Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

This document summarizes late-breaking information about this release of the Windows® Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows Developer Preview. This includes known issues, workarounds, and other important information.

The Windows ADK release notes summarize late-breaking information about this release of the Windows® Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows Developer Preview. This includes known issues, workarounds, and other important information. The Windows AS User’s Guide provides information about how to install and configure Windows AS, and how to use the client UI.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2012.

Supported operating systems: Windows 7

Windows Developer Preview

To download the Windows ADK Release Notes:

1. Start the download by clicking the Download button on this page.
2. Click Save to save the .zip file to your computer.
3. Open the .zip file and extract the files to a folder on your computer.
4. Open the files.

If you receive the error message Navigation to the webpage was canceled displayed in the .chm pane, use the following workaround.

1. Verify that the .chm files are extracted from the .zip file to a local directory.
2. Right-click the .chm file, and then click Properties.
3. Click Unblock.
4. Double-click the .chm file to open the file.

For more information, see the following Microsoft Knowledge-Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902225/