Download WSUS Offline Update 7.0

Version 7.0 of WSUS Offline Update has been released. This program makes it possible to provide Windows computers that have no or a slow internet connection with the latest updates from Microsoft. Simply checking one or more operating systems, office suites and languages ​​will download all available updates from Microsoft’s ftp server. When the updates are in, an ISO file is optionally made per language or per operating system. Other computers can then be updated quickly and easily via a CD or DVD. WSUS Offline Update has support for Windows XP and later, and Office 2003 and later. Since the previous entry in the Meuktracker, the following changes have been made:

Modifications in version 7.0

• Linux download and ISO creation scripts now support Office again and exclusion of superseded updates
• Support removed for Office XP since Microsoft discontinued support for it on July 12th, 2011 (see Microsoft Support Lifecycle)
• C++ 2010 Runtime Libraries updated to include kb2565063 / MS11-025
• Update for Root Certificates (rootsupd.exe/kb931125) download URL updated to provide most recent version always
• Optional verification of downloaded updates will now check SHA-1 message digest included in file names
• Download or updates will optionally use a local WSUS server only
• User’s SID will now only be determined if WOUTempAdmin is logged on
• HashDeep utility updated to version 3.9.2, x64 variant included
• Fix: Temporary file “%TEMP%InstalledUpdateIds.txt” remained after update run without any missing update
• Fix: Temporary files “%TEMP%sigcheck-wddefs-%TARGET_ARCH%-glb.txt” remained after download of Windows Defender definition files
• Fix: ISO and USB filters for x86 platforms erroneously excluded .NET Framework 4 installation packages
• Fix: Download exclude lists for Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 (x86/x64) modified since Microsoft updated their List of updates included in SP1 on March 24th, 2011
• Fix: Download exclude list for Office (…excludeExcludeList-ofc.txt) improved
• Fix: UpdateGenerator will now also check for valid script path
• Fix: DownloadUpdates.sh script called wget using problematic -c and –no-cache switches

Modifications in version 6.9

• INSTALLATION HINT: If you localized your installation using AddCustomLanguageSupport.cmd {lng}, please call it again after updating WOU in order to get MSSE 2.1 downloaded (see below)
• NOTE: This version is supposed to be the last one supporting Office XP (see Microsoft Support Lifecycle)
• Office 2010 Service Pack 1 integrated
• Optional installation of Office File Validation Add-in
• C++ Runtime Libraries’ installation option will now only update existing versions
• Static download definitions for Microsoft Security Essentials updated to version 2.1
• Update for Root Certificates (rootsupd.exe/kb931125) updated to June 2011
• Fix: Two EoLn spaces were too much for TZ environment variable setting
• Fix: C++ Runtime Libraries’ x86 versions were not installed/updated on x64 Operating Systems
• Fix: C++ 2005 and 2008 Runtime Libraries’ installations will now be called using undocumented “/r:n” switch
• Fix: DirectX main version detection did not use “/64bit” switch on x64 Operating Systems
• Fix: Temporary file package.xml remained after Office downloads
• Fix: “Clean up download directories” functionality could lead to “file not found” error messages