Enthusiasts have created the Windows Update Restored website to provide updates for PCs running older versions of Windows, such as Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me. The project aims to support users who, for some reason, still utilize these outdated operating systems from Microsoft.
The website offers a clone of Windows Update v3.1 from 1997, obtained from the Wayback Machine digital archives. Users can upgrade versions of Windows 95, NT 4.0, 98, Me, 2000, and XP, with plans to provide packs for Server 2003, Vista, and newer in the future.
Download updates for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me
To successfully download updates, the website requires you to use Internet Explorer version 5.5. Open in it the following URL: http://windowsupdaterestored.com/.
You will find regular official updates, plus ones what were available via paid support. The latter includes patches from 2014 to 2019. There are also out-of-band patches, for example for RDP. The project offers an application for getting updates, and you can also download individual files for installing them manually. That's pretty useful.
The following video showcases the process in detail.
However, we advise you to be careful. The Windows Update Restored project and its files are not official. Microsoft don't support or officially recognize it, so nobody can assure you that there will be no malicious code right now or in the future.
Obviously, you must have a reason to use such outdated operating systems. The site creators state that the Windows Update Restored project is primarily intended for enthusiasts who have an interest in older hardware.
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