Bork Tuesday, Any Problems Yet?

Thanks JR for confirming what Dragon1952 reported about the optional update 3177467 (Servicing stack update) getting offered.
The strange thing is that I don't get it offered on Win 7 Pro 64-bit (Dutch). I don't know why. The MS kb 3177467 article gives hardly any info about it; it is a mystery, well at least to me.

 

hi
i updated w8.1 few minutes ago and gmx control panel found get windows icon app and upgrade enabled again ,how can i know if my license is valid for windows 10 ?
thanks

 

If MS Is offering you Win 10, it Is probably because they read the license in the firmware and found it valid.

If it Is an OEM computer, you could check the documentación, or ask them.

 

If you have previously installed Windows 10 on that computer it will have digital entitlement which menans that Microsoft will recognise your computer and it will be automatically activated when you install Windows 10 without needing a product key to be entered.

 

Microsoft has rereleased 2952664 (Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7 - revision 25.0 ) and 2976978 (Compatibility update for Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 - revision 29.0 ) on 04-Oct-2016.
Thanks to anon:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thre...cations-for-october-2016.389031/#post-2622608
I will not install it.

 

Neither will I.
I was surprised that the update was rereleased, as it is associated with upgrading to Windows 10, and Microsoft stopped pushing the upgrade.
I hid optional update KB2952664.
And now I am curious whether it will be included in next week's October "Monthly Rollup". That would be rather annoying.

 

hi
thanks , are they both optional ,aren't they?

 

I'm curious about that too and about whether GWX Control Panel (which I keep installed) will jump in and how that will be going in case KB2952664 is included in the October "Monthly Rollup".

 

It's back... again!!
...and of course, it is now in the darkest, dankest recesses of the "Bork Bin Dungeon".

 

More likely, sales of Windows 10 have been a dud and Microsoft is preparing to renew its free Windows 10 upgrade offer with no time limits.

I wouldn't be surprised if they announced it in the near future.

 

Hi JR, thank you for the link!

Hi mantra,

Let's talk about 2952664. I just read the article from Woody to which JR pointed in reply # 2684.
Instead of quoting the article I think that I'd better point to it, as JR did. Because the article describes the initial situation and confusion about whether 2952664 was offered as important and/or as optional, and the actual revision number and date of the kb article.
Anyways, I just checked in the last hour for updates and it is now offered as optional.

 

hi
yes , i got it
weird , i run nirsoft regscanner for KB2976978 under w8.1 and it found 4 registry keys before the 4 october
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\ApplicabilityEvaluationCache\KB2976978-MappingPackage~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.17.1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\ApplicabilityEvaluationCache\KB2976978-MappingPackage~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.17.1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\ApplicabilityEvaluationCache\Package_for_KB2976978~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.17.1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\ApplicabilityEvaluationCache\Package_for_KB2976978~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.17.1

about w7 i can't find any kb2952664 keys or files related

 

hi
but what does it mean ApplicabilityEvaluationCache ?

googling i found

but i haven't installed at least in the list of installed update there is no KB2976978

 

The time has probably come to switch off Win updates completely.
I don't think MS updates enhance my machine's protection that much, I would rather rely on my own set up - in fact MS Borkdates are becoming a threat themselves !

 

I was just reading that October 31, 2016 is the last day that OEMs can offer a new W7 PC for sale due to standing agreements OEMs have with Microsoft. I also read that if you buy one of these new W7 PCs you might find a second partition on the hard drive with the necessary folders and files to install Win 10. Most of the folders and files are locked as system files so they cannot be deleted. This would indicate that a new W7 PC purchased now from an OEM would not need to run KB2952664 as it will have already been pre-checked for compatibility.

Microsoft often changes the optional updates (now called preview updates) to important on patch Tuesday. That means KB2952664 will be in the October Monthly Rollup offered through Windows Update. No point playing 'whack a mole' .

 

just a question
does somebody use the nirsoft tool WinUpdatesList v1.32 ?
is a buggy tool ?
because i run and i have searched for KB2952664 and i got this
http://i.imgur.com/cVo4D4D.png
but again i click on the second screenshot , at the arrow and i can't find KB2952664 why?
http://i.imgur.com/dmKGbvu.png

 

@stapp
may i ask you a question ?
have you seen my screenshots?
WinUpdatesList reports to be installed on 2014
and have you keys about ApplicabilityEvaluationCache ?
thanks

 

hi
no i did not hide it
i quoted it before , but really did not unstand it
and the screenshot about KB2952664 ,WinUpdatesList v1.32 displays updated and installed on 2014

 

yes , there is nothing , i guess KB2952664 it's an old update , maybe i have installed it and uninstalled it

 

hi @emmjay
good consideration , but why does microsoft behave like this?
it pushes really to stop to update an operation sytem