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NOTE:
Due to a very large number of security updates being released for Windows
2000 & XP, the
security updates listed here are grouped by year.
(Critical
Updates are bug fixes that fix serious problems such as specific security
hacker attacks)
(Recommended
Updates are optional - not really necessary to download & install but
include system improvements)
NOTE: It is not necessary to download & install all of the updates
listed on my page. You are not required
to install them unless your system has suffered serious problems.
Make sure you download the
patches for the correct operating system. You can uninstall most
system updates from your system
if they cause more problems than they fix.
The official
release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 has now been publicly posted at the
Windows
Update and
the Microsoft Download Center sites...FOR REAL THIS TIME!!!
Go to the Windows XP
Service Packs
download section of this page and download Service Pack 3.
I've made this page simply for informational purposes and to make downloading updates faster & easier.
Key
= Windows 2000 - Windows NT 5.0 ver. (5.00.2195), Windows XP - Windows
Experience [NT 5.1 ver. (5.10.2600)]
NT - New Technology or Network, Windows XP is also known as Windows 2002,
TP Ed. - Tablet PC Edition,
MC Ed. - Media Center Edition, SP - Service Pack, MMC - Microsoft Management
Console
[a little star * indicates a new system update; the <> symbol means
to install a patch with caution because it may have a
possible side effect; I am not responsible if the updates you download
here do more harm than good]
Before installing any WinXP updates, be sure to 'activate' your copy of
Windows XP. The WinXP updates featured here
are only for activated & legal copies of Windows XP and NOT for pirated/bootleg
ones. For a more clear idea of what
Windows XP Product Activation does, read Alex Nichol's article on WPA here.
Microsoft
announced at this page
that support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 & 1a ended on October 10,
2006. WinXP
users
should upgrade to Service Pack 2 to get full support from Microsoft.
| * (MS08-023) [Win2k SP4] (941693) | * |
| * (MS08-021) [Win2k SP4] (948590) | * (MS08-023) [W2k SP4/IE5.01 SP4] [W2k SP4/IE6 SP1] (948881) |
| (MS08-008) [Win2k SP4] (943055) | * (MS08-020) [Win2k SP4] (945553) |
| (MS08-003) [Win2k Serv. SP4] (946538) | (MS08-005) [Win2k SP4] (942831) |
| (MS08-001) [Win2k SP4] (941644) | (MS08-002) [Win2k SP4] (943485) |
Windows 2000 Security
Updates - Year 2007
| (MS07-065) [Win2k SP4] (937894) | |
| (MS07-062) [Win2k SP4] (941672) | (MS07-064) [Win2k SP4 w/ DX9c] (941568) |
| (MS07-055) [Win2k SP4] (923810) | (MS07-058) [Win2k SP4] (933729) |
| (MS07-046) replaced by MS08-021 | (MS07-051) [Win2k SP4] (938827) |
| (MS07-039) replaced by MS08-003 | (MS07-043) replaced by MS08-008 |
| (MS07-031) [Win2k SP4] (935840) | (MS07-035) [Win2k SP4] (935839) |
| (MS07-022) [Win2k SP4] (931784) | (MS07-029) replaced by MS07-062 |
| <> (MS07-017) [Win2k SP4] (925902) | <> (MS07-021) [Win2k SP4] (930178) |
| (MS07-012) [Win2k SP4] (924667) | (MS07-013) [Win2k SP4] (918118) |
| (MS07-008) [Win2k SP4] (928843) | (MS07-011) [Win2k SP4] (926436) |
Windows 2000 Security
Updates - Year 2006
| (MS06-070) [Win2k SP4] (924270) | (MS06-074) [Win2k SP4] (926247) |
| (MS06-066) [Win2k SP4] (923980) | (MS06-068) [Win2k SP4] (920213) |
| (MS06-057) [Win2k SP4] (923191) | (MS06-063) [Win2k SP4] (923414) |
| (MS06-050) [Win2k SP4] (920670) | (MS06-053) [Win2k SP4] (920685) |
| (MS06-044) [Win2k SP4] (917008) | (MS06-045) [Win2k SP4] (921398) |
| (MS06-036) [Win2k SP4] (914388) | (MS06-041) [Win2k SP4] (920683) |
| (MS06-032) replaced by MS08-001 | (MS06-034) [Win2k SP4] (917537) |
| (MS06-030) [Win2k SP4] (914389) | (MS06-031) replaced by MS07-058 |
| (MS06-018) [Win2k SP4] (913580) | (MS06-025) [Win2k SP4] (911280) ~ |
| (MS06-002) [Win2k SP4] (908519) | (MS06-015) [Win2k SP4] (908531) ~ ^ |
~ this symbol means the security update(s) was revised
Notes:
Download & install these updates in ascending order [from bottom
to top]. If you are paranoid about security, install
of
the updates above. If any patches listed on my page have been revised
& you downloaded an early version, download & install
the
revised version. I recommend installing Gurgelmeyer's Unofficial
Win2000 SP v5.1.2195 pack before installing these latest
security
updates for Win2000. I will only list security updates that were
released in 2006 and later.
