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Yes indeed. I made a topic for radosuaf’s method.

Install IE11, and keep it up to date.

Installing Win updates on Win 7 or 8.1 computers with Kaby Lake or Ryzen CPUs

I did the same tests as https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/for-you-testers-heres-how-to-spoof-a-kaby-lake-processor-inside-a-virtualbox-win7-vm/#post-107993, but this time testing KB4015549 (April 2017 monthly rollup) instead of KB4015546 (April 2017 security-only update).

Results: Same as before!

Recap:

1. When the April 2017 monthly rollup was installed, you can’t install Windows updates either through Windows Update or .msu files.

2. After the April 2017 monthly rollup was uninstalled, Windows updates can be installed through either Windows Update or .msu files.

Step 3: see https://pastebin.com/s5krwbMc.

Thanks, but I’m still seeing a solid dash instead of two minus signs.

My last post demonstrated:

1. When the April 2017 security-only update was installed, you can’t install Windows updates either through Windows Update or .msu files.

2. After the April 2017 security-only update was uninstalled, Windows updates can be installed through either Windows Update or .msu files.

Some Windows 7 tests involving spoofed Kaby Lake CPU:

1. Installed KB4015546 (April 2017 security-only update) and rebooted. Then tried to install an older standalone Windows Update (.msu file) KB3021917. Result:

https://imgur.com/a/bpa0b

2. Then, with Windows Update configured to never check for updates, manually checked for Windows updates. Result:

https://imgur.com/a/Qws1t

https://imgur.com/a/fJCkv

3. Then uninstalled KB4015546 (April 2017 security-only update) and rebooted. Then tried to install an older standalone Windows Update (.msu file) KB3021917. Result:

https://imgur.com/a/0K8iI

4. Then, with Windows Update configured to never check for updates, manually checked for Windows updates. Result:

https://imgur.com/a/wyQjv

5. Then installed a few updates through Windows Update. Result:

https://imgur.com/a/Z1ZIs

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For reference: CPUID.

Note: My text got mangled. In step 3, before each cpuidset there should be two minus signs. Also, before cpuid-portability-level there should be two minus signs.

I expect that the lock can be uninstalled.

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I will test this within next few days and post results.

Unfortunately that is incorrect from my testing. (I have figured out how to spoof a Kaby Lake cpu in a virtual machine.) One cannot install a standalone .MSU update when the latest Windows Update client is installed.

Try radosuaf’s method.

If “First new reply” takes one to the oldest unread post in a topic (does it?), then one can easily miss new posts above the oldest unread post, due to the hierarchical nature of comments.