AutoPatcher Forum

I am using a dialup connection that times out at about 5 hours. When I reconnect and begin downloading the updates, does apup resume downloading where it left off?

Also, I can set the computer to reconnect automatically, but can apup be made to automatically open and start downloading updates so I don't have to be present to click on the "Next" button.

I am using windows XP SP3 32bit and apup 1.3.0.1

Thank you.

Charlie

P.S. I have been waiting for a program that will save and install updates quickly and without an Internet connection.
Thank you for making Autopatcher available.

5 hour dialup window? eww. Apup does not have a resume function. Apup2 does not at the moment but, it is planned in the future.

Thank you for your reply ViroMan.

It seems that over the past couple of months apup has downloaded just about everything I need, I think. I guess I'd better copy it to cd or flash drive before Murphy's Law takes effect as it often does.

I wish I could manage a better connection than dialup but living out in the woods makes life a bit of a challenge sometimes. Luckily I've managed to make discount dialup work extremely well, well except for file uploading and downloading.

Have a great day.

Charlie

Can I ask for some more help? Can some one tell me if there is a way to make apup.exe automatically start downloading when my machine connects to the Internet? I can make the computer (XP SP3) automatically re-connect after the ISP cuts me off after the five hour connection limit and using the Scheduled Tasks I can make apup.exe open but I don't know how to make it automatically start downloading as when the "Next" button is clicked. Can someone help me make apup.exe start downloading automatically?

Thank you.

Charlie

BTW, ViroMan. Cool pic. Is it by chance you?
Edited by downloads, 30 January 2012 - 01:43 AM.

downloads, on 30 January 2012 - 01:26 AM, said:

No its an internet meme pic, its called angry baby.

There is a way you can make it start downloading...I will work up a command for you as soon as I look it up.

edit: ok I looked it up and apup2 can run in full auto mode with no assistance... you just need a command line like this

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That is the current windows XP SP3(x86) script. that command will continue to work even if we update the scripts because that script will remain untuched. You would need to change the download script to what ever the newer one is. Word of caution... the currently released apup2 uses IE to download things and I didn't know it would cache files in IE cache. Because of that flaw(which is corrected in the unreleased code) it may not download updates to the script if they are made because it doesn't check for changed files(like the new code does).

original apup is a different matter. It needs to have its script downloaded before it can run.
Make a bat file and throw the following lines into it.

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(hmm... it seems posting the url makes it auto shrink into a short link. Well anyways... copy the whole thing then get the real url by right clicking on the link and hitting "copy link location")
Place this bat file into your apup dir... call it what ever you want to.

Thank you, ViroMan. I was unable to work out the batch file. I tried the instructions at http://www.makeuseof...batch-bat-file/ It seems simple but I just couldn't work it out. Mabe it just doesn't like me or perhaps it's really true that an old dog can't learn new tricks. In any case, I got the updates downloaded to Autopatcher with the exception of Net Framework Addon Pack and DirectXc (v9.29.1974) Addon Pack which are simply too large to download within the five hour connection time imposed by my ISP. But I have them downloaded on CD from a friends Broad band connection.

ohh im sorry... I should have given you more precise directions. When you were talking about scheduling tasks that made me assume a higher computer literacy(nothing to be ashamed about btw). Basically all you needed to do was open notepad... copy those lines into it and then save it as 'download xp.bat'.
Edited by ViroMan, 02 February 2012 - 06:27 PM.

All that happens when I click on "download xp.bat" is a command window opens and runs the script, apparently over and over and the files are not found. I placed download xp.bat in the C:/apup folder, should I perhaps have placed the download xp.bat some where else?
For some reason setting the connection to come on as a scheduled task and even to reconnect if dropped don't work any more. I'm sure not caused by download xp.bat. I probably broke something. I'm going to try a clean-cp, scans, etc. If that doesn't help, the system is way passed due for a complete system recovery, kind of had one foot in the grave for a while now.

Placed as an attachment, the script that runs when I click on the download xp.bat
Edited by downloads, 03 February 2012 - 03:49 PM.

Are you sure you copied it right? it shouldn't be playing the apup's script commands to dos. I gave you those commands from my bat file... I copied and pasted it strait. I know it works for me.

I went to http://www.autopatch...20120110.script and copied
"_AutoPatcher for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (x86) English" in it's entirty, pasted it to Notepad, named it 'download xp.bat' and saved it as "All Files" but the same problem occures except this time I noticed that the cmd window closes after a moment.
Edited by downloads, 07 February 2012 - 05:20 PM.

ohh.. .see that is your problem... your copying a script file that only works in APUP and told dos to run it... that won't work.
im going to attach a bat file for you.
Edited by ViroMan, 07 February 2012 - 07:19 PM.

Thank you, ViroMan for getting me strait on that. Seems to be working lika a charm now.

Have a great day and Happy Valentine to all.

remember downloads.... that is a static download... it will never get the newer files ...you will have to keep editing the bat file to point to the newer downloads.

Sorry to keep tying up your time ViroMan, I know you guy's must stay very busy maintaining apup. Obviousely I am not very good when it comes to dealing with scripting, will the link you provided pointing to Download XP SP3.7z be valid fot the updated scripts?

its for the older 2012 -01-10 script. We are currently on 2012-02-08 (although there are some problems with it at the moment)