Win 7 ESU support by HCS etc

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If you bought your ESU through Harbor Computer Services and are having problems getting it to work, by all means contact them! I bought one ESU through them, but had a problem getting it to “take”, so I emailed them Sunday morning, not expecting a reply until the week was under way. Well, Ted from HCS got back to me that afternoon (!), had me run a check and send him the results, and within another hour he had gotten back to me with the solution, which was applied and confirmed when the Feb roll-up then appeared. So do not hesitate to ask for help! And this is where I want to thank not only Ted and Amy, but Susan and Woody and all the others who made it feasible for a one-license-needed person to get it.

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Just a couple of notes: I, too, had a great experience dealing with HCS. My machine was unable to see the February updates, and, indeed, installed and then backed out KB4537820. I discovered that both Windows 7 and the ESU “License Statuses” MUST be “Licensed” for updates to work. I had ‘activated’ the wrong ID– the one for the OS, and not the one for the ESU key.

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I seem to have successfully installed the key, etc. from HCS however when I following instructions I’m told to follow at:

https://www.askwoody.com/2020/patch-lady-windows-7-esu-last-minute-requirement/

and download KB4538483 and run it, I am told I need to install KB2533552. When I download that and run it, I am told the system already has KB2533552 installed. KB4538483 installer refuses to install itself asking for KB2533552 which is already installed.

How do I get out of this infinite loop?

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Have you installed all the OTHER annoying prerequisites of the SSUs and all that?

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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There are no SSUs listed in my Windows Update list… just an optional .NET update.

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The SSU will not appear in the queue until/unless there are on other pending (checked or unchecked ) updates. Temporarily HIDE the .NET match and search for updates to see if the SSU will appear.

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[EP]

do not download KB2533552 manually from the MS update catalog as that one could say it’s already installed

install either KB2533552 or KB976902 from windows update only

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I went ahead and installed the “optional” .NET update and then an SSU update appeared after the reboot. I installed that and then the KB4538483 would install. I’m now seeing updates such as KB4556836 (2020-5 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems) available. Since that is a post cutoff update, I’m assuming I’m getting ESU updates now. Right?

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Sounds very much like the ESU updates.
See #2264659 about SSU behavior.

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