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
    2015-07-28T01:23:35+00:00

    I just installed KB2952664 for the 17th time; it appeared in Windows Update.

    --Barry Finkel

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-28T16:56:12+00:00

    Reading into the file names, it looks like this is an inventory applet to determine potential compatibility issues.  The question is, "To what?"  Coming out a couple of days before the Windows 10 roll out, I can assume that is the relation.  It keeps auto-approving in our "Workstation" WSUS, instead of letting me choose when/if to let it through.  So far, the servers (luckily set to not automatically approve) are not getting this.  A free upgrade from Server 2008 R2 would eventually be cool, but most of us will be ready for a full server refresh by then.  I am getting user complaints of the IE compatibility list getting deleted several times in the last couple of months, right after an MS update is pushed.  I also have three Win7x64 PCs that suddenly started Blue Screen crashes asking for a System Repair, in the newest one, twice.  A lot of time wasted checking them out and running a restore point & SFC /ScanNow to find various SYS files corrupt and replaced.  There isn't much between them that is common, besides running Win7x64.  I am not sure if there is a correlation with these updates that seem to be preparing us for July 29, but it sure is coincidental.

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  3. 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).

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  4. 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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  5. 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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