Caution:
See the corresponding MS support articles of the affected security updates
that are marked with the <> symbol. For
those
who are using Win2000 SP4 and have installed the revised UR1 pack, see
MS article 891861
for issues with the update
rollup.
Problems were found when installing the Win2000 KB925902 security updates
when using certain printer drivers.
Install
the KB935843
update on top of the KB925902 security update to resolve the problem.
^
Sidenote:
The KB908531 Shell32.dll & Verclsid.exe security updates should be
installed first before applying the newer
shell32.dll
KB921398 patch for Win2000. Also after installing the KB908531 and
newer Win2k shell32.dll security updates
apply
the Shell32.dll registry fixes for Win2000
from the Claydawg web site. See my SHELLFIX
page on issues when installing
the
latest shell32.dll fixes. The latest shell32.dll fixes for WinXP
are included in WinXP SP3.
Windows XP Service
Packs: (for both Professional & Home Editions; recent SPs only)
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Notes:
Only install the Windows Service Pack if a newer hotfix or a 3rd party
program requires it in order for your system to work
properly.
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 contains a lot of security updates and upgrades
encryption strength from 56-bit to 128-bit.
Win2k
SP3 & higher also install the Automatic Updates feature similar to
the one featured in Windows ME & XP. Read about the
Automatic
Updates feature at this MS
site. Windows XP Service Pack 3 includes mostly bug fixes but
now includes several new
security
features. WinXP SP3 has been publicly released on May 6 to the Microsoft
Download Center & Windows Update sites.
^
- To download the actual unofficial Win2k SP 5.2.2195.24 refresh pack,
download the .torrent file from the RyanVM Torrents link,
then
open the .torrent file in a BitTorrent Client such as Azureus or uTorrent
(or even Shareaza) and let the BitTorrent Client
program
download the actual service pack.
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Notes:
If you want to play the lates computer games under Win2000 or XP, download
& install the latest DirectX drivers. The MS
Active
Accessibility 2.0 add-on is included in Windows XP but it can also be used
in Windows 2000 with or without any SPs
installed.
The DirectX 9.0c runtime installer requires an internet connection to download
the rest of the DX 9.0c components.
Users
can download the DirectX 9.0c redistributable addon if installing DirectX
9.0c locally or or a network so that you do not
have
to download the components again if re-installing DirectX 9.0c. The
Microsoft Paint program version 5.00.1523.1 for
Windows
NT4 can be used under Win2000, XP & WinServer 2003 as long as you store
the NT4 mspaint.exe file into a
different
folder like the 'Program Files\Accessories' folder; the Win2000 & higher
versions of MSPaint are usually stored in the
System32
folder of the WinNT or Windows folder so do NOT place the NT4 Mspaint.exe
file in the System32 folder. Only version
5.00.1523.1
of MSPaint allows the ability to Load and Save Colors to a Color Palette
(*.pal) file; those options were taken off the
Win2000
& higher versions of Paint. The 'Get Colors' option in Paint
only works if the color depth is set to 65,536 (64k) colors
[High
Color 16-bit] mode or greater, depending on what video card is used.
After installing the MS Paint program, download the
MS
Paint Graphics Filters Pack from Axcel216's web site and follow the instructions
on how to install the graphics filters.
DirectX
9.0c is included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 & 3.
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Notes: Any downloads
for Windows XP are found at the Windows Update site. By default,
Windows XP may be setup to download
system updates automatically
while connected to the Internet. To turn the feature off [if you're
annoyed by it] open the Control
Panel, select the Performance
& Maintenance control panel applet, click on the System button and
in the Automatic Updates
tab, choose the option to
update your computer manually. The 64-bit edition of Windows XP is
bundled/pre-installed only
with new computers that
have Intel Itanium [64-bit] processors [CPUs] and is not sold in retail
boxes. Installing Win2000 SP3
or SP4 adds the automatic
updates feature, but it can be easily disabled.
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Note:
Qfecheck.exe for Win2000/XP is different from the Win9x/ME version of Qfecheck.exe.
They both have the same filename
but they work differently. Do NOT use the Win2k/XP version of qfecheck
under Win9x/ME and vice-versa (the Win9x/ME
version of Qfecheck DOES run under Win2000/XP but will not detect any Win2k
or WinXP updates installed). The
Windows 2000 & Windows XP versions of Qfecheck.exe are not included
in Win2k & WinXP Service Packs. Be aware
that there are separate versions of Qfecheck for certain versions of Windows.
Support articles no longer have the letter Q
before the article number. There is a recent issue when using earlier
versions of QChain.exe to install patches mentioned
in MS KB article
815062.
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