- NOTE: If you customized your copy of WOU using the script AddCustomLanguageSupport.cmd {lng}, please call it again once (per language) to get the appropriate MSE installation file(s) downloaded
- Support added for MSI packages' and custom software installations
- Download targets, detection and update capability added for Office 2013
- Updating of Microsoft Security Essentials definition files will now include Network Inspection System definitions (Thanks to B. Schinkel-Momsen and "harry")
- Update for untrusted/revoked Root Certificates (rvkroots.exe/kb2798897) included (Thanks to "rbr555")
- Optional creation of collection script ...\cmd\custom\RunAll.cmd (Thanks to "boco")
- Fix: Microsoft moved and renamed Microsoft Security Essentials installation files (Thanks to "harry", "boco" and "Denniss")
- Fix: On Windows Vista / Server 2008 (x86/x64) systems, IE8 installation failed due to invalid parameter "/closeprograms" (Thanks to R. Tolley)
- Fix: Check for new WOU versions failed if environment variable PATH did not contain %SystemRoot%\system32 (Thanks to "surfmaxx" and "aker")
- Fix: Suboptimal sequence in DoUpdate.cmd script could lead to .NET installation failures
- Fix: Removed Windows activation determination code from DetermineSystemProperties.vbs script since it's not used any longer (Thanks to "aker" and "boco")
- Fix: Missing semicolon in Linux script CreateISOImage.sh lead to syntax error (Thanks to "falcon")

Modifications in version 8.1.1

- NOTE: If you customized your copy of WOU using the script AddCustomLanguageSupport.cmd {lng}, please call it again once (per language) to get the appropriate MSE installation file(s) downloaded
- Fix: Microsoft moved and renamed the Security Essentials installation files again (Thanks to "scharl", "boco" and "harry")

Modifications in version 8.2

- NOTE: If you customized your copy of WOU using the script AddCustomLanguageSupport.cmd {lng}, please call it again once (per language) to get the appropriate IE10 installation file(s) downloaded
- Optional installation of Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (x86/x64) systems (Thanks to "harry" and "boco")
- Static download definitions may be updated while downloading (Thanks to "boco")
- Office update exclude list refined to include Visio updates (e.g. kb2687508) now (Thanks to "Gerby")
- Static download URLs updated for C++ 2005 and 2012 Runtime Libraries
- Fix: Linux script CreateISOImage.sh did not support symbolic links (Thanks to "jpotto")

Modifications in version 8.3

- Microsoft Silverlight updated to v. 5.1.20125.0 (Thanks to "harry")
- MSI packages' installations support MST transformation files now (Thanks to "rbr555")
- Support removed for .NET Frameworks 2.0 SP0/SP1 and 3.5 SP0 (Thanks to M. Trenkner)
- Fix: Internet Explorer 9 / 10 and prerequisites will now be attempted to be installed only once (Thanks to "soeftel" and "boco")
- Fix: Removed static download definition for obsolete Security Update kb2598039 for Office 2010 x86 (Thanks to "harry")
- Fix: Added static download definition for Update kb2687503 (may replace kb2597986) for Office 2010 x86 (Thanks to "harry")
- Fix: Missing "/f" switch for reg.exe could cause PrepareRecall.cmd, PrepareShowLogFile.cmd and CleanupRecall.cmd to wait for user interaction (Thanks to "rbr555")
- Fix: Linux script DownloadUpdates.sh corrected (Thanks to St. Baur, J. Steffens and H. Hullen)

