Agreed on hosting patches!! With one more note: I would suggest strongly that you include in the filename or description whether the patch is for WE/MI, or for regular S:TW. That makes new players' time a lot easier.
And hey, a 1:1 disk image with a drive daemon is much safer than a crack. Nooot that I'd suggest anyone use that sort of method unless your jurisdiction allows you to make a backup copy. Mind you. And especially not when playing other people online. (In that case I'd say if your jurisdiction allows it as above, burn the 1:1 image onto a CD and store it in your safe just in case your original CD breaks.)
Other software... I'm trying not to get too general here. I'd post links to the major videocard vendors, for upgrading to the latest drivers. Hosting their driver file updates, though, is generally a Bad Idea (tm), worse than toying with the grey-legal area of 1:1 disk images. (Because they tend to outright say you can't do that, which makes it not grey-legal bit just plain illegal.)
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