Windows 7 April Update

[Master.Constructor]

July UpdatePack7 2024.7.10 is out and is running fine for me. I've installed it on several of my Win7 machines and no issues to report.

I'm sure that there are many Win7 users out there that are unaware of these monthly updates. My experience has been very good since I started using them in 2021. One download will update a fresh install of Windows 7 SP1 to current day (or you can update the ISO before installing). Save time and bandwidth, it's basically SP2.

Steam seems fine. No real issues to report.

If you have any suggestions on improving the stability or utility of Windows 7 please share with us.

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Update: New Steam client on June 13 seems to be working better than previous.
Update: UpdatePack7 24.6.12 (June 2024) is delivering as expected.
Update: July updates are delivering as expected.

Steam Beta Branch: Stable Client
Steam Version: 1721173382
Steam Client Build Date: Tue, Jul 16 8:24 PM UTC -08:00
Steam Web Build Date: Mon, Jun 24 3:16 PM UTC -08:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient021

UpdatePack7 2024.7.10
- Added KB5039909-x86-x64 (replaces KB5036626-x86-x64)
- Added KB5040497-x86-x64 with disabling telemetry and processor checking (replaces KB5039289-x86-x64)
- Updated universal USB3 driver

[bidulless]

Originally posted by Komarimaru:

Originally posted by bidulless:

hello
A service ? what's service ?
and right clicking win32k.sys
https://i.postimg.cc/nzvCP2kG/1111111-Capture.jpg
what are you seeing here ?
and sorry i am like saint thomas, i only trust what i see xd

Nothing, like you aren't. Last Modified 2019.

hello
For my case i do not use it so it's normal if it does not show the updated win32k.sys release.
If it's the case , so it's a very nice canular and i will verify it by myself as i do most of the time and it's easy, i just need to find a w7 sp1 iso dvd for that.
But may be our op can do that test for me, checking file win32k.sys and post a screenshot as it can avoid me some long verification for that case ( 4h dl for a 3 go iso )
And you can do the same @Komarimaru, as i trust mostly what i see and not what people just wrote xd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas

[bidulless]

hello

@Master.Constructor can you post a screenshot of win32k.sys as i posted on your thread please ?

[QWEEDDY2]

Microsoft provide Windows 7 x64 Sp1+hotfix '14 En-US Enterprise edition iso image... has provided... This edition have less issues. Digital signatures and certificates are ok justf from 2014 hotfix build. Even Game Explorer working fine and wont make games hang at launch.

Still updating it in official way is not possible as normal updates erased, junk-updates keep coming...

[Master.Constructor]

Sure, just checked on this lappy:

\Windows\system32\win32k.sys
File version: 6.1.7601.27215
Size: 3.09 MB
Date modified: 7/12/2024 10:15 AM


https://i.postimg.cc/c4C36yL5/Clipboard-07-14-2024-01-win32k-sys-updatepack7.jpg

[bidulless]

Originally posted by Master.Constructor:

Sure, just checked on this lappy:

\Windows\system32\win32k.sys
File version: 6.1.7601.27215
Size: 3.09 MB
Date modified: 7/12/2024 10:15 AM


https://i.postimg.cc/c4C36yL5/Clipboard-07-14-2024-01-win32k-sys-updatepack7.jpg

hello

Thx @Master.Constructor
ps ; just a little advice, avoid talking about updatepack in @Nosteru thread so it will stay cozy and not having people fighting , would you ?xd

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by QWEEDDY2:

Microsoft provide Windows 7 x64 Sp1+hotfix '14 En-US Enterprise edition iso image... has provided... This edition have less issues. Digital signatures and certificates are ok justf from 2014 hotfix build. Even Game Explorer working fine and wont make games hang at launch.

Still updating it in official way is not possible as normal updates erased, junk-updates keep coming...

Regardless of still supported or not, enterprise editions are not available to be bought by normal users, and they may get updates not trough the same channels as the other versions.

[bidulless]

hello
ok little admentum for the people who are curious
And sorry i am a bit rusty using powershell xd
Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" | `
Format-List ProductName,DisplayVersion,CurrentBuildNumber,BuildLabEx
is a better syntaxe/command line to use as it will also show you the revision number of you os buildnumber on line BuildLabEx just after the buildnumber
ex : 7601.24545 for my case xd
https://i.postimg.cc/htwQYf9M/1Capture.jpg

[Shaggin'Wagon]

Originally posted by Komarimaru:

Originally posted by bidulless:

hello
even on uninstall program , no trace of updatepack something ?
Because you won't find any trace of updatepack on the update part as it did not used update as i posted on my 2 first screenshots ( sorry for french but i use a french os ) xd
What result do you have using powershell ? ( [System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version )
Seems weird to me honestly or this would have been the best canular ever created by a guy ... but i do not think something this sophisticated could not have found some more negative point of view on the most active forum on the subject ; mdl.
or just launch regedit and go to HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion check here if you do not have powershell

You will find nothing at all, if install it, is what I am saying.

Powershell just shows the normal version.

It's a service and modifies files. And does nothing in the process it seems, except at times break basic windows features like the clock, file explorer menus etc.

Probably why most tell you not to install them.

You're wasting your time. bidulless is working with Master.Constructor together (they are best friends) to try and encourage more people to install this complete bull💩 software that does not update windows 7, does not update anything, and does not even install anything.

They are both actively trying to cause damage to and harm people's computers with UpdatePack7. Unfortunately the steam moderators don't care and just let them continue using the steam forums to distribute their junk program (even though this entire thread is a direct violation of steam's forum rules).

It seems we're on a new page and there STILL isn't a disclaimer so I'll have to continue AGAIN to remind everyone. I think I'll just copy paste this to notepad this time and each new page of this thread where you both continue with this and don't disclaim it yourself just re-paste this same message again and again and again. Someone has to make sure no one uses your software. Here we go again:

UPDATEPACK7 DOES NOT UPDATE WINDOWS 7. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY NEW UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 7. THERE ARE NO NEW UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 7. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY NEW UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 7 FROM MICROSOFT EVER AGAIN. ANYONE CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 7 ARE LYING TO YOU. UPDATEPACK7 WILL HARM YOUR COMPUTER. DO NOT INSTALL IT.

[bidulless]

Originally posted by Shaggin'Wagon:

Originally posted by Komarimaru:

You will find nothing at all, if install it, is what I am saying.

Powershell just shows the normal version.

It's a service and modifies files. And does nothing in the process it seems, except at times break basic windows features like the clock, file explorer menus etc.

Probably why most tell you not to install them.

You're wasting your time. bidulless is working with Master.Constructor together (they are best friends) to try and encourage more people to install this complete bull💩 software that does not update windows 7, does not update anything, and does not even install anything.

They are both actively trying to cause damage to and harm people's computers with UpdatePack7. Unfortunately the steam moderators don't care and just let them continue using the steam forums to distribute their junk program (even though this entire thread is a direct violation of steam's forum rules).

It seems we're on a new page and there STILL isn't a disclaimer so I'll have to continue AGAIN to remind everyone. I think I'll just copy paste this to notepad this time and each new page of this thread where you both continue with this and don't disclaim it yourself just re-paste this same message again and again and again. Someone has to make sure no one uses your software. Here we go again:

UPDATEPACK7 DOES NOT UPDATE WINDOWS 7. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY NEW UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 7. THERE ARE NO NEW UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 7. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY NEW UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 7 FROM MICROSOFT EVER AGAIN. ANYONE CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 7 ARE LYING TO YOU. UPDATEPACK7 WILL HARM YOUR COMPUTER. DO NOT INSTALL IT.

hello

We are not friend , and i guess you can easily verify as my profil is not private by opposite to yours.
And i am not trying to harm people's computer and surely never tryed to convince people to install updatepack,like you seems to accuse me:
- i am just a random joe who try to understand how things are working and imo, you should do the same.
May be i should repport you for that, to accuse me of such behaviours, may be not because what's sad with you is that you're not here to progress on your knowledge but just to fight with people...
It's sad that people like you can waste their time on this instead of spending it understanding how things can work and being amazed by it
This is why i've linked you 2 links some times ago, both from wikipedia : one about a novel from Jules Vernes called 'from heath to moon' written in 1865 and the reality that happened 100 years later :
be humble and stop to think we are here to harm people's computer..

so i guess i have to post both of them again for you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon - 1865
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 - 1969

Ps : i do not think this guy even deserv to receive a jester award like some of you allready gave him , just read his bs if you want to have to have a good laught that's a lot better than wasting your junks points on him xd
Bonne nuit

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Just so no one can say "I didn't know"........

[QWEEDDY2]

NZB what?

Guys. I understand some have no idea what they talk about. But i did mention here twice. Windows Updates are broken on every Windows older than Win10. Win8 without 8.1 got it first even a bit before Win10 released. 8.1 no more can be find on Ms Win (Win8) Store (although some Win10 removed games still available from Win8.1 build-in Store App, so Ms DO care to erase updates more than erasing no-more-licensed products on sale). Before Win10 released Win8 stop getting updates.

Not releasing. Getting updates.

Now same for all Win. Updates still RELEASED. Junk pseudo "sucurity" and "hotfixes" (without single description of each KB). While some older useful stop getting it.
New ones just reset ton default some settings. Need supervision and tweaked.

So technically some thing kinda UpdatePack are useful. And still danger at same time. Of course it is.

When some of you bother yourself to insist nonuodates come - why you do that? Why you all ignore links you and persons like you did share here? You will see there is updates, but W.Update itself become malicious service itself. No one said there is some NEWER updates besides Ms did released. Its just alternate way to obtain them. Especially for previous "Optional" category. Where MUI, Ms Office, Redists(Visual/etc) originally obtained. There is still redists hotfixes Win unrelated. But nonway to normally obtain. W.Update befome randomly working.

What OP mention here is bunch of official KB_xxxxx updates stored in un-offifial ServicePack's.

Im never was into such things.
But Ms did that. And Windows 10/11 are same. Now its not right/safe to suggest getting latest stable updatepack from Ms for Win10+. And not right to suggest stay on old build. In case of updating need supervision of what updates instLled and whatbthey REALLY do with all reverts possible to do manually.
There is just no way to make thing correct on Windows anymore.

[QWEEDDY2]

Also. Whidh is indeed always an issue, even in old times. Drivers. Sometimes W.Update randomly detect HWID or versions.
I once got driver suggestion for Acer monitor by Acer instead of "display standard module driver by Microsoft". Labeled as for Vista (but on Win7). Didnt immediately install it. It disappear next time i open W.Update. Other PC, other Win8 PC. Same monitor never detected as Acer (and proper model name mentioned).
Long time ago.

So W.Update and Win7 always have issues at some point. It was, yes. But still mostly it always was for broken non-security faked updates.

Now whole W.Update on every Windows work the same way. Randomly. Even web version of Catalog are erased of optional(incl redists), drivers and many main branch updates.

Newer =/= safer. Never was.

[Shaggin'Wagon]

Originally posted by bidulless:

And i am not trying to harm people's computer and surely never tryed to convince people to install updatepack

You say those things and yet you continue (REPEATEDLY!) have claimed in this very thread that the updates inside of UpdatePack7 are actually updates to Windows 7. You are purposefully supporting Master.Constructor's efforts by doing this. By supporting (and defending) both Master.Constructor and UpdatePack7 then you are supporting this software.

Originally posted by bidulless:

,like you seems to accuse me:

I have not "accused" you of anything. I have stated facts as they are about you. There is a big difference in accusing someone of something and stating facts about someone's behavior and what they are actually doing. No accusation is necessary. You're doing it all yourself.

Originally posted by bidulless:

be humble and stop to think we are here to harm people's computer..

If you truly believe you aren't trying to harm someone's computer then you could try starting by avoiding any references to claiming that the things inside of UpdatePack7 are an update to Windows 7.

[Master.Constructor]

Yes, in PowerShell I enter:

Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" | ` [Enter]
Format-List ProductName,DisplayVersion,CurrentBuildNumber,BuildLabEx [Enter]
[Enter]

Result is:

ProductName : Windows 7 Professional
CurrentBuildNumber : 7601
BuildLabEx : 7601.27216.amd64fre.win7sp1_ldr_escrow.240624-1824

[QWEEDDY2]

There is no right solution here. All ways Microsoft provide are no go. I suggest either stay on Enterprise Win7 iso ignoring all updates except very few hotfixes installed every manually (some only by Internet Archive).

Another way is get Macintosh or Hackingtosh.

Or install Linux. Not the right solution either. 2024 it is still a lot of issues. And distro holywar. SteamOS looks best but again - its what we got provided. We have either trash products (paid), or unavailable products/limited restricted to hardware.

Every ways have issues and hard choices. Any better and always was than PC-UWP Ms Windows 10+ or Microsoft in general. I said as an Windows and Win7 fanboi. Nvidia specific issues (especially for Intel+NV Optimus technology) also always appear only on Windows. Again, NV fanboi here.

But i cheer for SteamOS as non-ValveSteam fanboi. Never was. I hate Valve for what they did to PC gaming in 2003 and what they become today.
But as i get it, SteamOS is best their product of all soft/hardware they made. Speaking only by someone else exp to use it and video reviews, Valves updates newsletters. SteamOS is only get proper support service and customer support service.

(I fanboi of Windows cause im too much into mathematical logic, i need some standard OS to install and not been a part of distro holywars, those my choices are Windows or SteamOS or Ubuntu maybe? But Ubuntu didnt worked when i try it refuse to log in after updates. ArchLinux maybe? ArchSteamLinux fork of SteamOS? But that one no more official standard...)

I personally suggest ignore what OP provide here.
But i wont go to insult him for creating this thread as it is one of the ways. There is logic and technical reasons to such ServicePacks exist.