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• Best way to get Windows 7 updated

  Posted on July 23, 2016 at 07:44 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  A couple of friends were batting around the idea of using the KB 3125574 update – the one I call “Windows 7 Service Pack 2” – to get Win7 brought up to date.

  Here’s what I told them:

  There are severe problems with KB 3125574

  https://www.askwoody.com/2016/windows-7-sp2-convenience-update-rollup-under-examination/

  I suggest you install the latest Win7 Update speedup patch

  http://wu.krelay.de/en/2016-07.htm

  And update Win7 the usual way.

  Windows Patches/Security Windows 7 Service Pack 2

• Massive overhaul to updating Windows 7 – Service Pack 2, without the name

  Posted on May 17, 2016 at 13:56 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Win 8.1 said to be next.

  It’s a REAL big deal.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows.

  UPDATE: I know you folks tend to be cynical. So I just downloaded and installed it. Yes, the Windows 10 update enabling patches (new Windows update clients) are there. But the massive update respected my GWX Control Panel settings – on reboot, GWX icon isn’t there, KB 3035583 is the “optional” list and unchecked. No listing for installing Win10.

  Also, the idea of releasing one set of non-security updates once a month isn’t new. It’s old. That’s what Patch Tuesday was all about. ‘Course we’ll have to see how they get bundled, and how good/bad the quality might be. But there’s good cause to be happy about this development.

  Windows Patches/Security Windows 7 Service Pack 2, Windows 7 updating