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Downloading Patches & UpdatesIf you have a legacy operating system or Microsoft Office release and are looking to download all of the officially available updates, in their original, unmodified formats. It can be a problem getting hold of the binaries for some of the older patches. Donate to DownloadUnfortunately, due to rampant abuse, HPC:Factor stopped providing public downloads of Internet Explorer in 2009. The simple fact was it was costing us a lot in bandwidth for no return. We even had system administrators installing labs of machines from our download servers which had become unsustainable for a community website that is NOT supported by advertising. All of the running costs are paid for by the the owners and your donations. We also appreciate that the resources here are have been useful for the legacy community and that with your support, we can keep this site ad-free for our community. The form below is designed to help to simply your request via PayPal as well as to suggest a donation amount. Please tick the update sets that you would like to download using the list below. The suggested donation amount form at the bottom will update accordingly with your selection.
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