Here is what is posted by the Autopatcher Team:
Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft, requesting
the immediate take-down of the download page, which of course means
that AutoPatcher is probably history. As much as we disagree, we can do
very little, and although the download page is merely a collection of
mirrors, we took the download page down.We would like to thank you for your support. For the past 4 years,
it has been a blast. Unfortunately, it seems like it's the end of
AutoPatcher as we know it.Comments are welcome...
Antonis Kaladis
If you have no idea what is (was) Autopatcher, here is a official description:
How many times did you have to leave your computer, after a format,
to download the updates you had before it? How many times did you have
to go do something else, leaving your friend's computer download the
load of updates with their poor little dial-up modem? How many times
have you wished for the updates to be portable from one computer to
another and not require but a few mouse clicks to install?If you're the "computer guy" of the pack, no doubt the answer to the
above questions was "I've lost count"! And if you have one or two
computers you should consider yourself lucky as well. Think of what
would happen if you had to update ten or twenty computers daily!Is there any way to avoid all this trouble?
Besides the updates one finds on Windows Update (which are not
portable), Microsoft also issues special updates (called administrative
updates or network install updates), which do not require an Internet
connection present during the installation process. The user however
will have to answer to a series of (for the most part identical)
questions. Even this can be an annoyance since it requires the user's
presence for quite some time.The solution!
AutoPatcher is based on the functionality of these special updates,
automating their installation process. This way, with only a few mouse
clicks and two minutes of your time, AutoPatcher is able to continue
with the installation of the items you selected. In short, AutoPatcher
combines the advantage of both Windows Update (presentation and
description of updates and automated installation), and the special
administrative updates (portability and installation without the need
of an Internet connection).