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
    2016-04-08T18:42:10+00:00

    This update performs diagnostics on the Windows systems that participate in the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program.

    If you are not in the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program the update does not or should not apply!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-08T18:29:45+00:00

    should also be made aware that installing KB2952664 could lead to nags about installing Windows 10

    That statement is not necessarily true ...

    Gerry,

    I feel that if someone wants to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program, and decides to install KB2952664, then that person also needs to also be aware that (as a result of installing KB2952664) they could start seeing nags for Windows 10.

    If you google "KB2952664", you will find many many people complaining that after installing KB2952664 they suddenly started getting Windows 10 nags.

    I do not think that informing someone about the possibility of getting Windows 10 nags after installing KB2952664 is misleading ... and how is that warning untrue?

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-04-08T18:14:54+00:00
    1. The full text of the description is:

    This update performs diagnostics on the Windows systems that participate in the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program. These diagnostics help determine whether compatibility issues may be encountered when the latest Windows operating system is installed. This update will help Microsoft and its partners ensure compatibility for customers who want to install the latest Windows operating system.

    That it is specifically designed to assess compatibility issues related to installing the latest Windows operating system (look at that - even Microsoft isn't calling it an "updgrade" anymore), rather than performing general diagnostics on or providing improvements to the CEIP, is relevant.

    1. I am not participating in the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program and have disabled all tasks, services, and processes related to it, as well as anything else from Microsoft that is telemetry-related. I still get KB2952664 in available updates every time it is re-released, as does everyone else (whether or not it has been previously hidden). It seems, then, that what is not relevant to receiving this update is participation in the CEIP.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-08T18:11:29+00:00

    should also be made aware that installing KB2952664 could lead to nags about installing Windows 10

    That statement is not necessarily true as I have pointed out countless times in the past. I do not believe that I should be misleading other users.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-04-08T17:39:09+00:00

    Yes .... but said user (or any user considering participation in the Customer Experience Improvement Program) should also be made aware that installing KB2952664 could lead to nags about installing Windows 10.

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