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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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GWX Control Panel detected the Get Windows 10 app on my Win 7 machine today and I'm sure I haven't installed any updates since the last time it came up clean. What is going on? GWXCP was able to remove it, but how did they sneak it in in the first place? Are they installing apps that sleep so their source is hard to trace?
In addition to KB2952664 and KB3138612, I also had KB3035583 in my Windows Update list.
Both KB2952664 and KB3035583 are old updates that attempt to get Windows 10 installed. I had previously hidden both of those updates (many times) and yet Microsoft keeps unhiding them!
On my Windows 7 system this morning, Windows Update presented me with
KB2952664 (22nd time)
KB3138612 - some unknown (to me) update to Windows Update
I don't know what has been changed in the most recent release of kb3035583 .... but one thing remains unchanged: Microsoft continues to use coercive techniques to get Windows 10 installed.
If you do not want Windows 10, then I recommend that you hide kb3035583 every time Microsoft brings it back.
Good stuff.
What does uninstall mean? You got tricked into installing and then learned it was to be avoided?
I looked at Woody's page, and was hoping for such a table, maintained as they come out with new ones. No luck. Would be convenient to have such a resource -- something to be checked after each blast.
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If you ever find someone who maintains such a chart, post it here. That's why I created my own. Microsoft doesn't make it easy to uninstall updates. You'll have to search for them here:
C:\Windows\System32\control.exe Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features\Installed Updates
I've also noticed that shortcuts to Control Panel items no longer work on my Win 7 machine. Also quoting the parameter doesn't work. Anyone know why that could be? The choice to create them is also greyed.
