KB2952554 caused problems with my Windows Live email. After I isolated this update, I uninstalled it. Now my email is fine. Imagine that?
What exactly does KB2952664 do?
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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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Anonymous
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2015-07-30T04:31:29+00:00 KW_935:
Did you really think Microsoft would make anything easy for the customer ???
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Anonymous
2015-07-30T03:14:39+00:00 OK SO WHERE THE **** IS THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS STUPID UPDATE. I HAVE BEEN ONLINE ALL STINKING DAY TRYING TO DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 10
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Anonymous
2015-07-29T02:23:14+00:00 While I have no plans to ever downgrade from Windows 7, I had been considering migrating those in my family currently stuck with Windows 8/8.1 to Windows 10, but the recent news that automatic updates are forced is a dealbreaker.
When Microsoft wants to hand out computers for free, they can decide what goes on them. As long as I am paying for the hardware, I will decide what software gets installed on it, and how that software will update. The only thing I have ever had set to automatic update is anti-virus software, and that's just a matter of convenience and security.
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Anonymous
2015-07-28T20:27:31+00:00 I have lost track of the number of times that I have hidden KB2952664 ... only to later find it unhidden and back in my list of active updates.
I have automatic updates disabled, and to date I have never installed KB2952664.
With Windows 10 Home, and Windows 10 pro (not attached to update servers), customers no longer have the option to disable automatic updates ... all updates are forced. The new "patch blocker" (KB3073930) does not actually block patches, unless the patch (to be blocked) has ALREADY been installed (yes, you read that right).
Just in the past few days, Microsoft has forced two buggy updates to Windows 10 (a new Nvidia driver, and KB3074681).
I have no plans to ever install Windows 10 on my computer, and I do not want/need the various Windows 10 nag updates (such as KB2952664, KB3035583, etc).