• New Win7 Extended Security Updates licensing package

    Yesterday Microsoft released a new Licensing Prep package for those of you who are paying for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates. Per KB 4575903

    This update provides an additional set of licensing changes to enable installation of the ESU add-on key. This is one of the steps to prepare for installation of Extended Security Updates. For the full set of steps, please see KB4522133.

    If you previously successfully installed and activated your ESU key on your Windows 7 SP1 device, you do not have to re-install or reactivate it after applying this update.

    It’s my understanding that you don’t need to install this particular update in order to get the August patches (which aren’t out yet), but that you will need it to install the September ESU patches.

    Thx Günter Born