Windows Update for February 2017 delayed

[Kick]

Not sure if I should have posted this here but it does have some relationship to security. In case some are not aware, Microsoft has postponed this month's 'Patch Tuesday' updates because they have discovered issues they could not resolve in time. The latest information is that the update will be included with the March update.

 

[Tony D]

Thanks,

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

This is the first time that I can ever recall that Microsoft has done this.

 

[Kick]

An Update:
Today (Thursday 23 February 2017) I found that two Windows updates were available for my Windows 7 system. They were the usual monthly 'Malicious Malware Removal Tool' and the somewhat persistent 'KB2952664' which Microsoft appears to be trying to foist on unsuspecting Windows 7 users yet again. It would seem that 'Rollup' is still delayed until next month as previously reported but Microsoft were able to release the other two earlier than first thought.

 

[plodr]

I follow Woody Leonard
https://www.askwoody.com/2017/looks-like-kb-2952664-for-win7-and-kb-2976978-win-8-1-are-back/

is KB2952664 optional and unchecked?

 

[Kick]

Hi plodr,

Thanks for the link - the advice there tallies with that I've seen elsewhere.
Yes, KB2952664 is optional and was unchecked. I have hidden it - I don't like this dirty tricks campaign of Microsoft and the deceitful way they describe updates like KB2952664 so that its real purpose is unclear to the average user. Don't they realise that a Windows 7 user who has not upgraded to Windows 10 at this stage is unlikely to do so now. Perhaps they want to drive us to Linux when Windows 7 support finishes.

I would have considered Windows 10 if I needed to buy a new system and peripherals but the more I hear about Microsoft's activities and the problems some Windows 10 users are having with updates, the less likely I will go that route. When support for Windows 7 finishes, if my present system is still viable, I will consider dual booting with a Linux operating system and disable the internet on Windows 7. I have done something similar on my old Windows XP system with a dual boot setup with Linux Puppy Precise (frugal installation) and that works well allowing me to continue to use some peripherals that won't work with later Windows operating systems

 

[plodr]

We still have XP and 2K systems in the house. They don't go on the internet but have printers hooked up and still work well for our purposes. I plan to do the same with the Win 7 desktops. The netbooks, I'll probably test a few linux distros in late 2019 to decide what to install to surf safely.
I have no plans to run Windows beyond version 7.

 

[Kick]

Hi plodr,

Linux offers quite a few possibilities. A possible problem is with drivers for peripherals - I found one for my Canon Pixma IP4300 printer but not my Canon Canoscan
4200F scanner but XP and Windows 7 support it. Puppy Linux has proved reliable and is unique, I believe, in that you can run it from a live disc but store a 'save' file on your hard drive which enables you can save changes you make to the original specifications. I have found Puppy Precise 5.7.1, Puppy TAHR and 6.0.5 Puppy Slacko 6.3.0 all quite interesting and probably worth you investigating but perhaps we need a new thread on the Linux section if we are to continue this conversation.

Cheers

 

[plodr]

I don't need to print from linux on my android tablets. (We currently have 5 printers in the house so I don't plan on buying a 6th cloud-enabled printer).
I can copy to a USB stick and print from a different computer.

 

[Kick]

The USB memory stick has certainly added an extra dimension to computing and with large capacity sticks relatively cheap plus the capability of having an operating system installed on a stick, they provide so much flexibility for the computer user.

I don't have any Android devices, just the two desktops one with the XP Puppy Precise dual boot arrangement and the other a Windows 7. I do have several live discs for various Linux operating systems but I prefer the Puppy versions for their extra flexibility because of the possibility of creating a save file on the hard drive. I've added Wine (Windows Emulator) to Puppy so I can run some but not all Windows applications in the Puppy environment. Surprisingly, and old MS Works 4.5 has worked on test but I find it more useful for some of my own programs created in Borland Delphi 7, a visual Pascal variant which I acquired through a magazine cover disc some fifteen years ago. The free version of PhotoFiltre (a photo editor) works well too in Wine but I've had less luck with the built-in Internet Explorer although I wouldn't normally use that browser so nothing lost there.

Getting off the original thread subject so better stop now. Cheers.

 

[Kick]

This month's Windows update (March 2017) ran without problems and presumably included last month's delayed items. KB 2952664 appeared again but that was because I had previously uninstalled it - I have now hidden it so it shouldn't trouble me again and neither should the resource hungry compattelrunner.exe that was included in that KB file.