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
    2016-05-26T15:30:04+00:00

    I have uninstalled this update from every one of my 153 client computers and that has been about a year now.  The answer to your question is simply..

    NOTHING USEFUL, unless you want Windows 10, and if you do, it won't be there long

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-26T10:50:16+00:00

    Microsoft's stealth marketing strategy for Windows 10 is a de facto admission that they do not have enough confidence in the product to sell it on its own merits, even for free.

    Their desperation they have shown in this is an indication that ultimately, it will be far from free.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-26T01:59:19+00:00

    I checked my logs, and the previous installations of KB3035583 did not require a reboot; the version I installed this afternoon did require a reboot.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-05-26T01:45:44+00:00

    Barry,

    Microsoft is desperate to get customers to install Windows 10 ... they are using coercive tactics such as re-re-re.... releasing updates such as kb3035583, kb2952664, etc.

    Since you have elected to install kb3035583, then I assume you are using something such as the GWX Control Panel to prevent Microsoft's coercive updates from nagging you about installing Windows 10?

    Microsoft has recently started using even more deception in trying to coerce users into installing Windows 10. A pop-up window is displayed saying your Windows 10 upgrade will start soon (in a few minutes to a few hours). If you click the "X" in the upper right corner of that pop-up window .... you might expect that the pop-up window would be closed and no other action would be taken.

    But no, if you click the "X" in the upper right corner of the pop-up, Microsoft assumes that means you want the upgrade (to Windows 10) to start immediately!

    For more on this new deception by Microsoft, see this article ...

    http://blogs.msmvps.com/bradley/2016/05/20/windows-10-and-the-forced-release/

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