In my case the application failed to download the “wsusscn2.cab” file multiple times. Select all the checkboxes that are marked red and click on the “Start” button appearing on the upper-right corner. Being a portable application, you can always move the folder to a removable drive once you are done downloading the updates.Īs soon as you open the application, Portable Update will prompt you to download a few files that are required to search, download and install Windows updates.
In my case I’ve extracted the contents of the zip file into a folder called “PortUp” on my desktop. Once downloaded, extract the zip file and execute the application. To do that we are going to use a free and portable application called Portable Update.
To update a Windows machine offline you first need to download all the available updates to a location you can readily access, like a USB drive.
