What exactly does KB2952664 do?

I'm very lucky because I don't play computer games. ;-)

P.S. I can play piano if I want. But I'm just a beginner.

If only Linux were a viable gaming option.

There was a glimmer of hope that developers would stop using DX a while back. All that talk about

AMD's  Mantel. Fizzed pretty quickly when MS announced DX12 as bringing in a new era for developers though.

It may have made Linux a viable gaming platform.

Yeah! Give up on games and go back to playing guitar. Or just go an hang out at the pub. Both ?

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The only way is to give up and change to Linux.

(Somewhat off topic) -

Telemetry eh! I so want MS and all their product pushing 'partners' to know all my hopes and dreams.

Profile me and send me an 'exclusive' invitation to something.

Well, actually, I don't really give a rats if MS is watching, but still reckon they can shove their marketing gimmicks

where the sun don't shine.

I find it ironic that for the past however many years (a long, long time ago) we have been admonished to protect

our PC's from Spyware, and now Monopoly$oft is turning Windows (Win10 by design, and Win7/8 by update stealth),

into grand Spyware/marketing tools. 

Notice the default large size of the Store icon on Win10 Start menu, and the 'shortcuts' to shopping 'experiences' ,

ie- Groove Music, on the Start Menu that cannot be deleted.

Bold faced, shameless marketing.  Handy for parents trying to control their kids consumerism. Not !

I think there is an OS in there somewhere, which could also be handy from time to time.

If I could just pull myself away from Money and Movies & Candy Crush. 

Back to specific topic -  KB2952664 .

Not sure if I have had to repeatedly hide this update or not, but I'll  keep an eye out for it's return

(goofing around in Win10 atm).

I have also hid - KB 2990214 - KB3021917 - KB3035583 - (maybe a couple others yesterday.

Will check when back on Win7)

• Also hid - kb3086255 - because it is a ham fisted fix for what to date has been a non issue

(probably will be in future now that MS has telegraphed it to hackers world wide).

EDIT: Back again - Yep! KB2952664 is back in both recommended and optional updates.

KB3021917 - KB3035583 as well.

At this rate I think I will start using the term Monotonous$oft in preference to  Monopoly$oft.

Not a good time to allow automatic updates, if there ever was.

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I just found that Microsoft has (yet again) put KB2952664 back on my Windows Update queue.

Each time they do this (I have lost count of the number of times) I just HIDE that update (KB2952664) .... and each time Microsoft eventually ignores my setting and re-inserts KB2952664 into my update queue (I have my Windows Update set to "Check for updates but let me choose to download and install them"). 

How many times do I have to tell Microsoft that I am not interested in installing patches that either nag me for some reason (i.e., to install Windows 10), or send telemetry data from my computer back to Microsoft?????

Besides KB2952664, there are a few more patches that result in "snooping", "nagging",  and/or sending telemetry data back to Microsoft. See this site for more details ...

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2989896/microsoft-windows/windows-snooping-and-nagging-patches-return-kb-3035583-kb-2952664.html