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).

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

412 answers

Sort by: Oldest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2016-03-03T03:42:50+00:00

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-03T03:54:54+00:00

    KB3138612:

    This update contains some improvements to Windows Update Client in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3138612

    As long as that's all that is known about this, I'll pass. My definition of "improvements" is different than Microsoft's.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-03T03:56:58+00:00

    ... Who knows what new tricks Microsoft will think up.

    Those of us who do not want Windows 10 on our computers will have to be very vigilant.

    ...

    I have had an impression that it might not have come through Windows Update which shows nothing since 2/17.  MS updated my Office 365 this week.  Do you think they might have included "Get Windows 10" with that update?

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2016-03-03T04:39:11+00:00

    MS updated my Office 365 this week.  Do you think they might have included "Get Windows 10" with that update?

    Don't know ... but it's possible.

    Is there a KB (or any other identifiable/searchable) number associated with the Office 365 update you received? If so, try searching on that number and the phrase:  Windows 10 ... so see if anyone else had a similar problem after getting Office 356 updated.

    Is Office 365 updated automatically or do you have to click something to get the updates (Sorry for all these questions, I do not have Office 365). Is Office 365 updated via the Windows Update process, or some other process (such as settings within the app itself)? If Office 365 is automatically updated, you may want to find out if there is an option to manually control when the updates are downloaded & installed.

    You should probably run the GWX Control Panel after any update from Microsoft.

    As far as which KB updates one should install (versus which ones to hide), Woody Leonard's site recommends that update descriptions in the Windows Update list that begin with "Security update for Windows ..." should be installed, but those that begin with  "Update for Windows ..." should NOT be installed. In other words, install the KB updates that are for security and do not install the others (i.e., non-security).

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2016-03-03T05:10:59+00:00

    ...

    Is there a KB (or any other identifiable/searchable) number associated with the Office 365 update you received? If so, try searching on that number and the phrase:  Windows 10 ... so see if anyone else had a similar problem after getting Office 356 updated.

    Is Office 365 updated automatically or do you have to click something to get the updates (Sorry for all these questions, I do not have Office 365). Is Office 365 updated via the Windows Update process, or some other process (such as settings within the app itself)? If Office 365 is automatically updated, you may want to find out if there is an option to manually control when the updates are downloaded & installed.

    You should probably run the GWX Control Panel after any update from Microsoft.

    ...

    There's no KB number for Office 365 updates.  It appears to be totally separate from Windows Update.  There are only two polar options:  Disable Updates and Automatic Updates.  When updates are disabled, I don't know if there is any notification that a new one is available.  I'll have to see if the red update available notification appears.  From what I understand, it remains active until you do update.

    GWXCP did display an alert as monitoring is on.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments