AutoPatcher XP February 2006

[gandolas]

General Information

This release is based on the all-new AutoPatcher 5.1. Although it was made with Windows XP SP2 English in mind, it will load on any (English) Windows version, showing only the items which match the running environment. There are also special releases for Portuguese, Norwegian (thanks Corteoz!), Polish (thanks Marcin.Riki!), Dutch (thanks DaFlapDrol!), German (thanks Tarnatos!), and Greek versions of Windows.

What's included (English February 2006)

Green text is stuff thats been added since the last release.

Windows XP SP2 - Critical Updates

KB873339: Security Update for Windows XP

KB885250: Security Update for Windows XP

KB885835: Security Update for Windows XP

KB885836: Security Update for Windows XP

KB886185: Critical Update for Windows XP

KB887742: Critical Update for Windows XP

KB888113: Security Update for Windows XP

KB888302: Security Update for Windows XP

KB890046: Security Update for Windows XP

KB890830: Malicious Software Removal Tool v1.13

KB890859: Security Update for Windows XP

KB891781: Security Update for Windows XP

KB893756: Security Update for Windows XP

KB894391: Security Update for Windows XP

KB896358: Security Update for Windows XP

KB896422: Security Update for Windows XP

KB896423: Security Update for Windows XP

KB896424: Security Update for Windows XP

KB896428: Security Update for Windows XP

KB899587: Security Update for Windows XP

KB899589: Security Update for Windows XP

KB899591: Security Update for Windows XP

KB900725: Security Update for Windows XP

KB901017: Security Update for Windows XP

KB901190: Security Update for Windows XP

KB901214: Security Update for Windows XP

KB902400: Security Update for Windows XP

KB904706: Security Update for Windows XP

KB905414: Security Update for Windows XP

KB905749: Security Update for Windows XP

KB905915: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

KB908519: Security Update for Windows XP

KB911564: Security Update for Plug-in do Windows Media Player

KB911565: Security Update for Windows Media Player 10

KB911927: Security Update for Windows XP

KB912919: Security Update for Windows XP

KB913446: Security Update for Windows XP

Windows XP SP2 - Recommended updates

KB831240: Update for HighMAT support in the Windows XP CD Writing Wizard

KB884020: Update for Windows XP

KB885222: Update for Windows XP

KB886677: Update for Windows XP

KB886716: Update for Windows XP

KB887797: Cumulative Update for Outlook Express for Windows XP

KB888240: Update for Internet Explorer 6

KB888656: Update to enable DirectX Video Acceleration of Windows Media Video content in WMP 10

KB889527: Update for Windows XP v3

KB891122: Update for DRM-enabled Media Players

KB892313: Updates for Windows Media Player 9 and 10

KB893357: Update for Windows XP

KB894395: Update for Windows XP

KB895181: Fix for MPEG4 videos in Windows Media Player 10

KB896344: Update for Windows XP

KB896427: Update for Windows XP

KB896626: Update for Windows XP

KB898461: Update for Windows XP

KB898900: Update for Windows XP

KB900930: Update for Windows XP

KB903234: Update for Windows XP

KB908521: Update for Windows XP

KB910437: Update for Windows XP

Components

.NET Framework 1.1 (+SP1) (only in Full)

- KB886903: Security Update for .NET Framework 1.1 SP1

.NET Framework 2.0 (only in Full)

Windows Script 5.6 for Windows XP (v5.6.0.8825)

Windows Installer 3.1 (v2)

Microsoft Journal Viewer 1.5.2316.0 (only in Full)

Windows Media Player 10.0.3802

Windows Media Connect 2.0 (only in Full)

Windows Messenger 5.1.0701 (only in Full)

Profile Hive Cleanup

MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 (only in Full)

Add-ons

Adaptec ASPI

TweakUI 2.10

ActiveSync 4.1 (only in Full)

Bootvis 1.3.37 (only in Full)

Copy Profile Tool

DirectX Control Panel

Google Toolbar 3.0.126.3 (only in Full)

PowerMenu 1.5.1

Startup Control Panel 2.8

New XP Screensavers (only in Full)

Macromedia Shockwave Player 10.1 (only in Full)

Macromedia Flash Player 8 for Internet Explorer (only in Full)

Macromedia Flash Player 8 for Mozilla, Firefox, Opera and Netscape (only in Full)

New Theme: Royale (only in Full)

New Wallpapers (only in Full)

New XP Style Wallpapers (only in Full)

New AutoPatcher Wallpaper (only in Full)

Official Windows XP PowerToys (only in Full)

Sun Java 1.5.0_06 (only in Full)

Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet for Windows XP (only in Full)

And of course a lot of registry tweaks which improve speed, appearance, functionality and security!

