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Windows 7 ultimate sp26/9/2023 ![]() ![]() I chose a VM snapshot that I had made a few months ago, which at the time I had used to reproduce the “CPU hard loop” problem with Windows Update. >14” include Recommended and Optional, or only >Important or only Security etc >– “Win 7 system that was up to date as of January The system made no overnight online contact attempts, as verified by Sphinx firewall. Those “accidents” are rather management decisions in one way or the other than anything else. I am convinced that the Microsoft developers fully understand the impact of their releases and there are no accidents when certain updates behave one way or the other. The Convenience Rollup instead has a different intended audience and is targeted to those IT Pros who have already decided to stay with Windows 7 for those systems where the Convenience Rollup is installed. Those features have a lot to do with Microsoft understanding better the end-users systems to improve compatibility with the Windows 10 Upgrade via Windows Update. Now there is a very good reason why your previous settings have not been modified by the rollup and why no new telemetry was introduced. Was it just missed for being listed, was it installed behind the scenes or is just no longer offered? According to what I know, this update is not part of the Rollup, but your testing may prove something else. ![]() – I noticed that in your second list post-installing the Convenience Rollup, KB2952664 is missing. ![]() I am interested to know if the Retail licence versions behave differently for this update, i.e if it is ticked by default. – In relation to KB971033, what version on Windows 7 do you use for testing? I noticed that on Volume licence Pro and Enterprise, KB971033 comes as Important, but not ticked and has been like this for few years. – “Win 7 system that was up to date as of January 14” include Recommended and Optional, or only Important or only Security etc To understand better the context of your latest test, please provide further information in relation to: I think your list is the one which should be used as reference for those concerned with the telemetry issues. Noel, interesting observations and a more concise list of updates to keep an eye on with full explanations, while comparing to other much larger lists which are probably excessively long. ![]()
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