Modifications in version 8.4

- UpdateInstaller script will now remind user's presets inbetween manual recalls (Thanks to "paul1149")
- DoUpdate.cmd script will now beep to request manual reboots (Thanks to "paul1149")
- Fix: Microsoft does not support dynamic determination of Updates for Office 2013 (Thanks to W. Wenzel)
- Fix: Installation part missed updates for Internet Explorer 10 (Thanks to "Gerby")
- Fix: UpdateGenerator script will now check installation state of Trusted Root Certificates (Thanks to "boco")
- Fix: UpdateGenerator script will now block UNC script paths (Thanks to "hereiam")
- Fix: UpdateGenerator and UpdateInstaller scripts will now block invalid %TEMP% paths (Thanks to "e2020" and "aker")
- Fix: Double-quoted parameter check could prevent installation of Office File Converter Pack (Thanks to "Rassilon")
- Fix: Download part missed PowerPoint 2007 Security Update kb2596764 due to a bug in Microsoft's update catalog file wsusscn2.cab
- Fix: Language messages and prerequisites' problem corrected in Linux scripts (Thanks to H. Hullen)
- Fix: Invalid download paths for C++ Runtime Libraries in Linux script DownloadUpdates.sh (Thanks to H. Hullen)
- Fix: Differences between Linux and Windows download parts (Thanks to "talou" and H. Hullen)

- NOTE: If you customized your copy of WOU using the script AddOffice2010x64Support.cmd {lng}, please call it again once (per language) to get the appropriate Office 2010 SP2 installation file(s) downloaded
- Office 2010 Service Pack 2 integrated (Thanks to "harry" and "aker")
- Microsoft Silverlight updated to v. 5.1.20513.0 (Thanks to "harry")
- Support added for C++ 2012 Runtime Libraries Update 3 (Thanks to "harry")
- HTTP Proxy password prompt will now encode special characters according to RFC1738 (Thanks to "Mortimer")
- Custom update definitions for .NET Frameworks 3.5 SP1 and 4 will be executed even if the Frameworks are already installed (Thanks to "DK3" and "aker")
- Fix: Service Packs for Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 were not installed if Office 2013 was present (Thanks to "Gerby" and "aker")
- Fix: HTTP Proxy password prompt did not appear again after HTTP Proxy changes (Thanks to V. Bartheld)
- Fix: Download part missed kb2813170 for Windows XP, 7 and Server 2003 (x86) due to a bug in Microsoft's update catalog file wsusscn2.cab (Thanks to M. Trenkner)
- Fix: Download part missed kb2425227 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (x86/x64) due to a bug in Microsoft's update catalog file wsusscn2.cab
- Fix: Download part missed updates kb2817480 for Office 2003 and kb2596764 for Office 2007 (Thanks to "harry")
- Fix: Download part got updates for Lync (Thanks to "harry")

- NOTE: If you like to use aria2 instead of wget for downloading, please call ActivateAria2Downloads.cmd once
- Detection capability added for Windows 8.1 / Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11
- Optional use of aria2 instead of wget to speed up downloading (Thanks to "qoole" and "brb8two")
- List of superseded updates will now be recalculated if ExcludeList-superseded-exclude.txt was modified
- Microsoft Security Essentials and MSI packages will now be installed last (Thanks to "paul1149")
- CreateISOImage.cmd and CreateISOImage.sh scripts will now create UDF instead of Joliet formatted ISO images (Thanks to "tapek")
- DownloadUpdates.cmd script will now automatically update mkisofs tool
- Added missing URL for Turkish version of Service Pack 2 for Office 2010 x64 (Thanks to "harry")
- Fix: Static installation definitions for Office updates were not correctly evaluated on dual Office installations (Thanks to "aker")
- Fix: XSLT filters for Windows 8 / Server 2012 also got updates for Windows 8.1 / Server 2012 R2 (Thanks to "harry")
- Fix: UpdateGenerator script won't any longer try to copy to non-existent USB target paths (Thanks to "boco" and "aker")
- Fix: DownloadUpdates.cmd script will now avoid misleading file integrity verification failures after an incomplete or broken download run (Thanks to "boco")
- Fix: DownloadUpdates.cmd script erroneously deleted StaticDownloadLinks-o2k13-x64-glb.txt (Thanks to "psj")
- Fix: Microsoft updated kb2574819 (DTLS, prerequisite for RDP 8.0) for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (x86/x64) (Thanks to "cecinit" and "Matjes")
- Fix: Download part missed kb2644615 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (x86/x64) due to a bug in Microsoft's update catalog file wsusscn2.cab
- Fix: Download part missed kb956744 for Windows Server 2003 (x86) due to a bug in Microsoft's update catalog file wsusscn2.cab
- Fix: Download part missed kb2817465 and kb2768017 for Office 2013
- Fix: Cleaned up ExcludeList-superseded-exclude.txt (Thanks to M. Trenkner)
- Fix: Download failures of mkisofs tool will now result in a warning instead of an error (Thanks to Th. Lohe)
- Fix: Minor fix in Linux script DownloadUpdates.sh (Thanks to "Buster" and H. Hullen)