BitTorrent is a P2P system that makes transfering large files (or groups of files) amongst a large group of people easy, fast and efficient. The BitTorrent network is impressive mostly for the speed and reliability with which you get files that have been recently released. As long as a .torrent file has enough people sharing then you can be assured that it will start quickly and maintain a good download speed. Always remember to leave your BitTorrent client open to help distribute the files!

Read the FAQ before installing AutoPatcher: v1.1 AP_FAQ_enu_1.1.rtf (made by raptor)

With this version, you don’t need to decompress the amp files before using AutoPatcher. Just insert the amp module you want in the specific folder (\addons, etc) and AutoPatcher will take care of it.

You will only need December's (Full or Lite) and February's Update this month

Download Links

You may download AutoPatcher XP from any of the following mirrors:

Dec 2005 release available here

The English update release is culmulative, it includes the jan06 update release. Full Beta is a release based on APv6.

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• English
  Torrents provided by wb-repa: February 2006 Update
  Mirror provided by gandolas: February 2006 Update | February 2006 Lite Update
  Mirror provided by Oddstar: February 2006 Update
  Mirror provided by LittlBUGer: February 2006 Update and Lite Update
  Mirror provided by AlexW: February 2006 Update and Lite Update
  Mirror provided by devster: February 2006 Update
  Mirror provided by cswadner : February 2006 Update
  Mirror provided by EZRecovery: Febuary 2006 Update
  Mirror provided by harleydog: February 2006 Update and Lite Update
  
  
• English - BETA RELEASE (based on AP v6)
  Torrents provided by wb-repa: Feb 2006 BETA Full
  Mirror provided by Oddstar: Feb 2006 BETA Full
  Mirror provided by LittlBUGer: Feb 2006 BETA Full
  Mirror provided by AlexW: Feb 2006 BETA Full
  Mirror provided by Softpedia: Feb 2006 BETA Full
  Mirror provided by harleydog: Feb 2006 BETA Full
  
  
• Portuguese (Portugal)
  Mirror provided by SublimeSP: February 2006 Full & Lite
  Mirror provided by harleydog: February 2006 Full & Lite
  Mirror provided by AlexW: February 2006 Full & Lite
  
  
• Portuguese (Brazil)
  Mirror provided by gandolas: February 2006 Full (the file has the year 2005 instead of 2006)
  Download via eD2K: ed2k://|file|AutoPatcher_XP_Feb2006_PortugueseBrazil_Full.exe|202337965|E731453BB09B62690FE2807DBFBCDF9D|/
  
  
• Polish
  Mirror provided by Marcin.Riki: February 2006 Full, Lite & Update
  Mirror provided by AlexW: February 2006 Full, Lite & Update
  
  
• Dutch
  Not avaliable yet
  
  
• Norwegian
  Mirror provided by Oddstar: February 2006 Full
  Mirror provided by www.win-xp.no: February 2006 Full
  Mirror provided by harleydog: February 2006 Full
  
  
• Russian
  Mirror provided by Oddstar: Febuary 2006 Full
  Mirror provided by voila: Febuary 2006 Lite
  
  
• Italian
  Mirror provided by Oddstar: Febuary 2006 Full
  

Sizes & Hashes

• English February 2006 Update File Size: 19.2 MB (20138246 bytes)
  English February 2006 Update MD5 Hash: 56261F4F3F075392093B8E6937D6D972
  
• Portuguese February 2006 Full File Size: 194 MB (203856017 bytes)
  Portuguese February 2006 Full MD5 Hash: 4FDEF1590DAEA1498C959C06EBD68D3A
  Portuguese February 2006 Lite File Size: 74.1 MB (77726402 bytes)
  Portuguese February 2006 Lite MD5 Hash: 200F1EBBF5BD853DE46CC7AC0FFAD32E
  

(Y) Thanks To

[*]Raptor for making this all possible.

