It appears that MS are doing something about sloooow updates on Win 7. I read about it here:
http://www.askwoody.com/2016/massive-ov ... -the-name/
and here:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/307173 ... -pack.html
Other sources of opinion are available.
My first impression is that I won't be taking up this option as it will contain all the 'Recommended' updates as well as the 'Important' ones and I've always ignored/never installed the 'Recommended' ones and that strategy has kept my Win 7 system completely Win 10 nag free.
Ken
yet another thread about Win 7 updates
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Re: yet another thread about Win 7 updates
We have not heard yet whether the 'rollup' includes the infamous GWX and telemetry 'updates'...
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Re: yet another thread about Win 7 updates
Woody mentions in the article in stuck's first link:
So yes, GWX is included but the existing blocks hold.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.
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Re: yet another thread about Win 7 updates
I should have been more explicit but it's because (as Hans has already clarified) that such features will be bundled in it that I said I'll almost certainly pass on this option.John Gray wrote:We have not heard yet whether the 'rollup' includes the infamous GWX and telemetry 'updates'...
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Re: yet another thread about Win 7 updates
From the TechNet article:
"This convenience rollup package, available to download from http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/ ... ?q=3125574" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, contains all the security and non-security fixes released since the release of Windows 7 SP1 that are suitable for general distribution, up through April 2016. Install this one update, and then you only need new updates released after April 2016."
Thus, this would only be useful for people re-building a Win SP1 machine as long as they're caught up with patches.
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"This convenience rollup package, available to download from http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/ ... ?q=3125574" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, contains all the security and non-security fixes released since the release of Windows 7 SP1 that are suitable for general distribution, up through April 2016. Install this one update, and then you only need new updates released after April 2016."
Thus, this would only be useful for people re-building a Win SP1 machine as long as they're caught up with patches.
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Re: yet another thread about Win 7 updates
I think I have had to do two or three recently, starting at Windows 7 SP1!
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