Reminder: How to get Win7, 8.1 and Win10 patched

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I received some email (and even a couple of Tweets and a post on Facebook!) asking how to get Windows systems updated, now that we’re at MS-DEFCON 5.
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where can i exactly find a step by step guide for installing this recent win7 patches?
now i’m totally confused and will stay on halt…

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Try looking here on InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/article/3176517/microsoft-windows/nows-the-time-to-get-caught-up-on-windows-and-office-patches.html

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Elly

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for windows 7 i find:
only 1 important – windows malicious software removal tool.
optional:
kb2952664 (again), today i hid it again – how often do i have to hide it?
kb3185278 – unchecked; september? i thought i installed september patch. hide it or install it?
nvidia display drivers – unchecked; should i install display drivers via windows update?

no office patches for office 2010 it seems.

for windows 8.1 i find:
3 important: windows defender, adobe flashplayer, msrt – all checked
optional:
intel system (again), have to hide this again.
nvidia display drivers – unchecked; same question as above.
kb2976978 (again), have to hide this one aswell again and again and again and again…
why do i hide any updates at all when everything becomes unhid again? it’s pointless.

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anonymous wrote:

kb2952664 (again), today i hid it again – how often do i have to hide it?

KB2952664 is in v21. Each time it is re-released, it has the same number but it is different and needs to be hidden again.

anonymous wrote:

kb2976978 (again), have to hide this one aswell again and again and again and again…

Same thing here.

anonymous wrote:

kb3185278

This is an update for Win7 SP1, not the cumulative patch Sept Security Monthly Quality ROLLUP. You should install it.

I do not recommend installing the drivers unless you are having a specific problem. If you have a problem, check the OEM mfg’s or the device mfg’s website to see if they have an update.

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Noel Carboni

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okay, thanks. i hid what had to be hidden and i hid nvidia drivers aswell.
this leaves 3 checked important updates in 8.1 (msrt, flash player, defender which i now install.
windows 7: i will install the one checked important update (msrt) and also i will check and install the only one remaining optional (kb3185278). but for windows 7 i’ll wait until tonight, as i expect having to reboot the system due to patching. right now i don’t have the time for this.

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another question, does kb3185278 not have some kind of bug in windows 7?

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You are correct. There was a problem it you are running EMET. The information is here with a couple of suggested workarounds.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3185278/september-2016-update-rollup-for-windows-7-sp1-and-windows-server-2008-r2-sp1

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is this emet part of windows or office 2010? if not, it would not be installed on my computer, so i might have no problems with it? how can i check if emet is installed and running?

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EMET 5.52 supposedly fixed this issue; see https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2017/01/12/emet-5-52-update-is-now-available/.

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Elly

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so emet is not part of windows per default? then i don’t have to worry about kb3185278, right?

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anonymous wrote:

so emet is not part of windows per default? then i don’t have to worry about kb3185278, right?

That’s correct, the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit is an MS tool designed to improve data security in Windows, it’s not part of Windows, you would need to download and configure it separately, it’s also listed to be deprecated soon (old tech?).

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Elly

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woody wrote:

I used to post the details here on AskWoody, but for the past few months I’ve branched out to a wider audience, and posted the step-by-step procedure in InfoWorld.
In case you missed it, the details are in this InfoWorld Woody on Windows article.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3176774/microsoft-windows/how-to-block-automatic-updates-in-the-next-version-of-windows-10.html

That article is about stuff that even Windows 10 users can’t do for another month.

woody wrote:

Microsoft established the Group B method last October.

Established by Microsoft? How?

This makes it sound as though Microsoft has somehow made official the practice of not installing recommended patches.

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b wrote:

That article is about stuff that even Windows 10 users can’t do for another month.

Correct. Ergo “the next version of Windows” in the hed.

b wrote:

Established by Microsoft? How?

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3128983/microsoft-windows/how-to-prepare-for-the-windows-781-patchocalypse.html

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Elly

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woody wrote:

Correct. Ergo “the next version of Windows” in the hed.

But why does it appear here under “How to get Win7, 8.1 and Win10 patched”?

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He fixed it.

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OK, thanks.

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@ PKCano:  I tried an install of 3185278 onto my HP Desktop with Windows 7 SP 1 x 64 Home Premium; and the return message stated that  “this update is not compliant with this computer”.  I guess that this means that it would not benefit Win 7 SP1 x64 Home Premium. All that want to try it; it either installs or won’t.  I am kind of ‘willy- nilly’ in reinstating my system. I try something, if it won’t work then I go to the next.  I really would like to find a good test laptop to test items on.  Not too expensive of one but decent one.

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Woody, are you telling us that those in Group B (that includes me) should just shift to Group A and install all patches from Microsoft without question?

Personally I will never move to Group A, and if necessary will reject any security patches that causes a problem with my system. As a Windows 7 user, I don’t think I will miss any kind of “functional enhancements” by skipping Group A patches and sticking with security patches only.

Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.

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Microsoft promotes being fully patched. OF COURSE!

But choosing Group A or Group B is a matter of personal choice as long as the choice is available. In the future, Microsoft may not give us that choice. But that day hasn’t arrived yet. If it does, we will be left with the choice of A of W.

I have also chosen Group B. And as I get used to it, it seems less and less of a hassle.
Make you own choice.

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Just my thoughts:  When MS says all updates should be installed (Win 7, 8.1) I think that what they are saying is that the door WILL be closed on these OS’s and the only OS’ on the market will be Win 10 operating systems and software.  That is the reason that MS has high-jacked Intell and other hardware and software developers!  You get a new computer that is clean (nothing installed) and you try to install Win 7 or 8.1 on it, neither is accepted by the new hardware/software OS’s.  Just my understanding.

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