[*]TheBlazingAngel for helping with official releases and internal testing.

[*]Corteoz for the work in the Norwegian version.

[*]Marcin.Riki for the work in the Polish version.

[*]DaFlapDrol for the work in the Dutch version and the help in internal testing.

[*]Tarnatos for the work in the German version.

[*]I would also like to thank those who continue to help with hosting and distribution, along with: Frank (main download server), skyypunk, eXplosive, iverson0881, SteelTrepid, Storm, DigitalScar, M2Ys4U, LittlBUGer, mlazovjp, iSix, calidude, cpugeniusmv, SilentKnight, Mace68, Nexose Networks, Draganta, Homer, SHUR, allskin (windowsPT.net), rpaz (Univ. ?vora), Hogie, tkam, Amnezja.org, IDG.pl, XP.net.pl, cswadner, AgentOddstar, GamingZen.com, dev, wb-repa, Tarnatos, Gabbix Solutions,PlanetMirror> andAusGamer>.

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Edited March 20, 2006 by TheBlazingAngel

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

update only again this month?

[gandolas]

Yes, no need for big files. Maybe next month there will be a full release.

[dr99]

do we have to apply feb. and jan. update to the december full release or just feb.?

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

I think its good that this is only an update, but I think every 3-4 months a full one should be out.

Keep up the great work, and thanks again :) (Y)

[gandolas]

^^ You will only need December's (Full or Lite) and February's Update.

[rtk]

^^ You will only need December's (Full or Lite) and February's Update.

Good job folks, thanks again for everyone's hard work!

Should be noted that it is fine to use the February update on top of the December full that has already been upgraded with January's update.

As well, as noted by dannyres on Jan 11, the google toolbar is now at 3.0.128.1, but it might be prudent to research the enterprise google toolbar install as a possible replacement for the consumer version.

[gandolas]

^ Yes, it can be applied over December or January's versions.

Maybe next month we'll include that... I've been occupied with the conversion of AutoPatcher's v5 modules to the v6.x...

[Orange]

Thanks, been waiting to update. :woot:

[Mocko2]

Yes, no need for big files. Maybe next month there will be a full release.

Why You just don't make both: full and update; so that people with slow connections can download just the february update, and those with better connenctions the full february release...

Making a mirror for the full decemeber release is equal as to make the same for full february release...

Best regards,

[+theblazingangel MVC]

^^ You will only need December's (Full or Lite) and February's Update.

everyone please note that this is not usually the case, usually you would have to do this: dec05 full/lite + jan06 update + feb06 update. however there was so little in the jan06 update that gandolas felt it was ok to add them to the feb06 update to reduce the number of downloads you need.

Why You just don't make both: full and update; so that people with slow connections can download just the february update, and those with better connenctions the full february release...

Making a mirror for the full decemeber release is equal as to make the same for full february release...

because theres no need to waste bandwidth like that. just because people with fast connections can download a 200MB file quickly, why waste their time and our bandwidth when last month only 5MB and this month only 20MB is all thats changed?

good job g ;)

[maxkohl]

Thank you for the release!

BTW, I also think that both full/update is better - if people will d/l full, it means that they haven't had the previous month's release anyway, no? In that case, what different does it make if they'll d/l December's or Febuary's...

But if you mean to say that you don't want to waste your own bandwidth updating mirrors, then I understand.

Anyway, your choice of course! :) Thank you for everything.

[+theblazingangel MVC]

Thank you for the release!

BTW, I also think that both full/update is better - if people will d/l full, it means that they haven't had the previous month's release anyway, no? In that case, what different does it make if they'll d/l December's or Febuary's...

But if you mean to say that you don't want to waste your own bandwidth updating mirrors, then I understand.

Anyway, your choice of course! :) Thank you for everything.

it doesnt matter whether people download one full/lite release or another, but it does matter when a large number of downloaders download the full/lite release every month when the update releases would do fine for them. if people didnt do this then we could make a new full/lite release every month as well. im not worried about my bandwidth at all, but all the mirrors who provide us with bandwidth for free; theres no sense in wasting it is there, and its not fair to them either.

