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NOTE:
Due to a very large number of security updates being released for Windows
2000, XP & 2003,
the security updates listed here are grouped by each year they were released.
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 almost
all system updates from your system
if they cause more problems than they fix.
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)]
Windows Server 2003 is Windows NT 5.2 version 5.20.3790 [Win2003, WS2003
or W2k3 for short]
NT - New Technology or Network, Windows XP is also known as Windows 2002,
TPE - Tablet PC Edition,
MCE - Media Center Edition, SP - Service Pack, Cli. = Client, Serv. = Server,
Pro. = Professional
IIS = Internet Information Server, ADAM = Active Directory Application
Mode, RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol
[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/2003 updates, be sure to 'activate' your copy
of either Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.
Microsoft
announced at this page
that support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 ended on July 13, 2010.
WinXP users must
upgrade
to Service Pack 3 after 7/13/2010 to get full support from Microsoft and
to install the newest XP security updates.
Also
announced on this page
is that Extended Support for Windows 2000 Professional Edition ended on
July 13, 2010. And
mentioned
on this page is
that Extended Support for Windows 2000 Server Editions ended on July 13,
2010. Also, MS
will be ending extended support for Windows XP Service Pack 3 on April
8, 2014.
| * (MS13-033) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2820917) | * (MS13-036) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2808735) |
| * (MS13-031) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2813170) | * (MS13-032) [WinXP] [WS2003 - AD & ADAM] (2830914) |
| (MS13-027) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2807986) | * (MS13-029) [WXP - RDP 6.1 & RDP 7.0] [WS2k3 & RDP 6.1] (2828223) |
| (MS13-017) [replaced by MS13-031] | (MS13-020) [WinXP] (2802968) |
| (MS13-011) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2780091) | (MS13-016) [replaced by MS13-016] |
Windows XP &
Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2012
| (MS12-081) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2758857) | (MS12-082) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2770660) |
| (MS12-072) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2727528) | (MS12-078) [WinXP] [WS2003] V2 (2753842) |
| (MS12-054) [WinXP > patch 1 (V2) & patch 2] (2733594) | (MS12-054) [WS2003 > patch 1 (V2) & patch 2] (2733594) |
| (MS12-049) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2655992) | (MS12-053) [WinXP - V2] (2723135) |
| (MS12-036) [WS2003] (2685939) | (MS12-048) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2691442) |
| <> (MS12-034) [WinXP - fix 1 & fix 3] (2681578) ^ | <> (MS12-034) [WS2k3 - fix 1 & fix 3] (2681578) ^ |
| (MS12-024) [Wintrust.dll > WinXP / WS2003] (2653956) | <> (MS12-034) [WinXP TPE] (2660649) |
| (MS12-014) [WinXP] (2661637) | (MS12-017) [WS2003] (2647170) |
| (MS12-006) [WinXP] [WS2003 - WinHTTP] (2643584) | (MS12-009) [WS2003] (2645640) |
| (MS12-004) [WS2003 - DShow & WML] (2636391) | (MS12-005) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2584146) |
| (MS12-003) [replaced by MS13-033] | (MS12-004) [WinXP - DShow & WML] (2636391) |
| (MS12-001) [WS2003] (2644615) | (MS12-002) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2603381) |
Windows XP &
Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2011
Windows 2000,
XP & Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2010
Windows 2000,
XP & Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2009
Windows 2000,
XP & Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2008
| (MS08-071) [Win2k] [WinXP] [WS2003] (956802) | * |
| (MS08-067) [Win2k] (958644) | (MS08-068) [Win2k] (957097) |
| (MS08-062) [Win2k] [WinXP] [WS2003] (953155) | (MS08-065) [Win2k] (951071) |
| (MS08-046) [Win2k] [WinXP] [WS2003] (952954) | (MS08-049) [Win2k] [WinXP] [WS2003] (950974) |
| (MS08-036) [WinXP] [WS2003] (950762) | (MS08-037) [Win2k - V2] (951748) ~ |
| (MS08-020) [Win2k] (945553) | (MS08-030) [WinXP - V2] (951376) ~ |
| (MS08-007) [WS2003] (946026) | (MS08-008) [Win2k] (943055) |
| (MS08-002) [Win2k] (943485) | (MS08-005) [Win2k] [WS2003] (942831) |
Windows 2000 &
Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2007
