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
    2016-06-10T20:36:07+00:00

    Barry,

    From what I have read, the convenience rollup (KB3125574) is more like ...

    a) a collection of all Windows Update patches that have been released for Win 7

    If you have been keeping up with the monthly Windows Update patches (minus the patches that you have been skipped because they enable Windows 10 nags or skipped because they enable sending telemetry to Microsoft, etc) ... then you do not need to run the convenience rollup (KB3125574).

    If you are installing a fresh version of Windows 7, then the convenience rollup (KB3125574) might make that task easier.

    Here are two links to more information ...

    Woody Leonard's blog is always a good source of information about Windows issues.

    This thread (from Woody's blog) discusses actual experiences with the convenience rollup (be sure to read the comments).

    http://www.askwoody.com/2016/windows-7-sp2-convenience-update-rollup-under-examination/

    This site discusses know issues with the convenience rollup ...

    http://windows-update-checker.com/FAQ/ConvenienceRollupKB3125574-Issues.htm

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-10T20:22:24+00:00

    I believe it's B, but that includes ones that they didn't think were worthy of publishing on their own.

    SO if you're up to date on WU, you have no need for the rollup.  If you have a new install of Win7 SP1 (in my case, new PC upgraded to Win7; in others maybe you were forced to reinstall Win7 because they hijacked you to WIn10 and you were unable to back it off), THEN you need the rollup.

    Even if done manually, you'f have to go through all of them and see which ones are trojans, hide them, then because you have to iteratively do this, prob'ly recheck because they might bring it back, or they may add others.

    GWX Control Panel didn't do much before other than pat me on the back telling me I passed.  In THIS case I had to count on it to keep me from being hijacked.  I resent having to do it, but I'm glad it's around.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-10T19:44:32+00:00

    "I had to bite the bullet and take the SP2 rollup because I got a new PC. "

    I still do not know what is the SP2 rollup.  I do not know if it is

    a) a collection of all Windows Update patches that have been released for Win 7, or

    b) a collection of ALL Win 7 patches, even those that have not been released via WU.

    I looked at the .csv file I downloaded, but I could not tell from that file which of the two options describes this SP2 rollup.  Or whether there is a third, different, description.

    If it is a), then I do not need to install it, as I have installed Windows Update patches except those few that I have hidden.  If b), then I will install it.  Does anyone on this forum have a definitive answer?

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-06-10T18:44:37+00:00

    I hear you, bro

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-06-10T18:39:56+00:00

    I suspect Linux will not run many windows programs, plus my PC even needs specual drivers for USB3 (ALL ports) and my PCIe SSD hard drive, so chances are I'd have even more problems with that.  Until all this nonsense, I hadn't even given Linux a thought, and I work with it at work.

    WINE is a great solution. Gamers have been using it for a long time. It basically creates an emulation layer that allows Windows API calls to be translated to something Linux understands. It works very well on Ubuntu and also Mint

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