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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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Does help a little, but does not answer question about what it does and why was given the important rating. I have removed it from installed updates and really don't care what it does as it has not effected my computer in any way without it. Still, would like to know just what it does and the important rating
Thank you anyway Mr Cornell.
KB2952664 affects different computer in differing ways*.*
That is not very comforting, given that any computers that would be installing it would be running the same operating system, as it only applies to Windows 7.
It is possible that you will not be offered the update again.
Or, it is possible that no matter how many times we hide it, it will show up again and again as an "important" update, on the presumption that each time, it will sneak itself past a percentage of users.
I would like to say that this type of behaviour is beneath a company of Microsoft's stature. I would like to, but I can't, because this is the sort of thing we've come to expect from Microsoft with increasing frequency in recent years.
The moment a company believes itself to be invincible is the moment it begins the process of proving itself wrong.
I am using Win 7 64 bit SP1. Windows Update has been trying to install KB2952664 since September. It always fails with an error code 80073701. However I can find no information on the MS site that explains this error code.
So, not only is the purpose of the update vague, but I can't even find out why it failed. Even more vague.
Thanks Gerry, but I think I'll pass on the installation of this update as I've got all the other ones and can still update new ones that come up. From all the **** I've heard about this update I don't want it to corrupt my boot up.
Thanks for commenting on my problem;
Omaha Bullock
I had to uninstall this patch since it caused an error and Powershell was continuously crashing on me. Since it is of no importance to me I've hidden it and hope my problem with Powershell stays away.
