amazes me how many machines there are still out there, connected to the internet, running Windows XP (a 21+ year old OS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history
I wonder if there is a sizable position easily identifiable Linux 2.6.x running out there.
Re: Legacy Update: Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, 2000
#10For the love of god just get off of thece ancient systems pls, or run the only in airgapped and isolated network segments with application whitelisting and manual data ingress/egress controls, and everything will be fine without these silly updates. Just bury the body already, let winxp rest in peace, please
Give me a new Windows that isn't dripping with contempt for the user.