Hello.
This is too all who currently maintain update packs for XP. What I want to ask is if you will be stopping development as MS will stop fixing in a sense Windows XP and move onto Windows 7? Or will you stop altogether and pass the torch onto others?
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There aren't "update packs" for Vista and later because how updates are added to the OS has been changed so they are no longer appropriate. Now instead, there are various tools available, such as Win Toolkit and the ones that Rick listed above, that can help you add updates, addons and tweaks, to your offline images just like RVMi and nLite do. Some of the tools, such as KUC, can also act on installed live OS as well. WPI and similar tools can be used of course for switchless installers or you can use portable apps. So you will not have to just use MU / WU unless you just want to.
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OK. Thank you for the info, I might try that once support for XP has vanished.bphlpt wrote:There aren't "update packs" for Vista and later because how updates are added to the OS has been changed so they are no longer appropriate. Now instead, there are various tools available, such as Win Toolkit and the ones that Rick listed above, that can help you add updates, addons and tweaks, to your offline images just like RVMi and nLite do. Some of the tools, such as KUC, can also act on installed live OS as well. WPI and similar tools can be used of course for switchless installers or you can use portable apps. So you will not have to just use MU / WU unless you just want to.
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5eraph, everything I have seen so far is talking about XP support ending in April. I see not distinction between x64 and x86. If what you say is the case, I guess upgrading to x64 would be an alternative for any diehards no?5eraph wrote:XPx64 has 17 months yet. I plan to add Win2003 updates until its end of life in July 2015. After that, who knows what will happen?
The only thing I've seen is that "Microsoft extends XP anti-malware support until July 2015".
Al
XP x64 RTM was created from the Win2003 x64 SP1 codebase. They share the same Service Pack 2 package.
Updates for Win2003 will be added to my update pack until it reaches its end of life on 2015/07/14.
They also share high priority update packages, as the file naming convention suggests:Microsoft wrote:System Requirements
Supported Operating System
Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions, Windows Server 2003 x64 editions, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB914961-SP2-x64-ENU.exe
WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB2914368-x64-ENU.exe
Updates for Win2003 will be added to my update pack until it reaches its end of life on 2015/07/14.
JorgeA linked a couple articles on MSFN that help to answer that question better than I can. Moving to XP x64 provides easier access to high priority updates past XP's EoL. But that shouldn't be the user's only consideration when choosing an operating system.adric wrote:I guess upgrading to x64 would be an alternative for any diehards no?