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Microsoft combines all updates since Windows 7 SP1's release into one giant update

By Ng Chong Seng - on 21 May 2016, 7:15pm

Microsoft combines all updates since Windows 7 SP1's release into one giant update

Note: This article was first published on 18th May 2016.

No more waiting for hundreds of updates to install!

In an attempt to simplify the updating of Windows 7, Microsoft has today announced a ‘Windows 7 SP1 convenience rollup’ for Windows 7 SP1.

In a nutshell, this is a package that contains all security and non-security fixes released since the release of Windows 7 SP1 (that was early 2011, for those not keeping track) that are suitable for general distribution, up through April 2016. Put simply, if you’ve Windows 7 SP1, this is the mother of all updates you need to install to get you up-to-date as of April 2016. (Then it’s back to normal for updates after April, of course.)

Better yet, if your job is to install Windows 7 on PCs, you can inject this update (that is: slipstream it) into a Windows 7 SP1 install media. Convenience indeed.

A prerequisite for this Windows 7 SP1 convenience rollup is you need to have the April 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 7 (KB3020369) installed first. Then download the rollup package from the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

While there’s no such giant rollup for Windows 8.1, Microsoft has also announced that moving forward, non-security updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 (as well as Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2) will be available as a monthly rollup. That means each month Microsoft will be releasing a single update containing all non-security fixes for that month. These fixes will be available through Windows Update, WSUS, and SCCM, as well as the Microsoft Update catalog.

Source: Microsoft.

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