AutoPatcher

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AutoPatcher, an alternative to Microsoft's Windows Update developed by Antonis Kaladis, is a comprehensive collection of up-to-date security patches, addons and registry tweaks collated into a single package designed to update a Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows Server 2003 SP1 system, without the need to use Windows Update or connect to a network every time the Administrator needs to update using service packs. AutoPatcher is designed for users that format their hard disks frequently or system administrators that want to deploy updates to multiple Windows PCs. AutoPatcher supports burning to CD and DVD, or running from the Network (mapped drive) or Local Hard Disk.

Three 'release types' are available; full and lite releases both contain critical, recommended and component updates, commonly used applications such as Sun Microsystems's Java Platform, and registry tweaks, with the lite release containing less extra applications than the full release. Update releases are for updating previous months releases with the latest copies of files found in the latest full/lite releases, these smaller downloads save a lot of bandwidth and time for everyone.

Recently, Full and Lite releases are released every three to four months, with only Update releases in the months between.