"We have mentioned Legacy Update a few times, such as when we wrote about running Windows XP in 2023 and how to keep Windows 7 running. It's essentially an independent third-party recreation of Microsoft's old Windows Update website, which just like the original analyzes your copy of Windows, finds what available updates (and Microsoft-supported device drivers) are applicable, downloads them, and installs them for you."
"A little further down the page, it adds: The latest update earlier this month improves the Legacy Update Microsoft Download Center Archive. This is a collection of files that Microsoft formerly offered for Windows, brought together from multiple sources including the Archive Team's MDC project, along with the Internet Archive. Back in 2020, Microsoft suddenly removed all old SHA-1 signed files with only a few days' warning."
Legacy Update recreates Microsoft's Windows Update functionality for unsupported and legacy Windows releases. The service scans a system, identifies applicable updates and Microsoft-supported device drivers, downloads them, and installs them automatically. Compatibility covers Windows 2000 through Windows 11, equivalent Server releases, all editions, and 32-bit, 64-bit, and Itanium processors. The recent update expanded the Microsoft Download Center archive with files gathered from multiple sources, including the Archive Team's MDC project and the Internet Archive. The archive restores files that Microsoft removed in 2020 and includes legacy items such as Office 2003 service packs and XP Mode.
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