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Today I saw an update on my windows 7 laptop with kb 976902. It said that it is to allow future updates to install correctly and that after it was installed, I could not remove it. I looked on Knowledge Base for the article about it and it comes back with no results. I have read at some places that it is used by SP1 beta. I do not have SP1 Beta installed on my system.
Does anybody know what this update is for?
Thank you in advance,
vader95
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This isn't SP1 or beta software or even malware (perplexed9, use some common sense). It's an update that readies the system for when the service pack is released. This occured with the service packs for Vista too.
However this update should not have been released without proper documentation so it wouldn't surprise me if people hold off until there are notes available.
*UPDATE* - Documentation has been released - http://support.microsoft.com/KB/976902
We have publiced the corresponding KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976902
KB976902 is the update to the servicing stackcomponent, same purpose with this update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937287
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Microsoft has reportedly begun distribution of the first service pack for Windows 7...
A posting to the company's Russian-language TechNet page indicates...
I'm sorry but that's pure FUD, Davy-D.
MS has confirmed that Win7/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 has NOT gone RTM yet.
The posting was in a Russian-language blog hosted on TechNet, not a "TechNet page."
See...
Leaked "Official" Windows 7 Service Pack 1
http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2011/01/leaked-official-windows-7-service-pack.html
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (IE, Mail, Security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ Disclaimer: MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft
Microsoft has reportedly begun distribution of the first service pack for Windows 7.
A posting to the company's Russian-language TechNet page indicates that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have begun to receive the first copies of the Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 builds.
Microsofts Rusky Windows virtualisation bods confirmed that version 7601.17514.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850 is the final build and it will be in the laps of OEMs soon.
[KB937287] provides a description for the applicable Vista update. [KB976902] provides a list of files being modified, but very little of the "why"
KB937287 is an update for Vista, not Win7/Windows Server 2008 R2.
KB976902 explains that "[this] update is necessary to successfully install and to remove any service packs [in] all versions of Windows 7 and [in] Windows Server 2008 R2."
IOW KB976902 is a Prerequiste Update for Win7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2) SP1. If it's not installed, SP1 will NOT be offered to your computer by Windows Update NOR will you be able to install it manually.
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (IE, Mail, Security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ Disclaimer: MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft
