Unable to uninstall update KB2952664

Anonymous
2015-03-05T09:13:21+00:00

My Win 7 64bit laptop recently installed update KB2952664, which sent everything to a grinding halt. Through a combination of research and spending a whole weekend uninstalling different updates I pinned down the problem to this update.

I can uninstall the update, which brings the laptop back to life, but it immediately shows up again in the installed updates panel. If I restart the laptop after uninstalling the update the problem immediately returns.

Why is the update magically reappearing and how do I remove it for good?

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-13T21:20:16+00:00

    "wusa.exe /norestart /uninstall /kb:2990214" another thread elsewhere says to not uninstall the one as it prevents ability to get all updates if you do.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-13T21:38:24+00:00

    I was able to use the powershell info above to locate any of the listed updates to look for and so remove KB2952664 from my systems, after having the same issues as other of it returning, but also system hang during reboot (unplug battery cord and battery to get to bootup).  The powershell removed the update, which btw added programs that slowed down my computer and played heck on my network stack and loss of ping to internet (couldn't find name servers due to network traffic from MS and these programs **** up the net connection).  Honestly, Win10 is a hi-jacking of my computer and I've never thought more strongly about keeping Win7 forever, and if need be, make the switch to Linux.  There's just so much BS from MS I can take.  Win10 is to take your computer and toss it off a cliff, or give it to someone that has no idea what an OS is.

    Also found with sfc /scannow that KB3068708 was corrupt.  Deleted it too, and now sfc reports no errors.  The telemetry packages are there to snoop and spy and not to help users, but to help MS figure out how to control what they own.  You don't own the OS or your computer according to MS.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-15T08:45:19+00:00

    Thanks!!!!!! 

    dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2952664

    Very helpful, with this line I could see all the different KB2952664 versions.  Some machines had 9 of them!

    dism /online /remove-package /PackageName:Package_for_KB2952664~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.3

    This removes version 6.1.1.3 only.  On machines that also have versions 6.1.0.12, 6.1.3.0, 6.1.7.4, 6.1.8.2, etc. etc. this command must be repeated with the appropriate version numbers.

    Run a final  Get-HotFix -id KB2952664  command , and the output should be something like:

    Get-HotFix : This command cannot find hot-fix on the machine 'localhost'. Verify the input and Run your command again.

    At line:1 char:11

    • Get-HotFix <<<<  -id KB2952664

        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-HotFix], ArgumentException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetHotFixNoEntriesFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHotFixCommand

    Which translates to: "KB2952664 not found";  Success!!!

    Amazing!!

    I couldnt get rid of this pesky update until I found this thread.

    I first ran this:

    dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2952664

    It returned thirteen different packages/versions which I then deleted one by one. On several of them it said I needed to restart my machine for the changes to take effect. However I chose to delete all of them before I restarted once. And then this update was finally gone.

    Thanks a ton naTong and Pete!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-19T18:53:45+00:00

    Better do this:

    1. Uninstall KB2952664 
    2. Tell Windows Update to look for updates

    3 Hide KB2952664 update

    4 Reboot

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-08-20T10:52:44+00:00

    Unfortunately, KB2952664 continues to show up in "installed updates" after removing and rebooting. Most of the replies here have indicated as such and I also had the same issue.  Was able to resolve on three of my laptops by using naTong's solution below.  This may bring up several version of certain updates and you'll have to run one line several times and change the version number at the end.  My son's laptop had 9 versions on his.

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    Try the following commands:

    %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

    Get-HotFix -id KB2952664,KB2990214,KB3021917,KB3022345,KB3035583,KB2976978,KB3044374

    wusa.exe /norestart /uninstall /kb:2952664

    wusa.exe /norestart /uninstall /kb:2990214

    wusa.exe /norestart /uninstall /kb:3021917

    wusa.exe /norestart /uninstall /kb:3022345

    wusa.exe /norestart /uninstall /kb:3035583

    wusa.exe /norestart /uninstall /kb:2976978 (Windows 8.1)

    wusa.exe /norestart /uninstall /kb:3044374 (Windows 8.1)

    dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2952664

    dism /online /remove-package /PackageName:Package_for_KB2952664~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.3

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