Download c’t Offline Update 5.2

The German computer magazine c’t released a new version of its Offline Update tool late last month. With this program it is possible to provide computers with Windows 2000 or higher 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 can be made of the whole per language or per operating system 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. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

Release notes for version 5.2:

• INSTALLATION HINT: If you like IE8 for Windows Vista/Server 2008 installation packages to be downloaded for languages ​​other than ENU and DEU, you have to modify/enhance StaticDownloadLinks-w60–glb.txt files
• Optional installation of IE8 on Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003/2008 (x86/x64) systems
• Statically defined updates will only be installed if not already present
• Installation of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 moved to prerequisites block (same as WUA, MSI, WSH & IE)
• XSLT filters get updates for IE8 now
• ISO creation filters for Windows XP and Server 2003 exclude DirectX End-User Runtimes now
• Fix (defect #29): Office version determination was incomplete on mixed/hybrid Office installations (Thanks to “ianox”)
• Fix: Office installation language was not determined correctly for Office 2000 and on Windows x64 systems (Thanks to “pc-nico” and Mark Gerber)
• Fix: ISO images for Windows 2000 and Office Suites contained .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installation package (Thanks to “gichtl”)
• Fix: Download source for mkisofs.exe changed since v. 2.01.01a57 uses incompatible filter format (Thanks to Mark Gerber)