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[Skunk1966]

I’m wondering why there are no comments about any updates for Windows 7/8.1 updates since September 8 in this topic. Is there a reason for it?

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Ed

PKCano wrote:

You can also check Susan Bradley’s Master Patch List.

her list starts at February this year so nothing from Sepember 2017 until January 2018

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walker

PKCano wrote:

The recommended safe Security-only updates are listed in AKB2000003 from Oct 2016 until the present. It will be updated to reflect the Nov updates today (Nov 13, 2018).

so all updates in that list are safe and cause no issues? The reason why I’m asking is because the August 2017 security-only update KB 4034679 is also still listed there and that one caused issues

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walker

Hi Woody/PKCano,

I’ve been away for a while and am looking for a list of security-only updates for Windows 7 x64 that are safe to install starting September 2017 until now. I checked here but it’s unclear to me which ones are safe and which ones aren’t safe and should be avoided.

Could it be possible to just post a list of recommended security-only updates for Windows 7 x64 that can safely be installed?

Thanks in advance!

@Woody thanks for this artcle

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3263645/windows-pcs/microsoft-stops-pushing-buggy-win7-patch-kb-4088875-hopefully-as-a-precursor-to-yanking-it.html

I found this article about problems with this month’s updates:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/14/microsoft_secures_the_servers_of_the_world/

Until further notice I won’t install this month’s(security-only) updates for Windows 7 SP1

I installed security-only KB 4034679 on Windows 7 Ultimate x64 this morning without any problem; after reboot no problems as far as I can tell up until now. Haven’t installed KB 4034733 (ie11 update) yet

For now I decided to leave this update alone until someone (or MS!) finds a fix for these BSOD’s caused by the update.

I will keep an eye out for solutions

satrow wrote:

Yes, note that there was no mention either of a graphics driver rollback attempt or, as far as I could see, the BSOD details.

Before testing other driver version I uninstalled the installed driver before installing another version. I did that each time.

BSOD details (logfile) was sent by me to PKCano by PM days ago

are you saying that people like myself (who you don’t know and know nothing about) and report a problem caused by a MS update are all “regular non-technical users who take random advice anywhere on the internet based on feelings rather than knowledge”?

Just because I report a problem doesn’t mean that I don’t know how to solve problems in Windows! I help lots of people with problems in Windows and have been doing this for over 15 years and just because I’m in Group B (for all the known reasons!) doesn’t mean I’m a regular pc user.

ps: I’m not getting emotional about this at all

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ebrke, samak, ryegrass, SueW, Microfix, Sessh, windows7wasthebest

I always get my drivers from the manufacturers; never through WU

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walker, Noel Carboni, AJNorth, PKCano, Microfix

it’s a AMD Software Crimson Edition Beta driver and never gave me any problems untill installing KB 4025337

no I don’t. I don’t want the quality rollup updates but only security updates

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Noel Carboni, Kirsty

AMD Radeon HD 6450 driver version is 15.300.1025.0

This is as far as I can tell the latest version

PKCano wrote:

Just checking the obvious – you did get the 64bit and not the 32bit, right?

yes

windows6.1-kb4025337-x64_c013b7fcf3486a0f71c4f58fc361bfdb715c4e94.msu