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Legacy Update News

  • Adam Demasi
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The Windows Update v6 website open to its homepage on Windows XP, as preserved by the Windows Update Restored project.

This week, Microsoft took down the old Windows Update v6 web app entirely. It was a time capsule locked in the Microsoft.com design from 2005. It’s been broken since 2021.

You can still see it preserved through Windows Update Restored.

About Legacy Update

Legacy Update is a community-run resource that preserves access to services that have been discontinued by Microsoft. This can help to run older software and hardware that depends on these services.

Learn more about what we’re doing at the Legacy Update project.