[maxkohl]

You're totally right.

I've just thought of another suggestion please: Can you make the Update packages to be Stand-Alone? How much overhead would that require to a 20MB file? It'll be great even for new users that only need to update the last month's issues (e.g. they were using Windows Update or another update package until now) and it will even save more bandwidth as users won't need the full/lite platforms - that could compensate for the added bytes to make it stand-alone.

What do you think?

[jaypa]

here is a rapidshare mirror if you want

http://rapidshare.de/files/13355463/AutoPatcher_XP_Feb2006_Update.exe.html

[Mike]

as always mirror over at -> http://ap.watchin.me.uk :)

regarding full versions, if the ap team want to make them i don't mind hosting them for those that insist on having full versions

[schwinn8]

P2P links:

Magnet (Shareaza / Gnutella) Feb 2006 update:

magnet:?xt=urn:bitprint:DE2YHONR2WET2S6SMQIB72EUCLO5NA36.LJ4WA5KTXP5XBONZJ2HXOILTFB4EKSGXXHLPGPA&dn=AutoPatcher_XP_Feb2006_Update.exe

Ed2k Feb 2006 update:

ed2k://|file|AutoPatcher_XP_Feb2006_Update.exe|20138246|9d7577755b2640147d495f9d654d9d49|/

December thread has my december full version links here: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...#entry586940781

Edited February 15, 2006 by schwinn8

[Stimpy88]

Great work people!

First a question...

1.) What has happened to Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (910620)

A sugestion... How about a Full version every other month, and an update version after each full release?

There is quite alot of updates that should be added to the full version, like the latest Hive cleanup 1.6, the new DirectX Feb version, Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup, Update for Windows XP (KB885222 v2), Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP.

There are probably alot more updates to what was included in the December Full version.

Oh yes, and fixing a few of the tweaks, as a couple don't work, like the num lock on, and another I cant quite remember at the moment.

Not having a go, just telling it like it is...

[Propellerhead]

Yes, I too had noticed the "turn on Number lock" wasn't working.

Also, I found an anoying problem with 1 of the new(ish) security tweaks...

After installing autopatcher Feb06 with most of the security twaeks selected, I lost the ability to open system properties via the windows keyboard shortcut Win+Pause.

Does anybody know exactly which of those security tweaks is the culprit?

(to get the KB short cut working again, I simply rolled back to my raw windows XPSP partition image & ran Autopatcher again without the 4 security tweaks I suspected, & it worked. Thus, while I know it was definitely 1 of the security patche that was responsible, I don't know exactly which one).

Finally, I have a suggestion (2 actually, but they relate to the same topic):

Could we please have have links to the updates added to the Autopatcher homepage (at present, it only bares links for December Full Version).

Also, it would be nice to have eD2K & Torrent links available directly from the homepage, to save having to troll the forums every month for an update (yes, I realise that some people still use other P2P platforms, however, I would recomend that those people get with the times ! ;-) )

Cheers in advance.

[maxkohl]

@Propellerhead - I have XP SP2 and applied all patches, yet still have my Win+Pause shortcut...

Speaking of weird things: DirectX Feb2006 update - any attempts of mine to update (full redist. package / webupdate) failed after the EULA - does anybody know what might cause this? thanks.

Anyway, what'd you guys/gals/AP-team think about my suggestion ? ;)

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...ost&p=587200042

[Marcin.Riki]

Polish AutoPatcher XP February 2006 released

http://autopatcher.pol.pl/

[The Pot]

Thank You! for the release. Downloading it :)

[Angelico_Payne]

People, people, u can make your own full, by adding patches from feb to dec full

Great work guys...tanx.

I think Full version should be put on hold until a big chunk of AP changes,just tell what changed every month.

[sMiK]

thanks!

in future, i think u need to make 3 versions, like FULL, LITE, and UPDATE VERSION to the last months, cause most of the users like me and others update every month and we just like to have an update for 20 MB or summit instead of whole 200MB. And some ppl don't even have autopatcher, so they grab big ones ;)

[GambitGR]

Great Work as always. Any ideas if a Greek Version is gonna be released? And a simple question how can i change the default value configuration file?