Download WSUS Offline Update 6.6.1

Last Thursday, version 6.6.1 of WSUS Offline Update was released. This program makes it possible to provide Windows computers with a slow or no internet connection with the latest updates from Microsoft. By simply checking one or more operating systems, office packages and languages, all available updates are downloaded 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 2000 and later, and Office XP and later. Since the previous entry in the Meuktracker, the following changes have been made:

Modifications in version 6.6.1

• English FAQs completed (Thanks to “boco”)
• Fix: DirectX End-User Runtimes rolled back to v. 9.28.1886 (February 2010) because v. 9.29.1962 (June 2010) fails to install under Windows 2000 (Thanks to “Denniss”)
• Fix: Installation of IE8 did not request recall on Windows XP and Server 2003 systems
• Fix: Installation of .NET 3.5 SP1 did not request recall

Modifications in version 6.6

• NOTE: This version is supposed to be the last one supporting Windows 2000 (see
• NOTE: Inverted logic for ‘Include/Exclude Service Packs’ option in UpdateGenerator script; UpdateGenerator.ini file keyword changed; no parameter modification for DownloadUpdates script (Thanks to “AlBundy”, “Gerby” and “-Iwan-“)
• Office updates up to 06/2010 integrated by static definitions
• Optional installation of .NET Framework 4 on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Server 2003/2008 (R2) systems (Thanks to “AnonymousHero”)
• Optional installation of Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows XP, Vista and 7 (x86/x64) systems (Thanks to “AlBundy”)
• Date of last download / medium creation will be displayed/logged by UpdateGenerator/UpdateInstaller/DoUpdate scripts (Thanks to “automatix”)
• DoUpdate.cmd script will now adjust boot sequence for automatic reboots on Windows Vista, 7 and Server 2008 (R2) systems (Thanks to “NorFie”)
• Update for Root Certificates (rootsupd.exe/kb931125) updated to May 2010 (Thanks to “harry”)
• DirectX End-User Runtimes updated to June 2010 (Thanks to Matthias Koehler and “Denniss”)
• CompileAutoItScripts.cmd script added (Thanks to “boco”)
• DetermineSystemProperties.vbs script detects Office 2010 now
• Automatic clock adjustment for daylight savings time removed (Thanks to “Gerby” and “boco”)
• English FAQs initiated (Thanks to “boco”)
• Fix: CreateISOImage.sh script didn’t correctly evaluate ISO filter files containing Windows line feeds (Thanks to Bob Lindell)
• Fix: DoUpdate.cmd script didn’t return errorlevel 3010 (reboot required) after installation of dynamically determined updates (Thanks to “hel”)
• Fix: Missing WSH_VERSION_TARGET_* variables lead to misleading error messages under Windows Vista/7 (Thanks to “lexx_qq”)
• Fix: Windows Media Player 11 and Terminal Services Client 6 Installation attempts failed on Windows Server 2003 x64 systems
• Fix: Invalid hash file search sequence lead to false audit errors when installing .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Family Update (kb958481, kb958483 and kb958484)
• Fix: Dynamic determination of Windows Update Agent download URLs replaced by static definitions (Thanks to “automatix”, “boco” and “Denniss”)
• Fix: FinalizationHook.cmd wasn’t executed by DoUpdate.cmd (Thanks to “-Iwan-“)
• Fix: Recall requests removed after installations of Windows Installer (MSI) and Windows Script Host (WSH) (Thanks to “BrentNewland”)
• Fix: Hash computation and verification were missed for Windows Update Agent and catalog file (wsusscn2.cab)
• Fix: Browser choice update (kb976002) is black listed now (Thanks to “boco”)
• Fix: Installation of IE8 did not request recall on Windows Vista and Server 2008 systems (Thanks to “boco”)
• Fix: Installation of .NET Frameworks won’t any longer try to install language packs (Thanks to “schose” and “AlBundy”)
• Fix: Windows Media Player update attempts lead to errors on Windows Server 2003 (x86/x64) systems
• Fix: Reboot requests were ignored if all missing updates were either black listed or not found
• Fix: Update process could have been unintentionally abandoned if update medium didn’t contain latest Office Service Pack (Thanks to “Lurchie7”)
• Fix: PrepareReleaseTree.cmd script did not properly detect non-existing target paths containing spaces (Thanks to Mark Gerber)
• Fix: Localized updates for MSXML4 and MSXML6 are unavailable for several languages ​​(Thanks to “vsu”)
• Fix: Required localized versions of Office 2003 patches KB975051 and KB983503 will now be downloaded (Thanks to “vsu”)
• Fix: Outlook 2003 and 2007 Junk Email Filter updates won’t any longer be installed by static definitions (Thanks to “Computerist” and “-Iwan-“)
• Fix: Installation of .NET 1.1 updates kb947742, kb953297, kb971108 and kb979906 could lead to unexpected reboots (Thanks to “lbriggs”, “vsu” and “boco”)
• Fix: Replaced deprecated update kb955655 for Visio 2003 by kb982126 (Thanks to “vsu”)