You should still get the list of current versions from BASE with no problems.
That update checker URL is no longer (primarily) used for checking for updates, unless the primary update info is off line.... However the info contained at that URL is current and accurate... You should not need the new or the old address, It is for the internal use of DriverPacks BASE only.
The automatic updates have been discontinued... they are not broken. Simple CDN no longer donates their services and we don't have $800 USD a month to buy the service... Heck we don't even get $800 USD a year in donations.
there is a news item about it on the home page... http://driverpacks.net/
[Our new CDN sponsor: MaxCDN!]
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"we need to look into ways to generate more income, to be able to continue running this project. A first and obvious step, is to cease the ability to download/update the Windows 2000/XP/2003 DriverPacks from within the DriverPacks BASE for free. In the first phase, the downloads will stop working, thereby increasing our number of visitors. In the second phase, we are considering to offer users the ability to pay for the comfort of downloading/updating from within DriverPacks BASE. Users who want this would then support us financially. And those who don't really need this (and don't want to or can't support us), can still download the DriverPacks from the website.
(Note that this was not a demand of MaxCDN, but it's only common courtesy to show the ads of the sponsor when using the sponsored service.)"
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We need people to visit the download pages and get our page counts up and hopefully get some click throughs too. If we can't at least generate some ad revenues then we are destined to have no choice but to close this site. In a perfect world our sponsors would see a conversion on click throughs from our site. (IE they view and then signup for MaxCDN's services.)
We have been very fortunate to have wonderful people like Simple CDN and Max CDN donate our unlimited Bandwidth in the past. However they are looking / hoping that since we ahve a million downloads a month that a few of those peeps will like the service and sign up for it. History has shown that they get about as many customers as we get donations... None.
Sorry automatic downloads are no longer possible... and it may come to pass that this site is no longer possible.
Jeff
