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Microsoft Forces Shutdown of Autopatcher

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hooray-for-lawyers dept.

kaufmanmoore writes "Posts on Neowin and Autopatcher's site announce Microsoft has forced the closure of the Autopatcher download section. Details are scarce as to the exact reason for the take down after over 4 years of availability, but an official from Microsoft legal says that it has nothing to do with Windows Genuine Advantage. Goodbye to another useful tool that helped sysadmins apply Microsoft's numerous patches."

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  1. Not so by Toreo+asesino · · Score: 0, Redundant

    *shameless copy & paste*

    "Patches can be slipstreamed anyway, and for the mother of all 'off-line patching systems' there's Windows Server Update Services."

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    throw new NoSignatureException();
  2. Guess the employee wasn't a lawyer by laoseth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    From the autopatcher FAQ: http://www.autopatcher.com/faq/
    Q: Is AutoPatcher legal?
    A: Yes, Antonis Kaladis (our project manager) once spoke to a Microsoft employee and apparently they know about us but don't care what we do! The AutoPatcher project has been going strong since 2003 and never had a sniff of trouble from Microsoft.