KB3172605 (July 2016 update rollup for Windows 7) issued again

I am in the process of downloading and installing KB3172605 as a recommended optional update, along with the 7 other important updates available.

I'll keep you posted.

Update: After having installed the 7 important updates offered, and the optional KB3172605, and rebooted, there seems to be no adverse effects from any of the 8.


Wipe your tapes with lightning.

Update: After having installed the 7 important updates offered, and the optional KB3172605, and rebooted, there seems to be no adverse effects from any of the 8. - Coldheart2236

Thanks for the update, Coldheart. I installed the important updates on Wednesday. I'll install the new version of KB3172605 over the weekend.

I installed the new version of KB3172605 yesterday (9/16/2016) and the install was completely uneventful. It didn't even prompt me to reboot afterwards.

I got the reboot prompt/nag as I installed the 7 important updates and the July rollup in one fell swoop, but after doing so it was certainly uneventful. No problems to be seen whatsoever.


Wipe your tapes with lightning.

I got the reboot prompt/nag as I installed the 7 important updates and the July rollup in one fell swoop, but after doing so it was certainly uneventful. No problems to be seen whatsoever. - Coldheart2236

Let's hope our luck holds as we move into Microsoft's new era of cumulative updates for Windows 7.

If I recall correctly, XP SP3 was a cumulative security update itself, from SP2, and I found the model worked quite well. That said, there wasn't anywhere near the same amount of skullduggery and underhanded behaviour from Microsoft as we've witnessed in the past year or so.

January 2020 is the end of the extended support for Windows 7, as it stands. If there is a SP2, however, this date could potentially extend further given that a lot of people will still be using Windows 7 - the same thing which happened with XP when it was almost unanimously favoured over Vista.

Even so - a new cumulative model or not - nowadays days I always individually check every single update which is offered to me; the GWX campaign and any upcoming update strategy, notwithstanding.


Wipe your tapes with lightning.

January 2020 is the end of the extended support for Windows 7, as it stands. If there is a SP2, however, this date could potentially extend further given that a lot of people will still be using Windows 7 - the same thing which happened with XP when it was almost unanimously favoured over Vista. - Coldheart2236

There will be no SP2. The closest thing is the "convenience rollup" Microsoft issued. That update package includes all the updates released after Service Pack 1 and before May 16, 2016:

http://www.howtogeek.com/255435/how-to-update-windows-7-all-at-once-with-microsofts-convenience-rollup/