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Windows Vista Patches & Updates Guide

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Windows Vista LogoReleased on 8th November 2006, Windows Vista became something of a pariah for Microsoft. Pushing harder than most of the low-end haerdware it was being shipped on could cope with. Vista gained a reputation for underwhelming performance and the creation of a first class/second class ecosystem for PC users, something that OEMs failed to appreciate and the craze for netbooks at the time would further undermine trust and interest in the release for consumers and businesses alike. Vista finally reached end of life on 11th April 2017 when extended support services were terminated by Microsoft.

In line with our security mandate, HPC:Factor has decided to generate and a patching list for Windows Vista Ultimate now that it has hit end of life. It is not deemed necessary to add an installation guide to this document, and there are no plans to add one in the future.

Windows Vista Ultimate Patches & Updates Guide

The following list of updates will provide you with the highest level of security available to Windows Vista. The Approximate size of these updates is 2.46GB for x64 and 1.7GB for x86 systems. While the guide is aimed at Windows Vista Ultimate, most if not all of the updates are directly applicable to the other edition of Windows Vista.

All but one update (2506014) is applicable for both x64 and x86 systems.

Prerequisites

This guide assumes a certain level of system components have already been updated. Failure to install these prerequisite items before continuing with the patch process will impact significantly upon the effectiveness of this guide. These are the prerequisites for the installation:

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  • Windows Vista Ultimate
  • 936330 Windows Vista Service Pack 1
  • 948465 Windows Vista Service Pack 2
  • Internet Explorer 9.0
  • .net Framework 3.5 SP1
  • .net Framework 4.6.1
  • 968930 PowerShell 2.0
  • 915597 Defender Definition Update

Critical Updates

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Vista Service Pack 2

905866

Windows Mail Junk Filter April 2012

943729

Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions

949104

Windows Update Agent

954155

Windows Media Format Runtime 11 Update

967723

 

968816

Windows Media Format Runtime 11 Update

970158

Kernel-Mode Driver Framework 1.9

970710

 

971029

AutoPlay update

971644

Platform Update

971657

 

972145

Windows Media Player default settings fix

973507

 

973540

 

973565

 

973768

 

973917

Extended Protection Auth for IIS

974318

 

974571

 

975558

MPEG-4 Codec Update

975560

Quarts Security Update

975929

Meiryo UI font

976470

Date out of range error fix

977816

MPEG Layer-3 Codec Update

978338

ISATAP Spoofing Update

979099

Rights Management Services Client Update

979309

Cab File Viewer Security Update

979688

Windows Shell Update October 2010

980248

Font File Protection Update

981997

Movie Maker Update

982132

Embedded OpenType Font Engine Update

982480

Media Center Update

982665

Cinepak Update

982799

Tracing Feature for Services Update

2305420

 

2347290

 

2387149

 

2419640

 

2478935

 

2479943

 

2481109

 

2491683

 

2492386

Application Compatibility Update April 2011

2505189

DirectWrite and XPS fix

2506014

x64 OS Loader Update

2506212

 

2507938

 

2509553

 

2522422

IE9 Canon Printer Fix

2532531

 

2545698

IE9 Font blurring Fix

2553708

Advanced Format Disk Rollup

2563227

SVG Parser Update

2564958

 

2598479

 

2621440

 

2631813

 

2653956

 

2654428

 

2685939

 

2690533

 

2698365

 

2705219

 

2718704

Unauthorised Digital Certificates Spoofing Fix

2727528

 

2748349

VSC Backup Corruption Fix

2761494

Update for Windows Driver Framework 1.11

2763674

SHA-256 Signing Support

2770660

 

2807986

 

2808679

URL port scan protection update

2813430

 

2820917

 

2840149

 

2861855

 

2862152

 

2862330

 

2862335

 

2862966

 

2862973

 

2864063

 

2864202

 

2868038

 

2868626

 

2884256

 

2892075

 

2893294

 

2900986

ActiveX Killbits

2929733

WER protocol update

2957189

 

2973201

 

2991963

 

2998579

 

3003743

 

3004361

 

3005607

 

3010788

 

3021674

 

3022777

 

3033890

 

3035126

 

3045685

 

3046017

 

3055642

 

3059317

Vulnerability in Microsoft common controls fix

3060716

 

3067505

 

3067903

 

3071756

 

3072630

 

3075220

 

3075221  

3076949

 

3080446

 

3084135

 

3086255

 

3092601

 

3092627

September 2015 freeze fix

3093513

 

3097966

 

3101722

 

3108371

 

3108381

 

3108664

 

3109103

 

3109560

 

3110329

 

3115858

 

3124275

 

3126587

 

3138378

Journal.dll update

3139398

 

3139914

 

3139921

No computer accout for trust error fix

3140709

 

3141083

 

3147071

Oracle Connection Update

3149090

 

3150220

 

3155178

 

3156017

 

3156019

 

3159398

 

3161561

 

3161949

 

3167679

Windows Authentication Methods Update

3170455

 

3177186

 

3183431

 

3185662

 

3193418

 

3194371

 

3196718

 

3196726

 

3198218

 

3203838

 

3205638

 

3205715

 

3208481

 

3216775

 

3216916

 

3217587

 

3217877

Update

3218362

 

4012583

 

4012584

 

4012598

 

4012864

DST Update

4014652

 

4014661

 

4014793

 

4014794

 

4015067

 

4015195

 

4015380

 

4015383

 

4017018

 

4056564

CredSSP Oracle Remediation fix (Remote Desktop)

2917500

Improperly issued digital certificates spoofing update

2922229

Windows file handling component update

2929961

DirectShow update

2930275

Windows kernel mode driver update

2936068

IE8 Cumulative Update April 2014

2964358

IE8 update May 2014

.net Framework 2.0

980842

 

2604094

 

2729453

 

2742601

 

2894847

 

2911502

 

2931354

 

2937608

 

2968292

 

2972098

 

2974268

 

2978116

 

3023213

 

3037573

 

3074541

 

3097988

 

3122646

 

3127219

 

3135982

 

3142023

 

.net Framework 3.5 SP1

959209

 

963707

 

982525

 

982536

 

2416473

 

2604111

 

2736416

 

2836940

 

2840629

 

2861697

 

2943344

 

2974269

 

3072303

 

.net Framework 4.6.1

4014984

April 2017 Security and Quality Rollup