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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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Some older posts on various sites related it to installing Win7 SP1 Beta.
KB976902 was a Prerequisite Update for Win7/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta.
In all likelihood, KB976902 is a Prerequisite Update for Win7/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Release Candidate, too.
In all likelihood, KB976902 (or a variation thereof) will be a Prerequisite Update for Win7/Windows Server 2008 R2 Final.
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I'd like to just correct a few things that I've read.
The update was being shown as 4.3 MB on Windows 7 32bit and 10.2 MB on Windows 7 64bit. The actual express install package though, was only 30.4 KB.
Andrew if you manage to "rip it apart in installshield", let me know, because so far I've only been able to find it as an express install package.
Additionally, as one of the first ones to analyze this and blog on it, and still on the first page of the search results, I'll have to say that my logs don't show enough traffic to think that most people care. Definitely not enough for Microsoft to notice.
My detailed analysis is at:
http://www.myblog.org/2010/10/26/update-for-windows-7-kb976902-detailed-analysis/
Unless you're a geek, though. The update really isn't very interesting beyond the non-detailed analysis.
I just had a question posed in another thread:
User "can'tRecall" has a Stack Hash error when trying to update to the latest DirectX. Is this because he didn't install the 'Blackhole update' or because he did? Or is this totally unrelated?
