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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.
Also, as of year 2016, Microsoft has removed many of the
security updates for Win2000 & XP
from the MS Download Center and can only be obtained from the
MS Update Catalog site. I
will gradually update the links to the Win2000/XP security
updates which will point to the Microsoft
Update Catalog site instead of the Microsoft Download Center
site. In early 2017, I have gradually
updated the links to the Win2003 Server updates which many of
them are found on the Microsoft
Update
Catalog site instead of the MS Download Center site.
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
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
ended
extended support for Windows XP Service Pack 3 on April 8,
2014 as noted on their
support
page (except for
the
Embedded
& POSReady [Point-Of-Sale Ready] versions of Windows XP
which have different support cut-off dates).
And
Microsoft
ended extended support for all editions of Windows Server
2003 on July 14, 2015 as noted here
and here.
Note: No specific updates for
the Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 version will be listed
here, even though there are
ways to install them with an available registry hack that
will allow installing POSReady 2009 updates on WinXP SP3.
| (MS19-MAY) [WinXP]
(4500331)
(4500705) |
(MS19-MAY) [WS2003] (4500331) (4500705) |
| [WinXP > fix5, fix6 & fix7] (MS Sec Adv 4025687) | [WS2003 > fix5, fix6 & fix7] (MS Sec Adv 4025687) |
| [WinXP > fix1,
fix2,
fix3,
fix4]
(MS
Sec Adv 4025687) |
[WS2003 > fix1, fix2, fix3, fix4] (MS Sec Adv 4025687) |
| (MS17-010)
[WinXP]
[WS2003]
(4012598) |
(MS17-013) [WinXP] [WS2003] (4012583) |
| (MS15-077) [WS2003] (3077657) | * |
| (MS15-075) [WS2003] (3072633) | (MS15-076) [WS2003] (3067505) |
| (MS15-073) [WS2003] (3070102) | (MS15-074) [WS2003 & MSI 4.5] (3072630) ^ |
| (MS15-071) [WS2003] (3068457) | (MS15-072) [WS2003] (3069392) |
| <> (MS15-044 & MS15-051) [WS2003] (3045171) | (MS15-069) [WS2003] (3067903) |
| (MS15-024) [WS2003] (3035132) | (MS15-038) [WS2003 > fix 1 & fix 2] (3049576) |
| (MS15-016) [WS2003] (3029944) | <> (MS15-020) [WS2003 > fix 1 & fix 2] (3041836) |
| (MS15-010) [WS2003 > fix 2 & fix 3] (3036220) | (MS15-014) [WS2003] (3004361) |
| (MS15-007) [WS2003] (3014029) | (MS15-008) [WS2003] (3019215) |
| (MS15-002) [WS2003] (3020393) | (MS15-003) [WS2003] (3021674) |
Windows XP
& Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2014
| (MS14-078) [WS2003] (2991963) | (MS14-085) [WS2003] (3013126) |
| (MS14-068) [WS2003] (3011780) | (MS14-070) [WS2003] (2989935) |
| (MS14-063) [WS2003] (2998579) | <> (MS14-064) [WS2003] (3006226) |
| (MS14-045) [WS2003] (2993651) | (MS14-062) [WS2003] (2993254) |
| (MS14-036) [WS2003 > patch 1 & patch 2] (2967487) | (MS14-040) [WS2003] (2961072) |
| (MS14-019) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2922229) | (MS14-027) [WS2003] (2926765) |
| (MS14-015) [WinXP] (2930275) | (MS14-016) [WinXP] [WS2003 - AD & ADAM] (2934418) |
| (MS14-002) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2914368) | (MS14-013) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2929961) |
Windows XP
& Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2013
| (MS13-098) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2893294) | (MS13-102) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2898715) |
| (MS13-090) [WinXP] [WS2003] AKB (2900986) | (MS13-095) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2868626) |
| (MS13-083) [WS2003] (2864058) | (MS13-089) [WinXP] (2876331) |
| (MS13-081) [WS2003 > patch 2, patch 3] (2870008) | (MS13-081) [WS2003 > patch 4 & patch 6] (2870008) |
| (MS13-081) [WinXP > patch 1, patch 2, patch 3] (2870008) | (MS13-081) [WinXP > patch 4 & patch 6] (2870008) |
| (MS13-070) [WinXP] (2876217) | (MS13-071) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2864063) |
| (MS13-060) [WinXP] (2850869) | (MS13-063) [WinXP] (2859537) |
| (MS13-033) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2820917) | (MS13-054) [WinXP > GDI+ & Journal {TPE}] [WS2003 > GDI+] (2848295) |
| (MS13-027) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2807986) | (MS13-029) [WXP - RDP 6.1 & RDP 7.0 - V2] [WS2k3 & RDP 6.1] (2828223) |
| (MS13-011) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2780091) | (MS13-020) [WinXP] (2802968) |
Windows XP
& Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2012
| (MS12-082) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2770660) | * |
| (MS12-054) [WS2003 > patch 1 (V2) & patch 2] (2733594) | (MS12-072) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2727528) |
| (MS12-053) [WinXP - V2] (2723135) | (MS12-054) [WinXP > patch 1 (V2) & patch 2] (2733594) |
| (MS12-048) [WinXP] (2691442) | (MS12-049) [WinXP] (2655992) |
| <> (MS12-034) [WS2003 > patch 3] (2681578) ^ | (MS12-036) [WS2003] (2685939) |
| <> (MS12-034) [WinXP TPE] (2660649) | <> (MS12-034) [WinXP > patch 3] (2681578) ^ |
| (MS12-017) [WS2003] (2647170) | (MS12-024) [Wintrust.dll > WinXP / WS2003] (2653956) |
| (MS12-006) [WinXP] [WS2003 - WinHTTP] (2643584) | (MS12-014) [WinXP] (2661637) |
| (MS12-004) [WS2003 - DShow & WML] (2636391) | (MS12-005) [WinXP] (2584146) |
| (MS12-002) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2603381) | (MS12-004) [WinXP - DShow & WML] (2636391) |
Windows XP
& Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2011
| (MS11-092) [WinXP] [WinXP MCE] (2648048) | (MS11-097) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2620712) |
| (MS11-075) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2564958) | (MS11-080) [WinXP] (2592799) |
| (MS11-070) [WS2003] (2571621) | (MS11-071) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2570947) |
| (MS11-056) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2507938) | (MS11-062) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2566454) |
| (MS11-043) [WinXP] [WS2003] V2 (2536276) ~ | (MS11-051) [WS2003] (2518295) |
| (MS11-037) [WinXP] [WS2003] V2 (2544893) ~ | (MS11-042) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2535512) |
| (MS11-030) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2509553) | (MS11-033) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2485663) |
| (MS11-024) [WXP - Patch 1 & Patch 2] (2527308) <> | (MS11-024) [WS2003 - Patch 1 & Patch 2] (2527308) <> |
| (MS11-017) [WXP & RDP 6.x] [WS2k3 & RDP 6.x] (2508062) | (MS11-020) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2508429) |
| (MS11-014) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2478960) | (MS11-015) [WinXP] [WinXP MCE] (2510030) |
| (MS11-011) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2393802) | (MS11-013) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2478971) |
| (MS11-005) [WS2003] (2478953) | (MS11-006) [WinXP] [WS2003] (2483185) |
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
| (MS08-068) [Win2k] (957097) | (MS08-071) [Win2k] (956802) |
| (MS08-065) [Win2k] (951071) | (MS08-067) [Win2k] (958644) |
| (MS08-049) [Win2k] [WinXP] [WS2003] (950974) | (MS08-062) [Win2k] [WinXP] [WS2003] (953155) |
| (MS08-037)
[Win2k
- V2] (951748)
~ |
(MS08-046) [Win2k] [WinXP] [WS2003] (952954) |
| (MS08-030) [WinXP - V2] (951376) ~ | (MS08-036) [WinXP] [WS2003] (950762) |
| (MS08-008) [Win2k] (943055) | (MS08-020) [Win2k] (945553) |
| (MS08-002) [Win2k] (943485) | (MS08-005) [Win2k] [WS2003] (942831) |
Windows
2000 & Server 2003 Security Updates - Year 2007
| (MS07-062) [Win2k] (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] V2 (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.
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
MS13-031
and/or
the
MS13-063 or higher "kernel" security updates. The
MS15-074 security update for Win2003 SP2 requires the
Windows
Installer
[MSI] 4.5 addon from KB942288
be installed first.
| 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 either 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.
<>
-
The unofficial Kernel32 BM Extension for Win2000 patches add
functions from XP that may allow modern programs requiring
WinXP
SP2
or higher to run on Win2000 SP4 but use with caution.
|
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/2003 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 9xME
version
of Qfecheck DOES run under Win2000/XP/2003 but will not
detect any Win2k, XP or 2003 updates installed). The
Windows
2000, XP & 2003 versions of Qfecheck.exe are not
included in any Service Packs for those OSes. 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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