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And why do you have to rename it, anyway? Is Windows Update simply completely dead for Windows , now? It seems this thread has been dormant since November, but I would hope someone before me would touch on that if they discovered that to be the case. Anyway, I hope someone is able to either figure out something I'm doing wrong or determine that it just doesn't work any more. I've never participated in these forums before - I've made my account simply so I can post here and try to get to the bottom of this.

Not sure about the "why rename" but irrelevant. Please report back. I followed it all the way through with a new Windows SP4 install and it worked perfectly. The only thing I did differently was installing Update Rollup 1 version 2 for Windows Service Pack 4 before anything else, although I don't think that will make any difference. In the end it shouldn't matter though That was the ticket!

Thank you very much! I don't know why my situation wouldn't work with simply running WUA. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment.

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Recommended Posts. Posted November 2, To work around this, you will need to do the following: 1. By doing that Windows Update downloads and installs the following: 1. EXE; download size: KB 2. Microsoft Windows Installer 3. Here's a huge list of old updates found in Microsoft Update: 1. Security Update for Windows KB 2. Security Update for Windows KB 3.

Security Update for Windows KB 5. Security Update for Windows KB 6. Security Update for Windows KB 8. Security Update for Windows KB 9.

Security Update for Outlook Express 6. Security Update for Windows KB Update for Windows KB Security Update for Windows Media Player 6. After rebooting, go to the Windows Update again and download these two high-priority updates : 1. No reboot is required. When you access the high-priority updates again, you see the following: 1. Security Update for Microsoft. NET Framework 3. Install the rest of the optional components, including the following: 1. Now after that is all done, you will need to download the following two updates that must be installed separately: 1.

DirectX 9. When that's done, there will be the last eight remaining high-priority updates as follows: 1. Security Update for Windows KB 7. Coming soon, I will provide a guide for installing and updating Windows NT 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Posted November 2, edited. Posted November 3, Posted November 3, edited. Just a few points: The updates mentioned in the guide are only the ones for Windows Professional.

It would be nice to have a folder of them so that you can basically have as new of a clean installation as possible, as if you had installed it back when Windows Update worked and fully updated it before support ended. Here are some screenshots and a list of installed programs and updates Note: some of them are unofficial : 7-Zip 9. NET Framework 1. NET Framework 2. NET Framework 3.

I hope this message was helpful. It usually consists of some ambiguous error codes, which after addressed, just has the Windows update page in a refresh loop.

However, there IS a solution. With that said, aside from rolling your own solution, wsus offline update 6. By the way, I was looking for some similar solution for Win9x, but never found one. If someone knows some kind of program that downloads Win9x updates, please let me know. Developer's Description By Microsoft. This command-line diagnostic tool helps to isolate networking and connectivity problems by performing a series of tests to determine the state of your network client and whether it is functional.

Full Specifications. What's new in version 1. Release August 25, Date Added July 5, Version 1. Operating Systems. Total Downloads 16, Downloads Last Week Report Software. Related Software. No anti-virus installed, but intend to install AVG Free 5. I want to install software Yawcam that requires DirectX v9. Where can I find a download of DirectX v9? In reply to JohnPActon's post on April 5, Are you telling me that Microsoft Windows Update is so clever that it will not allow updates if anti-virus software is not installed?

In reply to JohnPActon's post on April 6, I'm not telling you that nor did I say that. OK, I was being facetious. Where can I find a download of DirectX V9? In reply to JohnPActon's post on April 7, Where can I find a download of DirectX 9?