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
    2016-05-26T17:08:30+00:00

    Have you read Nadella's latest. He is re-confirming his dedication to the portable market in spite of firing thousands more of Nokia staff.  M$ market share in the mobile market is now less than 1%.

    Someone is breathing in some unnatural materials.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-26T16:59:46+00:00

    As more and more folks are waking up to find that they have been mysteriously "upgraded" to Windows 10, this is starting to attract the attention of mainstream media. If Microsoft does not change course soon, it may find that "full speed ahead" steers it straight to damage control.

    Seems like as good a time as any to repeat this:

    The moment a company believes itself to be invincible is the moment it begins the process of proving itself wrong.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-26T15:30:04+00:00

    I have uninstalled this update from every one of my 153 client computers and that has been about a year now.  The answer to your question is simply..

    NOTHING USEFUL, unless you want Windows 10, and if you do, it won't be there long

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-26T10:50:16+00:00

    Microsoft's stealth marketing strategy for Windows 10 is a de facto admission that they do not have enough confidence in the product to sell it on its own merits, even for free.

    Their desperation they have shown in this is an indication that ultimately, it will be far from free.

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