Compatibility

Wondering which Windows Update website is compatible with your operating system?

The table below will help you to find what website you should use to update Windows!

Please note: this table does not represent what Windows Update Restored currently supports. It only represents what Microsoft officially supported back then.

	Windows 95	Windows NT 4.0	Windows 98	Windows Me	Windows 2000	Windows XP	Windows Server 2003
Windows Update v2	Yes (IE4)	Yes (IE4)	Yes (FE - IE4)	No	No	No	No
Windows Update v3.1	Yes	Yes (from SP3 to SP6a - x86)	Yes	Yes	Yes, only up to SP2	No	No
Windows Update v4	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, only up to SP2	Yes, only up to SP1
Windows Update v5	No	No	No	No	Yes, with SP3 or SP4	Yes	Yes
Windows Update v6	No	No	No	No	Yes, with SP3 or SP4	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Update	No	No	No	No	Yes, with SP3 or SP4	Yes	Yes

Microsoft Windows Server Editions

Server editions of Windows are also supported. Here's a quick list linking each Server edition to its corresponding Consumer edition:

Windows NT Server 4.0 --> Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000 Server --> Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003 / R2 / Home Server --> Windows XP / Windows Server 2003

Microsoft Windows Embedded Editions

Embedded editions of Windows are also supported. Here's a quick list linking each Embedded edition to its corresponding Consumer edition:

Windows NT 4.0 Embedded --> Windows NT 4.0
Windows XP Embedded / Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS) / Windows Fundamentals For Legacy PCs / Windows Embedded Standard 2009 / Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 --> Windows XP

Legacy Update

Legacy Update also offers a compatibility table listing much newer operating systems. Check out this compatibility table on the Legacy Update website.