i just ran a Windows Update on my Windows 7 Pro 32-bit system, and I did not see KB2990214 as a patch to install. I installed that patch for the first and only time on April 12.
--Barry Finkel
What exactly does KB2952664 do?
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Anonymous
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
2015-05-26T18:39:10+00:00 -
Anonymous
2015-05-26T15:26:20+00:00 IT'S BAAAAAAAACK...
Just a note to let folks know to keep an eye out for it - they're trying to sneak it in again.
Also, watch out for KB2990214 - Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 7 to a later version of Windows.
Caveat emptor.
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Anonymous
2015-05-04T18:18:33+00:00 What is really annoying is that if you have auto update then every time you shutdown you have to wait while it updates and then when you start up you have to wait for it to configure, then fails and reverts twice, wasting yet more time.
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Anonymous
2015-03-27T09:46:40+00:00 They're offering Windows 10 to everyone, including pirated copies of Windows 7 SP1, 8, 8.1.
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Anonymous
2015-03-26T02:07:44+00:00 If I had to guess, this is a piece of software to determine if your Windows 7 is a counterfeit. As you probably know, they will be offering FREE upgrades to Windows 10. If they determine that your version of Windows 7 is bogus, they will not allow updates of any kind when you update to Windows 10. Just my two sense.