404 not found about mf-installcab

[jazznuts]

Same issue here

Here is an archived link: https://web.archive.org/web/20200803210804/https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-494A-AB78-7FB0D4461357/windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe

[michaelbutler]

OK here is a work-around it seems after I checked the logic inside install-mf-64.sh:

Download the ~904MB file from links above to your Downloads folder.
In Terminal move it to the pfx folder like this:

cd path/to/pfx # (same place you'll find ./install-mf-64.sh)
mv ~/Downloads/windows6.1-kb976932-x64_74865ef2562006e51d7f9333b4a8d45b7a749dab.exe ./windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe
WINEPREFIX=$PWD ./install-mf-64.sh

In my case I downloaded the service pack from http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2011/02/windows6.1-kb976932-x64_74865ef2562006e51d7f9333b4a8d45b7a749dab.exe

Because the file is present now locally with the name windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe the script will skip the download and just use it.

[z0z0z]

I have updated the script to use the web.archive.org link.

That sucks. Microsoft has really been trying to make it hard to download Win7 or Win7 stuff, or perhaps this is particularly targeted at all the people they see downloading this because of media foundation workarounds.

[michaelbutler]

I'm having the same issue 😢 Looks like maybe that was a time-limited link and someone needs to find the updated version? Did anyone back it up?

Edit: according to https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/downloading-windows-7-service-pack-1-manually/04726857-9257-491b-9f1d-607d45cfdef2 the file was 903 MB so maybe Microsoft caught on a lot of people downloading it (and Windows 7 is discontinued to boot).

[michaelbutler]

I think I found a working link at https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB976932 Labeled as "Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 for x64-based Systems (KB976932)"

[frostworx]

I used

WTMF="$HOME/.cache/winetricks/win7sp1/windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe"
MFDLURL="$(grep -E "win7sp1.*http.*$(basename "$WTMF")" "$(which "winetricks")" | grep -oE 'http[^\ ]+')"
echo wget "$MFDLURL" -O  "$WTMF"

in my attempt described here