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• Revisited: How to update an old copy of Win7

  Posted on February 20, 2018 at 06:32 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Credit: David Stanley, Nanaimo, Canada

  Kevin Beaumont just tweeted:

  https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/965908161101271040

  Barry Dorrans replied with a reference to this advice from @SwiftOnSecurity in April 2016:

  [REVISED] If updating fresh Win7, first download these, install, and reboot to make update install faster:

  KB3102810
  KB3138612
  KB3145739

  What struck me is how @SwiftOnSecurity’s advice (from April 2016) differs from our AskWoody advice (Feb. 2017, as amended) from @CanadianTech at AKB 3172605, basically:

  3… download and install either one or two updates manually. In most cases only the first (KB3172605) of these is needed. If that produces a result that says the “update is not appropriate for your computer”, you need to first install the 2nd of these (KB3020369), then install the first (KB3172605).

  Can anybody out there reconcile the differences? Which method is best?

  I have a sneaky suspicion we’re going to see lots of Win7 (re-)installs this year.

  Uncategorized KB 3020369, KB 3102810, KB 3138612, KB 3145739, KB 3172605, Update Windows 7

• Microsoft endorses a technique for installing Win7 from scratch

  Posted on March 7, 2017 at 04:09 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you’re looking at installing Win7 from scratch, you have a tough row to hoe.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows.

  Windows Patches/Security KB 2533552, KB 3020369, KB 3172605, KB 3177467

• Windows 7 scan speedup

  Posted on October 11, 2016 at 19:40 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Standard disclaimer: We’re going to be discussing today’s patches, but DON’T ASSUME THAT YOU SHOULD INSTALL THEM. You have plenty of time to wait and see if they break anything.

  With that said, many of you are asking about speeding up Windows 7 update scans. Those of you in Group A will need to scan sooner or later, and anybody who needs the .NET update rollup will probably want to get it from Windows Update – thus a speedup will help.

  The only way I’ve seen to speed up Win7 scans is by installing both KB 3020369 and KB 3172605. See http://wu.krelay.de/en/ for details about problems with both.

  Yes, 3172605 is a rollup patch (and thus suspect) that, among other things, breaks Bluetooth on Intel machines, but Intel has a new driver.

   

  Windows Patches/Security KB 3020369, KB 3172605, Windows 7 scan speedup

• Microsoft fingers re-issued April patch KB 3020369 as triggering “Stage 3 of 3” reboot hangs

  Posted on May 19, 2015 at 17:00 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I think they nailed it.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Windows Patches/Security KB 3020369