On 03/30/2014 01:46 AM, JJ wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:20:09 -0400, XP Guy wrote:
There is precedent for the update server to no longer supply or be
functional for one or two of their products, as WindowsUpdate went dark
for win-98 I think 2 years after win98 EOL. I don't know what happened
for Win-2k in that regard - I presume that WindowsUpdate service no
longer functions for win2k - correct? But in any case, it came as a
surprise when the update service failed for win-98.

I've read a new post somewhere in Windows XP newsgroup a few months ago. One
Windows 2000 user said that the auto update server is still working.



That might have been me. I was given a Win2k server that had been out of
use for a number of years and I tired to update it and sure enough I was
able to do so.

Even if the Windows XP auto update server has stopped working, you can still
do a manual update. Microsoft already provide a DVD ISO that contains
security updates up until March 11th 2014.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086

Newer updates if any, won't be that many and troublesome for manual
downloads.