| (MS07-062) [Win2k] [WS2003] (941672) | (MS07-067) [WS2003] (944653) |
| (MS07-053) [WS2003] (939778) | (MS07-055) [Win2k] [WS2003] (923810) |
| (MS07-035) [Win2k] (935839) | (MS07-051) [Win2k] (938827) |
| <> (MS07-017) [Win2k] [WS2003] (925902) | (MS07-020) [WS2003] (932168) |
| (MS07-012) [Win2k] (924667) | (MS07-013) [Win2k] (918118) |
| (MS07-008) [Win2k] (928843) | (MS07-011) [Win2k] (926436) |
Windows 2000 Security
Updates - Year 2006
| (MS06-070) [Win2k] (924270) | (MS06-074) [Win2k] (926247) |
| (MS06-066) [Win2k] (923980) | (MS06-068) [Win2k] (920213) |
| (MS06-050) [Win2k] (920670) | (MS06-057) [Win2k] (923191) |
| (MS06-041) [Win2k] (920683) | (MS06-044) [Win2k] (917008) |
| (MS06-034) [Win2k] (917537) | (MS06-036) [Win2k] (914388) |
| (MS06-015) [Win2k] (908531) ~ ^ | (MS06-018) [Win2k] (913580) |
~ 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 either the Win2000 SP4 KB891861
Update Rollup 1 or Gurgelmeyer's Unofficial Win2k
SP
v5.1.2195.24 pack before installing these latest security updates for Win2000.
I will only list security updates that were
released
in 2006 and later. A list of unofficial Win2000 security patches
released beyond July 2010 are mentioned in this
MSFN.org
forum topic and at this
unofficial Win2000 SP4 updates page.
Caution:
See the corresponding MS support articles of the affected security updates
that are marked with the <> symbol.
^
Sidenote:
The Win2k KB908531 Shell32.dll & Verclsid.exe security update should
be installed first before applying the newer
shell32.dll
KB967715 update 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 SHLFIX2K
page on issues when installing
the
latest shell32.dll fixes. The latest shell32.dll fixes for WinXP/WS2003
are included in the KB955704, KB971029 and
the
recent shell32.dll security updates. The MS09-059 security update
for WinXP SP3 & Win2003 SP2 requires the KB968389
update
installed first. KB2676562 (aka. "fix 2" of MS12-034) is no longer
listed here as it's replaced by installing the MS12-042
and/or
the MS12-068 or MS13-017 "kernel" security updates.
| Windows Server
2003 Service Packs: (for all 32bit editions; recent SP only)
|
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 & SP4 also install the Automatic Updates feature similar to the
one featured in Windows XP, 2003 & higher. Windows
XP
Service Pack 3 includes mostly bug fixes but now includes several new security
features.
<>
Caution: Read MS article 950717
for the steps to take before installing WinXP SP3. You can NOT install
WinXP SP3 on
the
original release version of WinXP, so install WinXP SP1 or SP2 first before
installing SP3. However, you CAN "slipstream"
SP3
onto the original release of WinXP and make a CD that contains WinXP already
integrated with SP3. See MS article 914961
on
any issues with Windows Server 2003 SP2. If you are installing Win2003
SP2 on the Small Business Server editions of Windows
Server
2003, see MS article 932600
on any problems when installing SP2.
|
Notes:
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 and
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. The KB891861 Update Rollup
for Win2k SP4 is not needed if the unofficial
Win2000
SP 5.x package is already installed.
~
Sidenote: The DirectX June 2010 Redist. download no longer includes DirectX
components for Windows 2000. Plus the DX
Setup
file from the June 2010 redist. download (dxsetup.exe) does not work under
Win2000. Therefore, Win2k users must
download
the DirectX Feb. 2010 Redist. download instead and run the dxsetup.exe
file from the Feb. 2010 redist. download to
install
DX9 and other DX components under Win2000.
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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; if you are using WinXP with either SP2 or
SP3 installed, the Security
Center feature will display
some annoying pop-up messages that Automatic Updates was turned off, so
open up Security Center,
click on "Change the way
Security Center alerts me" link to bring up the Alert Settings dialog box,
uncheck the checbox next to
Automatic Updates.
Then click OK to save changes and close the Security Center window and
Security Center will no longer
display popup messages that
Automatic Updates was disabled. Installing Win2000 SP3 or SP4 adds
the automatic updates
feature, but it can be easily
disabled.
|
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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