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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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what a mess.
Yes, it appears to have been pulled.
LT: Inadvertently installed it early yesterday AM without checking for MS documentation (as I usually do for all patches before installing), (Bummer). That said, no apparent ill effects, as of now.
DT 1: Found this thread before installing it, so opted to wait, but did not hide it (I did install the other 3 patches). As of 7:30 last night, it was still listed as an "important" update that was available, with the customary WU alert icon in the system tray. At 8:30 last night, WU automatically checked for updates and <poof!> KB976902 was gone from the list. WU now says I am up-to-date, with no available important updates, and no WU system tray notification icon.
Vanishing black hole, indeed!
Thanks to all for helpful input and info (in the glaring absence of information or documentation from Redmond!),
daledoc1
Desktop 1: Win 7 Ult (64); Desktop 2: Win Vista Ult SP2 (32); Laptop: Win 7 Pro (32); Everything is fully patched!
i dunno whats going on all i know is i got 4 updates and for some reason when that update installed something went wrong cuz the kb 2388210 failed to install on the 64bit verson of windows 7 then the failed update came back and installed
then the same thing happened on my 32bit version of windows 7 but kb 2249857 failed to install then the failed update came back and installed.
The same thing happened when I installed (26/10), three installed (inc. 976902), but the fourth (2289857) (the 2 TB hibernating reliability update) failed, I rescanned, and it installed fine.
