Category: Offline

A Clone of Autopatcher!

Paul

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Since Microsoft shut down Autopatcher, there hasnt been an easy way for technicians to install Microsoft Windows patches on a clients computer. Sure, they can go to the Windows Update site but sometimes an internet connection isnt always available, or it may just be painfully slow.
Enter “Offline Update”, a freeware tool that downloads all of the existing patches for the operating system you specify (choice of Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003) and creates an ISO file, for which you can later burn to a CD or DVD. Best of all, one you load the created disk into a computer, It will autorun the application. All you have to do is press Start and it will begin the patching process.

How to use:

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  • Download Offline Update from the download link below and extract is somewhere

  • Run the file in the root folder called “DownloadStarterGUI.exe”

  • Choose what operating system and language you want patches for. You also have two options what type of disks you want. One disk per operating system or one disk for all operating systems. I recommend the cross platform version. Once you have chosen one, press Start

  • The system will now start downloading the appropriate patches via a DOS like interface. It will close when it finishes.

  • Once it finishes, navigate to the folder where you extracted Offline Update to and goto the folder titled “iso”. In here you will find the ISO that Offline Update created. Burn this to a CD or DVD using your favorite burning application.

  • In one of the most common burning applications “Nero Express”. You will need to choose the option “Disk Image or Saved Project”, use the “Files of Type:” drop down and choose “Image Files” and navigate to where the Offline Update image file was created. Then click open and start burning.

  • To run it, just put the disk in the drive and it should autorun. If it doesnt, Open the disk in “My Computer” and run the file “UpdateStarterGUI.exe”.

Note: If you want the stand alone updates for some reason. The application stores them in the folder “client” in the location where you extracted it in a folder with the name of the operating system you wanted patches for. For example, if you downloaded the Windows XP patches, they will be in a folder named “wxp”.

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This program seems to be like the AutoPatcher clone and looks very much like a clone of Autopatcher. It just came to my attention today, but I will look into it to see how it does!! Go check it out!!

Blog Offline with Google Gears at Blog.gears

Paul

Inspiration for great blog posts can be fleeting, but a lack of internet access can leave ideas in the dust. Webapp Blog.gears uses Google Gears to synchronize with a Blogger account to bridge that gap. Blog.gears allows Blogger authors to create new posts and edit older ones and synchronizes the data upon connection. The offline editor doesn’t offer any of the rich text features as the online site, but it could work great for ideas you don’t want to forget about later. Blog.gears requires a free Blogger account and Google Gears, and runs wherever Internet Explorer or Firefox do.

Blog.gears [via Google Operating System]

It’s not bad if you have need to write stuff for the blog but I do hope they come up with ways to upload pictures and links and all that fun stuff that blogging has become!!