i just found out that on a bare install of windows 2000 regardless of service pack version, using wuaueng.dll version (7.6.7600.256) whether patched or not will NOT work unless you install kb835732. (automatic updates service will crash causing the svchost generated errors message when checking for updates and wuaueng would stop working) this is for those wanting to try windows 2000. make sure you install this security update if you want to update windows 2000 via proxhttpsproxy. if you have vmware, you prob already had this installed along with vmware tools.
Urrr... Anyone can tell me how you get succeed in restoring WU of those Windows older than XP SP3 x86? I just got stuck at the end of wu_ngnix in XP SP2 x86. In detail thanks!
This update was superseded by Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB891861), why not install that one instead?
because you can install this update for windows 2000 sp3 and windows 2000 sp4 incase you want to update windows 2000 in those versions. (update rollup 1 seems to be only for windows 2000 sp4) plus i recall the update rollup 1 breaks something with how windows 2000 deals with multicore cpus, so it might be best to avoid it. also, why is it better to install the update rollup 1 which contains updates that we prob dont need for windows update to work instead of just installing this specific update?
Well even before Windows Update was shut down, Windows 2000 required updates to get Windows Update to work. Those were, IE6, Update Rollup 1, Root Certificate Update, Windows Update Agent 7.4, and KB2817183.
i only installed ie6 rtm, the root certificate update, windows update agent 7.4, installed kb835732, replaced wuaueng.dll with patched version and used the proxy to get windows 2000 sp3 working. same goes for windows 2000 sp4. what does kb2817183 fix to get windows update working?
I believe that update is from 2013, supposed to be for companies only. This was supposedly the key to get Windows Update working again natively in 2020 and before. I don't have any idea what it fixes but people had to install this update or it would not work.
it seems like im saying some false things about this. its been said that the windows update agent came with vista. it never existed back then in 2001 according to wikipedia and when you look at wuaueng in xp sp0 with no updates, it says windows update auto update engine. you may say it looks like an old version but you are still talking about the same windows update website used for xp sp3. i've corrected past comments if you want to see.
For those who don't know, we are trying to resurrect Windows Update v4 via archive.org files, since the original files have been deleted from the server. I have a localhost server running on IIS 5.1 with asp.net installed. It works fine, until it gets stuck at checking for the latest updates for this computer after installing the Windows Update v4 web control.
You need to go go HKLM\System\Setup and change CMDLine key to "cmd /c [path to your script without the brackets]" then change SystemSetupInProgress to 1 and SetupType to 2, and after you reboot Windows will think it's in OOBE but it will run your script