#legacyupdate

Internet Explorer 8 open to a page on the Legacy Update website, where the Subscribe to RSS and Add Web Slice buttons are visible. A popup from the Favorites bar is open on top of the website, displaying the news article for Legacy Update 1.13.

Features nobody asked for: You can now subscribe to Legacy Update news as an Internet Explorer Web Slice. Just click the green button in the toolbar (it’s green to show that Internet Explorer is really excited a website is actually using this feature), or the […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]

Legacy Update 1.13

🌎⬆️ Legacy Update 1.13 improves handling of some edge cases you might run into while using Legacy Update. It includes 23 fixes and improvements (and plenty more small changes). legacyupdate.net/news/2026/03/16/legacy-u...

#legacyupdate

Screenshot of the Legacy Update installer running on Windows 2000, showing the error message described in the post.

@kirb I'd imagine people have been reporting this for awhile, but #LegacyUpdate setup seems broken on Win2k. I get an error message saying "Failed to register Legacy Update ActiveX control: Access is denied." near the end of the install. Happens on a fresh Win2k […]

[Original post on kind.social]

ITちゃんねる Microsoftが削除したOfficeビューワーや旧版DirectXなど多数のアプリを網羅した有志サイト「Legacy Update」 #LegacyUpdate #ITニュース

Microsoftが削除したOfficeビューワーや旧版DirectXなど多数のアプリを網羅した有志サイト「Legacy Update」
#LegacyUpdate #ITニュース

I think I've found an edge case in #legacyupdate

It can't install Windows Vista SP1. I'm using an SP0 RTM install media, but it's completely failing to progress past this screen (it's been running for 12 hours)