Download c’t Offline Update 4.72

The German computer magazine c’t has released a new version of its Offline Update tool. With this program it is possible to provide Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003 computers that do not have an internet connection with the latest updates from Microsoft. In a clear interface you can choose from one or more languages ​​for the aforementioned Windows versions and the program then retrieves all updates from the ftp server of Microsoft. Optionally, an ISO file of the whole per language or operating system can be made on a CD or all together on a DVD. More information about this program can be found in this article can be found in the English-speaking department of Heise. Below you can find everything that has changed in this program since the previous entry in the muck tracker:

Changes in version 4.72:

• UpdateGenerator and UpdateInstaller scripts will terminate if system’s environment variable TEMP contains a trailing backslash
• Static download definitions modified for Office 2003 (KB943591 removed, KB907417 added)
• Fix: Download exclude entries were ignored for Office products
• Fix (defect #24): Invalid directory scan sequence caused installation failures under Windows Vista using DVD images

Changes in version 4.71:

• New: Office 2007 Service Pack 1 integrated
• New: Language support added for Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Arabic and Hebrew
• New: Download process will be logged
• Fix (defect #21): Download procedure missed KB943591 (Outlook 2003 Junk Email filter update)
• Fix: Office installations with mixed versions were updated incompletely
• Fix: Office installation language was not determined correctly if differed from OS language
• Fix: Under Windows Vista, the installation process did not start if UpdateInstaller.exe was launched from a network drive

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