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[info2k]

Is there a way of downloading the English updates for Windows 2000 with Autopatcher before the end of update support for the OS on July 10, 2010?

The current Autopatcher Updater only enables the download in Italian.

We wanted to download and preserve the updates for purely academic reasons.

Regards and thanks in advance.

[_def_x_]

IMO, the Windows 2000 SP4 script is months outdated and it may be more work updating it to make it worth your while.

Have you given any thought to slipstreaming a 2000 SP4 disk and updating it to March 2010? Here are a few links that
provide a list of needed updates to do just that...

...Windows Updates Downloader
...Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Hotfixes

Both links would get you all the needed updates (there may be a few updates missing) and you could use a tool like
TommyP's HFSLIP to update the install disk. You may find this much easier to do.

There is also WSUS Offline Update that is similar to AutoPatcher but is a little harder to learn, and the help is not very
English centric in many cases.

I had put off updating an install disk - it sounded difficult, unstable, and not something I wanted to do, once I finally
attempted it with my XP SP3 install disk, I was amazed at how easy it is, and after installing the OS, you may only need
a few updates and the system is up-to-date. AutoPatcher is great but it is time consuming keeping track of all the updates.

There are a few items that may be better off installed separately - IE, .Net, but overall very easy to do.

Finally, you could use Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007 SP1 (totally free) to test your work.

[info2k]

Thanks for the quick response and the very helpful links.

I shall try them out at the earliest opportunity.

Even though I have used utilities like AutoStreamer I was unaware of some of the items in your links. Thanks for the great learning opportunity!

I don't know if I can find this thread again - but I will post my experience once I have this done.

Regards, my friend,and thanks again.

:-)