Get Windows Update Working on Old Windows Versions! - Legacy Update Demo

In today's video, we're going to check out Legacy Update: a project that allows you to get Windows Update working again on old releases of Windows!



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[MichaelMJD]

Just wanted to let you all know that I heard from the developer of Legacy Update! He is working on a patch to fix the crashing when you select SP3 from the installer's components list.

[ShaknunicPT-BR]

Just to clarify to your audience because I love your videos about these old machines... Legacy update not only update your Windows, but your Office package as well, including also the newest release for most drivers you got in the machine as well like Graphics card driver for example.... Also it detects which Windows language you are using and redirect to specific updates for that language, this is where Legacy Update shines.

[CoreyDeWalt]

I've been hoping something like this would be made. Very exciting to me! Would be cool if they could add support for windows 9x.

[CoTeCiOtm]

Dude, I just recently revived an old Windows Vista laptop I have and I was so bummed I couldn't get updates, and now I ran into this! This stuff is a life saver! Thank you for showing this to us!

[MarcoGPUtuber]

This is great! Now I can finally be protected against the blaster worm!

[meligarcia]

The Vista part of this will be INSANELY helpful for me! Whenever I install Vista on a VM I have to get some updates from the catalog beforehand because otherwise it just won't stop checking for updates.

[jwoolery]

Been utilizing this lately to restore a bunch of XP-related machines. I used to use a self-hosted WSUS server myself with all the XP updates that I needed, and while I still think it’s a faster way of doing updates since it’s self-hosted, the convenience of this utility shouldn’t be understated. It’s a great effort to restore this once-lost feature and I hope it only gets better over time (i.e, Windows 9x/NT4 updates?)

[Karcade]

Such an amazing feat to have the option to further support older machines with real updates :) Long Live Older Windows <3

[mrnapolean]

Ive done so many updates on XP back in 2010-2011 for the3 repair shop I worked for. This was a nostalgia trip for me. Thanks!

[mattelder]

Wow, this is a Godsend!! I work at a thrift store and am constantly restoring old computers. I usually try to put the original OS on them, but when doing XP and Vista, I've never been able to update them before selling them. Now I can!!! Awesome. Testing it out now on my XP and Vista computers at home right now.

[zariy]

Thanks Michael to put time and tons of effort into your videos ! I always love them

[NoahClevinger]

Such a good feeling when you get to kick back, relax, and enjoy a brand new Michael MJD video!

[stephensalex]

I'm a huge collector and user of legacy operating systems, so this looks extremely helpful. I haven't heard of this until today, so thank you for the video, Michael. Much appreciated!

[mIRChele]

I recently used this to get Xp up to date on a vintage notebook I have and it works really well. Unfortunately there is an update that terribly slows down the startup of the pc, when the start menu bar loads but you can't click on it for a full minute. I remember I had the same problem even when windows update was still online with every xp pc I had, so the original experience is flawless lol. If I had some more time I would have installed the updates one by one until finding the culprit

[shaneeslick]

PS Michael,
WOOHOO! SUCCESS!
Many thanks again for the Instruction Video plus link & HUGE THANK YOU to the LegacyUpdate group

[Repeatingpower]

Nice! I have that same exact laptop and am tri-booting windows XP, Vista, and 7. Good to know I can update Vista and XP.

[Wish]

It’s my birthday today! :) Glad to see a Michael MJD video on this special day

[HorsepowerGarageVideos]

I wish I found this video a year ago, I just installed vista and got updates working the hard way a few days ago then I found this video while trying to update a fresh install of XP and legacy update made my life so much easier.

[trulyirrelevant]

The other way that I’ve been doing is there’s a version of XP on the internet archive call “Service Pack 4” and it houses the latest versions of software (well at least for xp) like web browsers, hardware checking, etc. aswell as all the core security update and XP updates. Takes like a billion years to actually install but it works.

[RevilleAJ]

a thing to note is that you must download it on the system that you want to use it on. despite the .exe being universal and exactly the same afaik, dragging it in from a windows 10 host to an xp vm caused it to not work, but downloading the .exe directly from xp with mypal made it work. not sure what causes that, took a bit of trial and error until it happened