AutoPatcher 2000 October 2004

[Caledai]

Hi, just wondering if there is any update on this?

Also, will the new release be based upon the 4.x or 5.x engine?

Thanks.

[akaladis Veteran]

5.x or even 6.x. We'll see.

[+theblazingangel MVC]

Hi, just wondering if there is any update on this?

Also, will the new release be based upon the 4.x or 5.x engine?

Thanks.

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just a random guess but id say ive done ~65% of the work.

once ive finished going through the database of info ive got, which shouldnt take too much longer, i think it should be at ~80%.

and as raptor said itll be based on AP 5.x or 6.x

[+theblazingangel MVC]

just a random guess but id say ive done ~65% of the work.

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make that ~75% now :)

in a few days time in hoping to be at ~90%.

[+theblazingangel MVC]

not exactly a fews days as id hoped, but now at ~85% with about 105 totally complete modules (not including parents)

not long to go now :) ....

[Angel Blue01]

So it should be available soon?

I'm autopatching a computer this week (user needs it back).

[Keldyn]

Any closer to completion? I'm looking to deploy this at work so some news would be great. :)

[+theblazingangel MVC]

just testing and minor changes, then a release

itll be out very soon now

im not sure if the main server is up yet though, so if anyone's prepaired to host, please email me (theblazingangel 'at' aol.com).

when its done ill contact you all and then somehow get it uploaded to the first server, get it spread to the other servers via that one, and then post the public links in a new thread.

[Keldyn]

Thanks. I look forward to the release!

[caesar]

About 2 months have passed and to be onest I didn't thinked something will change. That's sad, to see that the project dies.. Oh well, ce la vie!

[Caledai]

About 2 months have passed and to be onest I didn't thinked something will change. That's sad, to see that the project dies.. Oh well, ce la vie!

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WTF????? U even read the last 5 posts above yours?

[+theblazingangel MVC]

About 2 months have passed and to be onest I didn't thinked something will change. That's sad, to see that the project dies.. Oh well, ce la vie!

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hey, its taken a long time to get here buts its almost ready

i was up till 5.15am last night doing extensive testing to find which modules were giving me the error messages i was getting.

That works out to around 12 hours straight i was working not including breaks!! and ive just now had 7 1/2 hours sleep before im up again to get back on with it in a little while.

As soon as ive sorted a few things out, and ive got some mirrors, itll be here

dont worry its far from dead :)

[+theblazingangel MVC]

Status:

I have about 2 errors to fix, once there done, encrypting, packing, uploading to mirrors, and released to public!

The errors and lack of mirrors is all thats holding me back.

Can anyone willing to be a mirror to the 2K release please email me - TheBlazingAngel 'at' aol.com

Just so you know:

Full Pack will be ~210MB

Lite ~160MB

Translators Pack ~20MB (complete guess that one)

[Keldyn]

Come on people. Some of you must have some bandwidth to offer up?

*anxiously awaiting release.*

[akaladis Veteran]

I must say, good job Blaze! Btw, are the "2 errors" the ones you described in your e-mail?

[+theblazingangel MVC]

I must say, good job Blaze! Btw, are the "2 errors" the ones you described in your e-mail?

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Just so everyone else knows (answered raptor in IM)...

One of them was, the other is to do with failed dll's or something

im currently narrowing it down to find out which module it was.

Come on people. Some of you must have some bandwidth to offer up?

*anxiously awaiting release.*

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:)

ill try and contact the current mirrors, or ask raptor to when ive fixed this last error im getting and have packaged it all up.

Ive already got the forum posts pre-written in txt files :cool:

Edited May 25, 2005 by TheBlazingAngel

[RedSiege]

TheBlazingAngel,

A couple quick questions for you. Will the modules for the new 2000 version be compatible with the XP version? What I'm really hoping for is that the latest versions of Autopatcher 2000 and XP could be thrown together in the same directory. This would really simplify my situation as I deal with both 2000 and XP machines at work. Would it be as simple as throwing the modules from the upcoming 2000 version into the same directory as the XP modules, or am I getting my hopes up?

I only started using version 5 a few days ago, but I am extremely excited about this new release for 2000! One of the most useful programs I have stumbled upon in quite some time. Keep up the good work!

[+theblazingangel MVC]

^^

im making it as compatible as possible

however, currently it wont be as simple as dropping one on top of another...

Some modules included are also in the XP release, but are not in the same \modules sub-folders (im using AP 5.1). Mainly due to having a 'Windows - Updated Components' section in the 2K release.

Throwing them together would result in having multiple copies of modules using the exact same name and they would cause AP to crash.

If its ok with raptor, ive got a small list of things to do to the XP release when im done with this one. Making sure there 100% compatible will be the main aim.

Currently to be compatible, after merging them together, you would have to go through the \modules folder & subfolders and remove the multiple copies.

I recommend keeping the copy from the 2K release because ive made some slight improvements to some modules from the XP release.

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Status: narrowing down search for conflicting updates to solve the last error message...

