What exactly does KB2952664 do?

Anonymous
2014-04-27T00:12:24+00:00

KB2952664 was published on April 22, 2014 and appears in my Windows Update List (I am running Windows 7 Pro - 64 bit).

The description of this update is vague:  "This update helps Microsoft make improvements to the current operating system in order to ease the upgrade experience to the latest version of Windows."

Anyone have more information on what this update actually does? If its sole purpose is to ease the "upgrade" from Windows 7 to Windows 8 (or 8.1 or 8.1 update), then I'll just permanently hide KB2952664 (I have no desire or intention to "upgrade" my Windows 7 system to any flavor of Windows 8).

If its purpose is to ease what would be a true Windows 7 upgrade to a yet-to-be-announced Windows 7 SP2, then I'll keep it (but still would like to have more information about what KB2952664 actually does before installing).

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-30T18:16:08+00:00

    Thanks Gerry .... yes, I did fill in the feedback form for the KB article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2952664/en-us).

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-30T17:57:01+00:00

    Did you make your comment about incomplete information in the space provided in the space provided in the Knowledge Base Article for feedback? Microsoft do make documentation changes based on feedback.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-30T13:16:21+00:00

    Have you looked at the list of additional files?:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2952664

    Just because you presently do not contemplate updating to Windows 8 is not in my book a reason for not installing the update. It is better to keep your version of windows fully up to date as situations change and the fewer updates not installed leaves less to go wrong later. The exception is where there are indications that a particular update is being reported as causing other users real problem.

    I have installed the update and have no issues resulting from the installation of the update more than a week ago.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-29T01:12:34+00:00

    It would be nice if someone from Microsoft would answer these questions:

    1. What exactly does KB2952664 do?
    2. If one is running Windows 7 and has no plans for upgrading to Windows 8, can KB2952664 safely be hidden and ignored?

    The information in this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2952664/en-us

    ...  does not answer the above questions.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-04-28T22:46:20+00:00

    I also question the vagueness Microsoft has provided as to what this patch is intended to do as well as the "important" classification given.  I already have Windows 8.1 on a Surface but don't intend to upgrade/downgrade my Windows 7 Ultimate Desktop to anything W8.

    If it isn't necessary, other than to prep for an OS upgrade, I plan to keep any potential bloat off my W7 Desktop and wait for perhaps a "Windows 9" release and will load any prerequisites for upgrade at that time.

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