Legacy Update expands archive of vanished Microsoft downloads

Legacy Update was already extremely useful if you chose to disembark from Microsoft's upgrade railroad. Now it's even more so.

Legacy Update has for years been a tremendously useful site and tool for those wanting to keep older versions of Windows alive and in active use. The site has updated its archive of files that Microsoft used to make available for free download in the official Download Center, but has in its finite wisdom removed.

We have mentioned Legacy Update a few times, such as when we wrote about running Windows XP in 2023 and how to keep Windows 7 running. It's essentially an independent third-party recreation of Microsoft's old Windows Update website, which just like the original analyzes your copy of Windows, finds what available updates (and Microsoft-supported device drivers) are applicable, downloads them, and installs them for you. The difference is that Legacy Update ...