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Patch Lady Susan here: This will be a post whereby I don’t answer a question, but rather bring up many more questions. Firstly here are some OLD back
[See the full post at: Patch Lady – Servicing Stack Updates]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Good that they have servicing stack update and with another patch (KB4090913) released at the same time they note “Even though the update was successfully installed, Windows Update incorrectly reports that the update failed to install.” as a known issue. Cannot get more lame than that.
I’d say they need to reinstate their QA instead.
Not surprising given Microsoft is doing more to force everything on our PC’s without much option to regress if it doesn’t work. My own opinion is I don’t find Windows 10 better at updates for the end user as say XP through Windows 7. The concept of auto updating is great, but only if it actually works. Doesn’t help much if you get a forced update that doesn’t and Microsoft decides to pull it. Damage already done, and possible no recourse for end system.
SSU never cause functionality issues to the OS, the only real problems they may cause is related to installing updates or confliction
neither they have any affect of the speed of searching updates through WU
almost all “updating” issues in Windows 10 ver 1709 are a result of mixing new UUP with standard WUA (i.e. Cumulative Updates and SSUs are now handled by UUP stack)
neither they have any affect of the speed of searching updates through WU
Right. All the wonders KB3020369 has done to speed up the install of updates is enabling installation of KB3172605. With the need for KB3172605 gone, relevance of Servicing Stack Updates toward Windows Update issues is less than zero. Still KB3177467 has made it to Microsoft Support article 10164. An unexpected side effect of Canadian Tech, myself and others creating the blueprint for KB3200747 at answers.microsoft.com. It just made no sense recommending KB3172605 without mentioning its prerequisite.
Also see:
https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/new-version-of-the-windows-update-troubleshooter/#post-170775
I recall that the April 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 7, KB3020369, was specifically listed as uninstallable. KB3020369 would also cause a Stage 3 of 3 hang on reboot if other updates were installed at the same time. The solutions for the hang were to type Ctrl-Alt-Delete to login, or to wait a few minutes and verify that there was no hard drive activity and then do a hard reset of the computer. This implies that it is probably best to install servicing stack updates by themselves and not at the same time as any other updates.
In my opinion, the reason it takes so long to go from new install to fully patched between Windows 7 and Windows 10 has less to do with any great advance in Windows 10 updating and more to do with conscience decisions made by Microsoft to exaggerate that process by refusing to create a Service Pack 2 for Windows 7.
KB3125574 is the unofficial Windows 7 SP2 update which is also known as the Convenience Update Rollup. KB3125574 includes updates which have some serious known issues, updates which install telemetry, and one update which is known to brick some ASUS computers. KB3125574 also has documented flaws. See:
http://windows-update-checker.com/FAQ/ConvenienceRollupKB3125574-Issues.htm
I have avoided KB3125574 like the plague whenever I perform new Win7 installations.
I know this is engaging in a bit of sadomasonecroequinophilia here, but as usual, there’s not enough info on this to tell me, a person managing 3000 PCs whether I want to add this to my WSUS server. We’re all Windows 10. They’re all getting updates to it. Why do I need to add this in? If they would JUST TELL US SOMETHING MORE.
You’re not Apple, Microsoft. You don’t have a walled garden to give you the (appearance of ) luxury of NOT sharing information. I’ve got 3000 PCs- and I’m small compared to a lot of places- which I don’t want to brick or prevent getting further updates.
I’ll be honest- I err on the side of installing. Too much bad stuff. Too much malware. But you’re killing me, guys.
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