31 March 2009, 14:24
Offline-Update
Note: The author of Offline-Update, Torsten Wittock, is now developing the software as his own WSUS Offline Update. Therefore, the current version of the software is no longer available here, but on his own web site:
The site also has a bugtracker and forum for support.
The H shall be maintaining the information on these pages for archive purposes only and in future will maintain only documentation.
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| 6.0 (MD5) | 20.05.09 | Installation hint: In spite of the different directory name inside the archive, you still may unpack v. 6.0 into an existing structure, overwriting existing files New: Download scripts for Linux New: USB stick option added to UpdateGenerator script New: Service Packs 2 for Office 2007 and Office Compatibility Pack integrated New: Optional installation of Windows PowerShell 1.0 on Windows XP, Server 2003 and Vista (x86/x64) systems Fix: Internet Explorer 8 wasn't installed on automatic recall runs Fix: Office 2000 Service Pack level was not properly detected Fix: Office 2000 Service Release 1a (O2KSR1aDL.EXE) would not be installed Fix: DownloadUpdates.cmd echoed and logged credentials for proxy access Fix: Displayed number of statically defined updates to be downloaded was incorrect Fix (defect #70): WSUS download errors caused re-downloading of existing updates Fix: Sleep.vbs was not found on SafeRmDir.cmd calls in DownloadUpdates.cmd |
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| 5.2 (MD5) | 20.03.09 | Installation hint: If you like IE8 for Windows Vista/Server 2008 installation packages to be downloaded for languages other than ENU and DEU, you have to modify/enhance StaticDownloadLinks-w60-<architecture>-glb.txt files. New: Optional installation of IE8 on Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003/2008 x86 and x64 systems New: Statically defined updates will only be installed if not already present New: XSLT filters get updates for IE8 now New: ISO creation filters for Windows XP and Server 2003 exclude DirectX End-User Runtimes now Fix (defect #29): Office version determination was incomplete on mixed/hybrid Office installations Fix: Office installation language was not determined correctly for Office 2000 and on Windows x64 systems Fix: ISO images for Windows 2000 and Office Suites contained .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installation package Fix: Download source for mkisofs.exe changed since v. 2.01.01a57 uses incompatible filter format |
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| 5.1 (MD5) | 22.02.09 | Optional installation of Office Converter and Office 2007 Compatibility Packs DirectX End-User Runtimes (November 2008) integrated .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Family Update (kb958481, kb958483 and kb958484) will be installed after .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installation Fix (defect #48): Automatic clock adjustment for daylight savings time caused re-downloading of updates when switching back to standard time Fix: Office installation language was not determined correctly again if differed from OS language Fix: Office updates were re-downloaded if WSUS was configured Fix (defect #49): Invalid parameters for kb947742 caused installation failures Fix: Microsoft removed WindowsXP-Windows2000-Script56-KB917344-x86-hun.exe Fix: Temporary installation directories for Office updates were possibly not removed Fix: XSLT filters for Windows 2000 missed kb951698-v2 Fix: Notepad.exe was not found in %SystemRoot% under Windows Server 2008 Fix: Download exclude list for Windows XP updated to avoid |
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| 5.0 (MD5) | 15.09.08 | Support added for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Optional download and installation of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and DirectX End-User Runtimes (enh. #37) Download of Operating Systems' updates may preferentially be redirected to a local WSUS server Number of updates to download and to install will be displayed and logged Integrity of updates may be verified on subsequent download runs DVD ISO images will be split into x86- and x64-products since ISO file sizes exceeded 4.7 GB Windows Installer 4.5 integrated for Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003/2008 systems Fix: DIRCMD environment presets could cause update installation failures Fix: Service Pack exclusion option did not apply to Windows Vista platforms Fix: UpdateInstaller and DoUpdate scripts will check prerequisite Windows XP Service Pack 1a or 2 now Fix: Office Update Inventory Tool catalog file invcif.exe might not be updated properly Fix (defect #42): Static download definition added for Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 1 (kb940289) Fix (defect #30): XSLT filters for Windows XP/Server 2003 x64 editions get updates for msxml6 now Fix: Static download definitions added for Office updates kb951338, kb954326 and kb95607 |
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| 4.80 (MD5) | 09.05.08 | Vista Service Pack 1 integrated Windows XP Service Pack 3 integrated Office updates may optionally be omitted (enh. #26) Fix: Installation failures using DVD images on mixed Office 2003/2007 systems Fix: Obsolete patch file office2003-KB943985-FullFile-ENU.exe removed |
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| 4.72 (MD5) | 14.02.08 | UpdateGenerator and UpdateInstaller scripts will terminate if system's environment variable TEMP contains a trailing backslash Static download definitions modified for Office 2003 (KB943591 removed, KB907417 added) Fix: Download exclude entries were ignored for Office products Fix (defect #24): Invalid directory scan sequence caused installation failures under Windows Vista using DVD images |
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| 4.71 (MD5) | 24.01.08 | New: Office 2007 Service Pack 1 integrated New: Language support added for Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Arabic and Hebrew |
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| 4.64 (MD5) | 06.12.07 | Support added for x64 Operating Systems New: UpdateInstaller.exe reads its defaults from UpdateInstaller.ini now New: FAQs added Fix: IE6 setup file filelist.dat contained invalid entries if generated using 12h (AM/PM) time format Fix (defect #13): Service 'automatic updates' (wuauserv) will be started automatically Fix: KB823718 (MDAC under Windows 2000) and KB931906 (CAPICOM) were missing |
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| 4.1 (MD5) | 30.10.07 | Service Pack exclusion option won't apply to other statically defined updates any longer (switch /excludesp added to DownloadUpdates.cmd) UpdateGenerator.exe and DownloadUpdates.cmd support /nocleanup switch now Vista update installation procedure supports .msu packages now |
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| 4.0 (MD5) | 12.10.07 | Installation Hint: Unpack to new structure - move existing update directories under client\ from old to new structure - ready! New: Support added for Microsoft Windows Vista (Thanks to Bert Schinkel-Momsen) New: Support added for Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007 New: Updates which are not listed in wsusscn2.cab any longer will be removed automatically New: Service Packs (statically defined updates) may be excluded from download New: CopyToTarget.cmd added to ease USB device preparation New: Generator and Installer GUIs will be displayed in German on German systems Fix: UPX packing of compiled AutoIt scripts disabled to avoid false anti-virus software alerts Fix: WSUSUpdateAdmin account wouldn't be granted administrative privileges if installation was started by a domain administrator (Thanks to "g-org") Fix: Microsoft removed IE7 installation packages' URLs from wsusscn2.cab |
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| 3.22 | 14.08.07 | Fix: Error 404 downloading WindowsXP-Windows2000-Script56-KB917344-x86-<language>.exe. Microsoft removed this file. Fix: ISO volume ids violated ISO9660 standard |
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| 3.21 | 11.07.07 | Fix: Determination of user's privileges did not work for all languages (Thanks to Bernd Beckmann) Fix: Windows activation state will be checked before attempting IE7 installation |
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| 3.2 | 10.06.07 | New: Optional installation of IE7 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.12 | 4.06.07 | New: Static exclude of updates integrated into most recent service packs |
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