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
    2016-02-21T22:21:53+00:00

    Marty,

    I am not sure what your response ("Stop emails") means with respect to my (almost two year old) post of April 30, 2014 that you referred to. Can you clarify that for me please.

    I think he's trying to unsubscribe from the thread.

    Marty, you have to click Stop emails under langware's original post on Page 1.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-21T22:15:05+00:00

    Click on Stop emails on page 1 on the bottom of the discussions original post :)

    Some people need windows 10 to do basic stuff = ask cortana how :p

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-21T20:54:05+00:00

    Stop emails

    Marty,

    I am not sure what your response ("Stop emails") means with respect to my (almost two year old) post of April 30, 2014 that you referred to. Can you clarify that for me please.

    Recall that approximately two years ago when KB2952664 was first released, its description was this:

    "This update helps Microsoft make improvements to the current operating system in order to ease the upgrade experience to the latest version of Windows."

    Now, almost two years later, it has become very clear what the purpose of KB2952664 is .... to coerce users into installing Windows 10 ... and that coercion continues to this day .... when users hide KB2952664 (because they do not want Windows 10) and Microsoft unhides KB2952664, and frequently places that update into the "Important" list and selects it .... so users who have Windows Update set to "Install updates automatically" will get Windows 10 installed in spite of having previously indicated to Microsoft (by hiding KB2952664) that they do not want Windows 10.

    How many times, and in how many ways, must a user tell Microsoft that they do not want Windows 10 .... before Microsoft honors the customer's decision??

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-21T19:57:07+00:00

    Stop emails

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-21T15:15:29+00:00

    I will continue using Windows 7 for my business until at least 2020, and with it, Office 2003 (because no ribbon menu), QuickBoods 2002 (because GAAP still the same) and Lotus 1-2-3 97 (because nothing comparable). All of which work perfectly with the appropriate compatibility settings.

    In 2020, I see a few possibilities, in order of preference:

    1. Either MS or somebody else will offer the small business market an O/S similar to Windows 7, with the same functionality and compatibility.
    2. Ubuntu or some other version of Linux will become a viable option with either internal or third-party (like WINE) capability  to seamlessly run older Windows-based software.
    3. I will continue using my existing system and software (having prepared for the eventual need to do so on new hardware) for all offline work (i.e. bookkeeping, spreadsheets, documents, etc.), and use the least intrusive option available for online activities only. securely transferring files between the two where necessary.

    What is not an option is to follow Microsoft's "one size fits all" approach blindly into the cloud. As their current apparent target market matures and needs devices for work that are designed more for work than play, whatever initial success MicroShove might have pushing Windows 10 with their strong-arm tactics will backfire, when the market realizes that (once again) the emperor has no clothes, and (again) reject a product that does not live up to the marketing hype.

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