Project Dakota

Project Dakota was an alternative to Microsoft's Windows Update developed by Alek Patsouris & Christopher "doc" Harris to update a Windows XP system from a CD, USB drive or network drive, without the need to use the Windows Update website.

Distribution of the program started on 1 January 2008 at 12:00AM. As of November 2012 the project website states that the project has been retired completely.

Project Dakota
Developer(s) Christopher Harris, Alek Patsouris
Stable release PD_0.2XPAS (Windows XP), PD_0.103AS (Server 2003) / 15 July 2008
Operating system Windows XP, Server 2003
Platform Microsoft Windows
Available in English
Type Software utility
License Freeware
Website Project Dakota Online

Purpose

Project Dakota was designed for:

Media

Project Dakota is able to run from removable media such as CDs, DVDs and USB flash drives as well as being able to run from a Network (mapped drive) or local hard disk.

Background Information

Project Dakota came about from seeing the need for a better method to update multiple school computers at once, and to keep track of the status of all computers. Project Dakota achieved this by creating text files that were uploaded to the schools server according to their hostname.[1]

When the project was adapted for general use, the project still generated the text file, but uploaded it to an FTP server with details about the hardware and what updates were installed. Many users assumed Project Dakota was obtaining their Windows Product key, but this was not the case.[2]

The Project was inspired by the song Dakota by the Stereophonics.[3]

Project History

Windows XP

Version 0.1AB

Version 0.1CS

Version 0.2XPAS

Server 2003

Version 0.103AS

References

  1. "Fun Facts about Project Dakota". Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  2. "Bugs in version 0.1AB". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  3. "Fun Facts about Project Dakota". Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  4. "0.1AB Is live!". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  5. "0.1CS Is live!". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  6. "Here comes 0.2!". Retrieved 2008-07-15.

External links

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