jcarle Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I'm preparing to start coding WUD version 3. I'd like to get feedback from you guys and maintain an official list of which features WUD V3 should support. Anything you have to say about WUD and what you'd like to see it keep doing, do better or not do, let me know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djurban Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I'm preparing to start coding WUD version 3. I'd like to get feedback from you guys and maintain an official list of which features WUD V3 should support. Anything you have to say about WUD and what you'd like to see it keep doing, do better or not do, let me know.a 64 bit version would be nice for people on 64 bit platforms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djurban Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 a feature to detect if an update is already in the downloaded folder and lets you know so you dont have to re-download the already downloaded updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Turn WUD from a downloader to a manager. It has cool features below:automatically update ULsonly download updates that are not downloaded yetremove old updatesautomatically install lots of updatesautomatically integrate lots of updates to the Windows XP CDAs well it can have additional features below:export a URL list for other download managers to download updatesexport a batch file to install updatesexport a batch file to integrate updatesafter downloading finished, set the date of downloaded updates to the same as the server (that makes perfect original updates)Sorry for my poor English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanhoe Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Sorry for my poor English I think your English is darn good.VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcmatter Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 hello jcarle.keep up the excellent work with wud. you can't imagine how helpful this programhas been for all us techs around the world. we all tip our hats to you! i have 2 ideas:1. i would like to see the option of incorporating a download and resume option especially for the people who don't have a fast broadband connection or who are on a time share basis with internet access such as at a internet café..2. after the fallout of autopatcher incident with Microsoft how about making some form of authentication for the ul files so that lets say the ul’s posted are verified as authentic in the sense of the download links are from ms and not from some other place.maybe designating just several key people to compile the ul's instead of everyonemaking them from scratch. ( a download on demand service )? u ask for a specificbatch of files and a custom ul is generated automatically for download.i hope microsoft doesn't end up destroying the wonderful work you have done...good luck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 a feature to detect if an update is already in the downloaded folder and lets you know so you dont have to re-download the already downloaded updatesyes i second this, that would be fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Guys, do keep in mind... I may not have commented much... but I've been reading and following along. I'm brewing up some ideas.And no, WUD's not going anywhere for the near future, as WUD does not violate the EULA for either the operating systems or the updates since WUD only acquires them like a normal webbrowser would or a download manager.I'm thinking of adding digital signatures or something of the like to the ULs. And I'm keeping in mind all your ideas thrown around here so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCobra Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 And no, WUD's not going anywhere for the near future, as WUD does not violate the EULA for either the operating systems or the updates since WUD only acquires them like a normal webbrowser would or a download manager.It does violate WGA as most of the updates it downloads are only available to genuine copies of the OS. Not bashing, just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Critical updates aren't included in WGA. Anyone can download the monthly "Patch Tuesday" hotfixes regardless of their WGA status. Since WUD only gets the critical updates, it doesn't violate WGA in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCobra Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 (edited) ^ since when is Media Player 11 and the HighMAT stuff critical updates? I have a ton of other "optional" files that were downloaded with WUD that are not critical files. Edited September 7, 2007 by MrCobra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 Download pageThe link is accessible to anyone, without WGA checks. The point of WUD is that the updates you download are freely accessible without any WGA restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 By the way, most WGA protected downloads, such as WMP11 and IE7 have internal protections that require validation before they will install. WUD does NOT remove those. WUD operates in a completely compliant manner, in the same way as Windows Updates and WSUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsterf Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I would like to congratulate jcarle for this great tool. I have only one suggestion similar to other said before, but a little diferent:- Make possible to check which critical uptades has already been integrated to an installation;I don't know if this is feature would be unnecessary once already exist a way to do this, but I haven't discovered one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC_LOAD_LETTER Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I asked this in one of the 2007 UL threads http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...008&hl=2007 but ill post it here for all to seeIs there any chance of updating WUD to extract the *.msp files from the updates after downloading?that way all you have to do is drop the *.msp files into the CD:\Updates folder after WUD downloads themand about the WGA issues -its too bad Microsoft hasnt released some sort of toolkit for developers to integrate WGA detection into their apps (so WUD could WGA check and if WGA fails restrict downloads to security updates) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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