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Now that MS has dropped XP what is the situation on installing XP from an
install disk or a backup? As I recall, you had to contact MS to do so. No more? Anyone know? I have no plans to do so right now but one never knows. TIA -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. |
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Il giorno Tue 26 Jan 2016 02:44:42p, *KenK* inviava su
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general il messaggio . Vediamo cosa scrisse: Now that MS has dropped XP what is the situation on installing XP from an install disk or a backup? As I recall, you had to contact MS to do so. No more? Anyone know? you can reinstall as you did in the past if you have a windows 7 computer you can use xp-mode I did it right today for a customer: once installed xp asked to install about 100 updates - as first round -- /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\ -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=- http://www.bb2002.it ............ [ al lavoro ] ........... |
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On 26 Jan 2016 13:44:42 GMT, KenK wrote:
Now that MS has dropped XP what is the situation on installing XP from an install disk or a backup? As I recall, you had to contact MS to do so. No more? Anyone know? I have no plans to do so right now but one never knows. TIA They just opened up the authentification server. Now you could install the same copy of XP on 5 machines a day and they would all sail through from what I see. I found this out when I inadvertantly installed the same key on 2 machines in a row. I was worried the updates would stop and I reloaded all of the old machines around here to get a fresh start on them. The latest was a few weeks ago. You first update will be something like 137 updates from a fresh SP3 load. |
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gargoyle60 wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:39:42 -0500, wrote: irst update will be something like 137 updates From where, or how? When I try to run Windows Update I get the usual message that XP is no longer supported. Is there an ftp/http archive of all the XP updates - and where is it? https://web.archive.org/web/20130509...7-details.aspx After some tricks, gets me http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...XP-x86-enu.exe 15,452,536 bytes I originally downloaded that item 4/17/2009. Using the file name, is how I was able to track it down again. If you're after some other language version, then good luck. All the updates are undoubtedly on the catalog server, but that would require extra work. Using Internet Explorer 6, you should be able to browse here. This site needs to install an ActiveX plugin, to run the "shopping cart" interface. And no, it's not meant to make things easy to find. Eventually, the site interface will be redesigned, to work with more than Internet Explorer browser. At the moment, this doesn't even work with MS Edge browser. http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Home.aspx If I use "Windows XP" as a search term, it lists 879 results. To have your own personal cache of security updates only, you could have used wsusoffline kit in the year 2014. I have a 2GB folder from that adventure. You would need to find an older version of the wsusoffline kit, back when it still supported WinXP. And that only covers security updates, and misses valuable optional updates you could definitely use. Windows Update interface itself should really work. If I run that right now on this WinXP machine, it still interfaces (but there are no new updates). To do that, the web browser must have the most recent plugin installed for Windows Update to run. While in the past, a virgin install "bootstraps" to acquire the plugin, it sounds like in your case this is not working. And I do recollect having to (temporarily) install a more-advanced Internet Explorer version, just to bootstrap a clean install I was doing. I removed the more-advanced Internet Explorer version after I was finished. Install WinXP. Windows Update doesn't work. Install a later version of Internet Explorer. Visit Windows Update. It gets the latest plugin. Download updates and install. Now, uninstall Internet Explorer and return to the IE6 I was using. This returns the OS to default conditions (plus having received updates). Today, I would probably use my Wsusoffline installer first, then try visiting Windows Update and see what happens. In any case, I have my copy of IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe for emergencies. Paul |
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On Sun, 05 Jun 2016 18:30:01 +0100, gargoyle60
wrote: On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:39:42 -0500, wrote: irst update will be something like 137 updates From where, or how? When I try to run Windows Update I get the usual message that XP is no longer supported. Is there an ftp/http archive of all the XP updates - and where is it? Just turn on auto update, leave it online overnight and they will install ... from my experience. |
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On Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:02:57 -0400, Paul wrote:
gargoyle60 wrote: On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:39:42 -0500, wrote: irst update will be something like 137 updates From where, or how? When I try to run Windows Update I get the usual message that XP is no longer supported. Is there an ftp/http archive of all the XP updates - and where is it? https://web.archive.org/web/20130509...7-details.aspx After some tricks, gets me http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...XP-x86-enu.exe 15,452,536 bytes I originally downloaded that item 4/17/2009. Using the file name, is how I was able to track it down again. If you're after some other language version, then good luck. All the updates are undoubtedly on the catalog server, but that would require extra work. Using Internet Explorer 6, you should be able to browse here. This site needs to install an ActiveX plugin, to run the "shopping cart" interface. And no, it's not meant to make things easy to find. Eventually, the site interface will be redesigned, to work with more than Internet Explorer browser. At the moment, this doesn't even work with MS Edge browser. http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Home.aspx If I use "Windows XP" as a search term, it lists 879 results. To have your own personal cache of security updates only, you could have used wsusoffline kit in the year 2014. I have a 2GB folder from that adventure. You would need to find an older version of the wsusoffline kit, back when it still supported WinXP. And that only covers security updates, and misses valuable optional updates you could definitely use. Windows Update interface itself should really work. If I run that right now on this WinXP machine, it still interfaces (but there are no new updates). To do that, the web browser must have the most recent plugin installed for Windows Update to run. While in the past, a virgin install "bootstraps" to acquire the plugin, it sounds like in your case this is not working. And I do recollect having to (temporarily) install a more-advanced Internet Explorer version, just to bootstrap a clean install I was doing. I removed the more-advanced Internet Explorer version after I was finished. Install WinXP. Windows Update doesn't work. Install a later version of Internet Explorer. Visit Windows Update. It gets the latest plugin. Download updates and install. Now, uninstall Internet Explorer and return to the IE6 I was using. This returns the OS to default conditions (plus having received updates). Today, I would probably use my Wsusoffline installer first, then try visiting Windows Update and see what happens. In any case, I have my copy of IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe for emergencies. Paul Thanks for that info, I'l try it later in the week. I should have mentioned that due to problems with the XP file explorer (keeps crashing) I tried doing a "Repair" from my slipstreamed Windows XP Home + SP3 installation disk, which I assume has overwritten many settings. I did then manually install IE8, but still no luck, I keep getting a message about browser not supported, but that's another matter... |
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