Autopatcher was the perfect solution to update your Windows operating system while it lasted. You could download all patches to your local computer and execute them there. This made it possible to download patches once and update several computers locally without download the patches several times from Microsoft servers.
Autopatcher has been closed down by Microsoft. There is an alternative, a great one that can be used instead. It is called c’t Offline Updater. It supports Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, windows Server 2003, 64-bit editions of XP and Server 2003 as well as Windows Vista. Besides the operating systems it also supports Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007. As you can see from the screenshot below lots of different languages are supported as well.
The user has the option to exclude service packs and to create iso images, either one CD iso for every operating system or Office edition or one DVD iso that contains all the patches. A click on start begins the download process which can take some time. When the download finishes you find the created iso(s) in the /iso subdirectory.
You can then burn the iso and start it directly in Windows. Several options are presented when you execute UpdateInstaller.exe. The script asks if you want to create backups, install Internet Explorer 7, automatically reboot and recall or show the log file.
A click on start begins the update process. The Offline Update is an excellent way to download all patches for your operating system in one go.
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not 98? I would really need it right now.
I miss autopatcher. I hope this delivers!
c’t worked GREAT! I let it grab the updates overnight, then the next morning the iso was ready, burned it to cd with Nero, and then updated an offline computer. Thanks for this, excellent program.
Awesome…i need say no more…
Thanks
Does this program do the software updates also or just the high priority?
i am having problems with the new c’t Offline Updater updater. doesn’t matter what options i choose the iso always comes out 700 and some odd meg larger than a dvd. always comes out to 5354132kb. anyone having this same problem with the new 09 release ?
Need 98? go here from your 98:
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
Need 95?
http://v3.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
I wonder if it does incremental updates for downloading as well for installation.
New URL for Offline Updates:
http://www.h-online.com/security/Offline-Update–/features/112953
Thanks, this is a very good utility.
[He said grok...]
anyone know where there is a help forum [not in german] 4 this product
I can’t find the iso file after the program runs. Any suggestions?
why don’t use wsus offline updater instead ?
I was under the impression a domain controller was required to run WSUS. (?)
I have 3 desktops and 3 laptops all running XP Pro on which after I reinstall windows (happens at least once per year per computer), I just want to automate applying the 100+ updates (and WMP11, IE8+FF4, dotNET 1,1.1,2,3,3.5,4 and all their updates) that have been released since SP3, but not have to redownload them all every time (Sprint 3G is the closest thing we have to broadband out here in the boonies. Redownloading all those updates would run our usage way past 5GB/month).
I would like to do that preferrably withOUT purchasing a copy of Server 2008 and a setting up a domain (not that I would mind running a domain, but I would rather do so on linux… and that wouldn’t address the WSUS problem), nor spend many many hours manually running each one and rebooting 50+ times when prompted.
Darr, WSUS Offline Update offers more or less the same functionality. It basically downloads all patches for selected operating system versions including Service Packs if desired. You can then run the updater on as many machines as you want, no need for a domain controller or even a network connection. you just need to be able to access the downloaded data with each computer. The program offers to create an ISO image for you which you can use for that purpose, or you can move the files on a server or external hard drive. http://download.wsusoffline.net/