I disable CEIP and Error Reporting, but I am not going the extra mile for doing anything in addition to the GUI settings. I don’t have any issues with slow updating and other issues experienced by different posters here, but at the same time I am not overly concerned with telemetry issues. NET Framework 4.6.1 and completing all other updates except for those 4 mentioned above which are Windows 10 related and the activation update which I am neutral about it.Īt the end of the process, only the following updates are not installed.

NET Framework updates should be installed last. At this stage, IE 8 CU security updates should be avoided as I installed IE11 later in the process. It can be installed immediately after KB2533552, but I installed it later.Īfter having all the updates named “Update” installed, I installed all “Security” updates. KB3020369 should be installed by itself to avoid errors, otherwise it will install anyway. There is also KB971033 which I don’t install but I think is not harmful. Those updates will never get installed, everything else will. It starts with a baseline Windows 7 with SP1 integrated.įirst thing after is installing KB2533552.Īfter that installing all the updates named “Update” – there are about 69 of them, but the number varies.

Saying that, my rebuilt Windows 7 system did not include the Convenience Rollup known as “SP2”, as I preferred to install the regular Windows Updates. I will keep a test Insider system though. I am not annoyed by the telemetry and “spying” issues as much as I am completely put off by a non-functional system still in beta by the look of it. I have rebuilt my main system downgrading Windows 10 to Windows 7 Ultimate due to too much time spent fixing all the time issues with the Windows (modern, universal) Apps which keep crashing randomly and are being fixed behind the scenes (by Microsoft based on telemetry results?) and crash again and the cycle keeps repeating. Of you who are knee-deep in “SP2” – could you take a look and tell me what you think? I’m going to try to put together a simple how-to for InfoWorld - one that any Win7 user can follow.”

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