are repairing automatic updates for
windows vista
i'm very pleased to bring you this
tutorial as you can see here
this test system has windows updates
that were found
through the windows update feature in
windows vista
and it's the year 2021.
it's still possible to get automatic
updates for windows vista
and this is how the test system we are
using has windows vista home premium
with service pack 2
installed this is a clean installation
no
updates have been done manually and no
settings have been changed
for this project we will need a
functional browser i have pale moon
installed and ready to go to get started
we need to open a browser
and download the windows update agent
version 7.6
while that is installing i make this cd
image that contains all the necessary
files to repair automatic updates for
windows vista
the files are numbered in the order they
need to be installed both 32 and 64-bit
versions are included
for early access you can grab a copy of
the cd image from my patreon page
next up we need to install visual c plus
redistributable
2012. however i like to use this
all-in-one installer that will install
all the supported versions for the
operating system
what we get is a compressed file that
contains the installer package for each
version
and a batch file that does all the work
in installing them in the correct order
the entire process does take several
minutes to complete
now we need to download a patched
version of php
from this website that's not entirely in
english
the download is a compressed file that
we need to extract to a folder on the
desktop
then we need to grab this collection of
batch files from here
which we will also extract to a folder
on the desktop
we will need internet explorer 9 which
we can get from the microsoft update
catalog
the easy way to find it is by sorting
the list by size
largest to smallest in this case we are
working with the 64-bit version of vista
the download is second from the top the
rest are language packs
if you are working with the 32-bit
version of vista the download is at the
bottom of the list
during the installation it may complain
that an update is missing
click the get update button this will
take us to an article talking about the
prerequisites for internet explorer 9.
scroll down the page to some links to kb
articles
as service pack 2 is already installed
we can continue to the next patch
both are available from the microsoft
update catalog
from here there are a few more patches
that need to be installed manually
collectively they fix a separate issue
where the check for updates takes a
really long time to complete
we can grab the links to those patches
from the video description here
in testing i did need to install this
internet explorer 9
update that is listed as optional
also a reboot is required after each
update is installed
so patience is needed
finally we get to actually check for
updates
start by opening that folder where we
put the collection of batch files
first run add wsus
once this completes we can run run wsus
this command prompt window needs to stay
open
if you get a prompt from windows
firewall click unblock
on the dialog box
now to open windows update to check for
updates
fantastic we have over 9 000
updates that need to be installed
that's it we've successfully repaired
automatic updates for windows vista