- NOTE: If you customized your copy of WOU using the script AddCustomLanguageSupport.cmd {lng}, please call it again once (per language) to get the appropriate .NET 4.5.1 language pack(s) downloaded
- Support added for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2
- Support added for Windows Management Framework 4.0 on Windows 7 and Server 2008(R2)/2012 (x86/x64) systems (Thanks to "zhaojie")
- .NET Framework 4.5 updated to v. 4.5.1 (Thanks to "boco" and "harry")
- Microsoft Silverlight updated to v. 5.1.20913.0 (Thanks to "harry")
- C++ 2013 Runtime Libraries integrated (Thanks to "harry")
- Installation part will now log Windows licensing info (Thanks to Bert Schinkel-Momsen)
- Update for the Windows Operating System Loader (kb2506014) added for Windows Vista, 7 and Server 2008(R2) (x64) (Thanks to "friday123")
- Static download definitions added for Disk Cleanup Wizard addon for Windows 7 SP1 (kb2852386) (Thanks to "David" and Th. Baisch)
- Static download definitions added for Update for Deprecation of MD5 Hashing Algorithm for Microsoft Root Certificate Program (kb2862973) for Windows Vista, 7, 8 and Server 2008(R2)/2012 (x86/x64) (Thanks to "friday123")
- Static download URLs for aria2 download utility updated to v. 1.18.1
- Excluded Update Rollups 1-4 (kb2554636, kb2630436, kb2705122 and kb2757013) for Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials (Thanks to "zhaojie")
- Fix: Sysinternals jumbled parameters and screwed up Sigcheck v. 2.0 (Thanks to "Gerby")
- Fix: Installation failed on Japanese Windows Vista systems due to special characters in Win32_OperatingSystem.Caption (Thanks to I. Wada)
- Fix: DoUpdate.cmd script repeatedly installed custom static update definitions for .NET Frameworks 3.5 SP1 and 4 (Thanks to "Wes" and "aker")
- Fix: DownloadUpdates.cmd script threw misleading file integrity verification warnings for .NET updates (Thanks to "boco")
- Fix: Patch installation using Dism.exe failed when called by a custom x86 starter process (Thanks to "MacKeon", "Baumix" and "boco")
- Fix: Downloading from internal WSUS server failed (Thanks to P. Pacha)
- Fix: Download part missed kb2835361 for Windows Vista, 7 and Server 2008(R2) (x86/x64) due to a bug in Microsoft's update catalog file wsusscn2.cab
- Fix: Download part missed kb2827238 for Excel 2013
- Fix: Minor fixes in Linux scripts (Thanks to "MacKeon" and H. Hullen)

- Fix: Windows Management Framework 4.0 wasn't offered for installation on Windows Server 2012 systems
- Fix: DoUpdate.cmd script will now also try to determine missing updates if state of service 'Windows Update' (wuauserv) is "Start Pending" (Thanks to "friday123")
- Fix: Check for trailing backslash in environment variable TEMP was broken in UpdateGenerator and UpdateInstaller scripts (Thanks to "chavv")