[RedSiege]

Thanks for the info Blaze. I guess for now I'll have an autorun vbscript on my cds to determine the OS and then launch the appropriate AutoPatcher.

Two last questions: On a Win2k SP4 machine with no post-SP4 critical updates , will AP require a reboot during the installation of all the criticals, or will all of these updates be successfully installed in one boot cycle?

Also, am I correct in assuming that if I'm running AP in unattended mode and that if I take everything out of the module sub-directories (recommended updates, addons, tweaks) except the critical updates, AP will only run the criticals and not have any problems?

Thanks!

Edited May 28, 2005 by RedSiege

[+theblazingangel MVC]

argh, my reply just dis-appeared into thin air when i pressed send, wierd :wacko:

lets try again, hopefully the other one doesnt turn up...

1) ok, but removing the few duplicate files isnt that big a deal.

2) itll require 2 boot cycles.

first will install most items, even including IE6SP1

on the second a few more updates will be available because Ie6SP1 has been installed.

3) incorrect...

The 'selected by default' module setting determins whether a module is checked to install by default.

Running in unattended mode will install all modules that have this setting checked.

To customise your selection, you can delete any modules you dont want, and edit the setting in modules you want to keep by using the module editor in the \tools folder.

4) I strongly recommend you dont ignore the recommended updates, and updated components (a new section in the upcomming 2K release).

The recommended updates and updated components are vital to keeping a stable and secure system.

Critical updates are only labeled as such because they pose a major threat to security, but other updates are still very important.

[RedSiege]

I stand corrected once again, heh. Thanks for the quick replies Blaze.

2) itll require 2 boot cycles.

first will install most items, even including IE6SP1

on the second a few more updates will be available because Ie6SP1 has been installed.

So does this mean that if IE6SP1 is already installed only 1 reboot is necessary? Also, is it possible to add an option to let AP run automatically at the next logon so that it can finish patching IE? I think that would be a cool feature. If not, I'm sure I could whip up a little script to do that for me.

[+theblazingangel MVC]

^^

yep, if IE6SP1 is pre installed, only one boot cycle will be necessary.

you could chuck AP in your start>programs>startup folder with the unattended switch, and it'll install the remaining updates.

However youd have to first configure the default selections, as i mentioned in reply to you in another thread, so that items you dont want are not installed.

(remember items you already have installed will be automatically de-selected, no matter what the 'selected by default' option is set to. so dont worry about items installed on the first boot cycle being installed again!).

[RedSiege]

Once again, thanks for the info Blaze. I think for my purposes I'll write a little segment of vbscript that checks if IE6SP1 is installed. If it's not, then it will add a string value to the registry for autopatcher to "runonce" unattended. I dislike that legacy StartUp folder :p

I'm one of the computer guys at a local college, and what I'm mainly using AP for is to help make sure our incoming students have all the latest Windows updates before we let them on our network. Last year I had created a CD which we distributed to the students that just had a batch file that ran all the critical updates for their particular OS. My CD didn't bother to check if an update was already installed, so it took quite some time to run on the student computers (oops :p ). Also, I'm sure I messed up the command line switches on at least one of the updates. I can only imagine the nightmare you had to go through to get all those blasted updates to install properly, because just figuring that part out took 90% of the total time to create the CD. I found out about AP about a month after I created that CD and have been kicking myself ever since. This time I'm going to do it right. So far with my testing everything has worked flawlessly on the XP side. Once the new 2000 release is out I'll integrate that into the CD as well.

Anyway, how's that last error coming along Blaze?

[+theblazingangel MVC]

Anyway, how's that last error coming along Blaze?

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Ive found the mod thats causing the 13 error messages.

However, its not a problem with the mod itself, its actually conflicting with another mod.

Im using a search algorithm i learnt in college and have so far narrowed down the search for the conflicting mod to 6 possibles.

btw, just so everyone knows how much dedication im putting into this, and so they understand why its taking so long...

- im a perfectionist, so when i start something, i do the best job i can before i finish it.

- ive made a large database of m$ 2K updates and related info, covering over 100 updates.

- ive manually installed every single one of around 120 setup files, one at a time, with a reboot after most, when gathering ETA and reg detection data.

- i have used AP to install every single update one at a time, with reboots after most of them, while bug fixing.

- and if you add up all the reboots and reformats ive done on my test machine, it must add up to at least 200.

:D

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

Ive found the mod thats causing the 13 error messages.

However, its not a problem with the mod itself, its actually conflicting with another mod.

Im using a search algorithm i learnt in college and have so far narrowed down the search for the conflicting mod to 6 possibles.

btw, just so everyone knows how much dedication im putting into this, and so they understand why its taking so long...

- im a perfectionist, so when i start something, i do the best job i can before i finish it.

- ive made a large database of m$ 2K updates and related info, covering over 100 updates.

- ive manually installed every single one of around 120 setup files, one at a time, with a reboot after most, when gathering ETA and reg detection data.

- i have used AP to install every single update one at a time, with reboots after most of them, while bug fixing.

- and if you add up all the reboots and reformats ive done on my test machine, it must add up to at least 200.

:D

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wow...