How to download patches abandoned by Microsoft

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Hello everyone, the 1909 patch has been removed by Microsoft. NTlite can only detect and download the latest patch, but I would like to download more stable patches like kb5008206. Is there any way? I'm sure these files must exist on Microsoft's server, they just deleted the list.View attachment 11999
 
Later 1909 CU's aren't "abandoned", but deliberately removed to prevent users from extending support to offline images.
EXPIRATION NOTICE

As of 9/12/2023, KB5008206 is only available from Windows Update. This update is no longer available from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or other release channels. We recommend that you update your devices to the latest security quality update.
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You could sysprep and capture an updated live image.

My Google search found direct downloads in about two minutes. Unless your Great Firewall blocks search results.
Code: 
http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2021/12/windows10.0-kb5008206-x64_21e0a9eade0fa1885d5c96cd1cf9b12fbc8ef8d9.msu
http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2021/12/windows10.0-kb5008206-x86_e4476f71756a3a2e84b757af7165efd24ee03b66.msu
http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2021/12/windows10.0-kb5008206-arm64_383bf7ae2e4f714aae770de31fe19ced07b0d7fb.msu
 
garlin said:
My Google search found direct downloads in about two minutes. Unless your Great Firewall blocks search results.
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Thank you very much, gailin.
I searched on Bing for half an hour but couldn't find it. You only took two minutes. Due to Google blocking this area, I cannot use Google search
 
garlin said:
There's a South Korean Windows site, which lists direct download links for every Monthly Update.
https://jsb000.tistory.com/
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Thank you very much, garlin. But the webpage loading speed is too slow. Even ntlite forums take half a day to load.
Do you have any stable and reasonably priced VPN recommendations? Google in our region does not allow access.
 
鱼遇海 said:
...Due to Google blocking this area, I cannot use Google search...
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There's quite a few options to get around that:
1) Change the DNS in your router to a free alternative, like OpenDNS, Google, or others.
2) Use a free web proxy to navigate to places like Google web search.
3) Use one of the many free or paid VPN services, and utilize trial periods to find the best fit.
4) Use a browser with VPN/Proxy services built into it.
5) Move to a different country (seriously, it's a choice to consider).

鱼遇海 said:
...the webpage loading speed is too slow. Even ntlite forums take half a day to load...
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Adjusting DNS may increase browsing speeds, if the resolutions are taking longer due to the overhead of censorship software, firewalls, and antivirus, slowing things down. VPN can also potentially speed things up by routing through better servers, avoiding unreliable hops that have packet loss and such. Aside from that, on Windows 10/11 I'd leave most network settings at default, except for modifying adapter properties to disable all green (power saving) options. Lastly, use caution in oppressed countries--computer hobbies aren't worth going to jail over.
 
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Hellbovine said:
1) Change the DNS in your router to a free alternative, like OpenDNS, Google, or others.
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Thank you very much for your suggestion, Hellbovine.
I will try to change the method of DNS later. I just found a few free VPNs in Firefox that can be used on Google, switch to German nodes, and use NTlite forums much faster.
Surprisingly, I can use YouTube (my first time using it, because it is one company with Google). Although the internet speed is slow, at least you can see Trump clearly (Surprisingly, this place is full of Trump).
Hellbovine said:
5) Move to a different country (seriously, it's a choice to consider).
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Haha, yes, this is the simplest and most effective method.
Hellbovine said:
4) Use a browser with VPN/Proxy services built into it.
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I heard of such a browser for the first time. Can you share one? thank you
Hellbovine said:
Adjusting DNS may increase browsing speeds, if the resolutions are taking longer due to the overhead of censorship software, firewalls, and antivirus, slowing things down. VPN can also potentially speed things up by routing through better servers, avoiding unreliable hops that have packet loss and such.
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Yes, I disabled the firewall, defender， Removing all security software will at least improve the speed of some web pages. I am working hard to find the most suitable VPN because it is legally prohibited here (using it secretly should not catch me).
 
I realized a question, will deleting the "VPN component" from ntlite affect the browser's "VPN plugin"？
 
I would try changing DNS before using VPN, since it's free and easy. It's also likely to be the only tweak that many people need to fix various internet issues and censorships. It's as easy as logging into the router, going to WAN (not DHCP) settings and change the DNS to static, then enter your choice, such as 208.67.222.222 for primary and 208.67.220.220 for secondary, to use OpenDNS (link) servers for example.

That may not work for everyone, but it's where I would start, because DNS is simple to reverse and has no lasting consequences (it's safe). VPN on the other hand can create some technical issues, as we see on this forum when people ask why their networking is broken and it ends up being VPN related. VPN is more cumbersome as there's more moving parts with software and bugs, while also being subject to NTLite component dependencies.

But yeah, since you switched to a VPN and it's already faster, that's a good indicator the DNS will dramatically help your situation too. As for browsers, I haven't used it much, but Brave browser is becoming really popular and has VPN built into it. Opera has a free proxy built in, which would allow access to things like Google search and such. These are just well known examples, I'm not advocating for either (I use Chrome). There's also browser extensions for VPN/Proxy stuff too, so any modern browser can actually do this even if it's not built in.
 
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Hellbovine said:
I would try changing DNS before using VPN, since it's free and easy. It's also likely to be the only tweak that many people need to fix various internet issues and censorships. It's as easy as logging into the router, going to WAN (not DHCP) settings and change the DNS to static, then enter your choice, such as 208.67.222.222 for primary and 208.67.220.220 for secondary, to use OpenDNS (link) servers for example.
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Thank you, sir. Your method is to become faster on the basis of speed, which is much more advanced. I will refer to your method to query DNS addresses and set them, and finally enable VPN. Thank you for your guidance.
 
It depends on the ISP and router, but you can set both IPv4 and IPv6 to static then the one that isn't being used should be ignored by the connected devices. Most people are still on IPv4, but the last few years has seen a lot of transitioning. To find out what you are currently using open an elevated command prompt and enter, "ipconfig /all" while online, without quotes, and that should be enough to determine which one you have. Also, some websites (link) can display this too (IPv4 addresses are short like 192.168.0.1 while IPv6 addresses are long like fe80::297a:3cfd:fee5:3326).
 
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Hellbovine said:
It depends on the ISP and router, but you can set both IPv4 and IPv6 to static then the one that isn't being used should be ignored by the connected devices. Most people are still on IPv4, but the last few years has seen a lot of transitioning. To find out what you are currently using open an elevated command prompt and enter, "ipconfig /all" while online, without quotes, and that should be enough to determine which one you have. Also, some websites (link) can display this too (IPv4 addresses are short like 192.168.0.1 while IPv6 addresses are long like fe80::297a:3cfd:fee5:3326).
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Gentleman, I just realized that my broadband is an internal IP, which doesn't allow me to change these. I will request the operator to upgrade my internal IP to a public IP so that I can use your method perfectly.
Thank you for your guidance
 
You can still change DNS on each individual device you have in your home, it's just less convenient than doing it once in a router and being done. In that Google document you linked, scroll to the "Windows" section (link) to change the DNS directly in your network adapter within the OS.

For knowledge sake, if someone did have a router on their network and they chose to manually configure a computer to use a custom DNS, that device will ignore the DNS settings of the router, but all the other connected devices will continue using the router's DNS configuration.
 
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