AutoPatcher no longer allowed

[jackhammer10]

can u give me a link pliz?

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

No can do, I don't host any of the torrents any more.

[excellentchoice]

Thx

[jackhammer10]

so just to make sure i understood:

aug07 is 3XXMB cuz it icludes all the past updates?

so if i D/L aug and sep i'll be up to date?

thnx a lot for your pacien and attention :)

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

there was no September release, AutoPatcher got shut down at the end of August.

[jackhammer10]

so what was the release that i found?

it says sep07 release....

9Mb+/-

was it fake?

[Slimy]

Yes.

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

Fake in as much that it didn't come from the AutoPatcher team. There were a couple of underground groups releasing unofficial updates, but these should not be used unless you're willing to to trawl through each update, verifying the digital signatures, and examining the modules to make sure that they don't do anything malicious... which is a pain in the arse and the time you spend doing that could just be spent updating via Windows Update to be honest.

[jackhammer10]

i dont know if its legal in this form but im gonna post the torrent link to the "sep07" patch that u D/L so u can judge...

http://www.mininova.org/tor/895287

and btw this is the AUG07 patch

http://www.mininova.org/tor/853482

kindda has the same name...

thats why i though the sep07 was official

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

There was definitely no official September '07 release.

[jackhammer10]

ok but what do u think about that patch?

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

ok but what do u think about that patch?

It was compiled by a group of people who wanted to keep the project going underground. I can't vouch for its integrity, and I don't have the time to go through inspecting digital signatures.

[jackhammer10]

ok i see

well thank u very much for your time and help

i sure wish that AutoPatcher will some day be back alive

[filinc]

why not make this statement on the main page, so people know before they waste their time signing up into the forums?

just as retarded as microsofts themselves

[Slimy]

^ It was on the front page, now it's old news. You don't have to register to see it.

[markwolfe Veteran]

why not make this statement on the main page, so people know before they waste their time signing up into the forums?

just as retarded as microsofts themselves

You mean like Page News item that was pinned for that week?

Or like this pinned thread redirect from the very topmost item on the main Forum page?

Or how the Neowin-sponsored Autopatcher site has this information?

Anything like those methods, you think?

[darthyoda6]

Even though Autopatcher was banned, I wish the page(s) that listed all the latest programs with links to the web pages were still available at least.

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

The AutoPatcher team have set up their own forum here now :)

[RedFlow]

Well this is another reason that I just don't understand Microsoft. I do understand their reasons though. I hear he is making another version that downloads the files straight off Microsoft's site so it would be genuine.

[piko]

I could be completely wrong here but perhaps the real reason behind this is SP3 (for XP)? as in since SP3 is essentially just all the updates for XP from SP2 onwards and nothing new (correct me if I'm wrong) and they feel AP would undermind SP3 so they decided to stop AP?? but this is only what I think so take with a grain of salt.

[roadgeek9]

Microsoft sucks *****.

[Jack 0Neill]

They were making a profit off the cds/dvds they sold, thus they were reselling Microsoft code and making a profit.

I'm guessing if they hadn't made the CDs and SOLD them, they probably wouldn't have drawn ire (or, at least not yet). How is Microsoft not allowing an unlicensed 3rd party to resell their code "pulling crap"? If you resold Citrix hotfixes (for a profit, no less) on CD, would it not be OK if Citrix forced you to stop?

[Master^IT]

Get an Internet connection and just download the updates in the background... autopatcher isnt really needed.

[Denis W. Veteran]

They were making a profit off the cds/dvds they sold, thus they were reselling Microsoft code and making a profit.

I'm guessing if they hadn't made the CDs and SOLD them, they probably wouldn't have drawn ire (or, at least not yet). How is Microsoft not allowing an unlicensed 3rd party to resell their code "pulling crap"? If you resold Citrix hotfixes (for a profit, no less) on CD, would it not be OK if Citrix forced you to stop?

Shipping/cost of CDs != free.

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

Get an Internet connection and just download the updates in the background... autopatcher isnt really needed.

Not so good for users on low-bandwidth connections. All of the updates contained in AutoPatcher come to ~ 500MB. Over a 56k connection this would take a long time to download, and would not be reusable. With AutoPatcher you can burn it to CD or put it on a flash drive and update multiple computers.