A hidden Patch Tuesday gem: A Windows 7 hotfix rollup

Britton30 · 13 Mar 2013

This rollup, KB2775511, was not offered on 3/12/13 on either of my 2 PCs. Is that the "hidden" part, one has to manually DL and install?

Slartybart · 13 Mar 2013

An enterprise hotfix rollup is available for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

I did not see it yesterday when I checked for updates, and it is not in my history either.

I'll assume that if your system is up-to-date that WU doesn't offer it. On the other hand, if you do a re-install, this is invaluable (along with the Win7 media refresh ISO).

Gary · 13 Mar 2013

Mine was up to date and I did not see it on WU yesterday or today. I installed it then had to re install Hud Evolution Icons as it messed them up. Not a big problem but I can see no improvement in Windows 7 with this hidden update installed.

indianacarnie · 13 Mar 2013

Thank you for posting this.

Indianatone · 13 Mar 2013

It is not available on windows update, says so in the article. You have to download the files. Seems like it is hard to find. I put the link into Firefox and it tells me to use IE. So I fire up IE10 and get a pretty page with a globe on it.

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/...ge=Search.aspx

On one of my machines IE10 does not work with this site. No offer to install the add on for the catalogue.

Gary · 13 Mar 2013

Indianatone said:

It is not available on windows update, says so in the article. You have to download the 2gb file. Seems like it is hard to find. I put the link into Firefox and it tells me to use IE. So I fire up IE10 and get a pretty page with a globe on it.

Microsoft Update Catalog

Maybe IE10 does not work with this site.

I can upload the patch to you if you want??

Teerex · 13 Mar 2013

There's an IE addon that needs to be installed for Update Catalog to work. I've used it for years to get some drivers.

I downloaded and installed this yesterday, using IE10. It's not big.

boohbah · 13 Mar 2013

can you post what the add on is as this will be helpful to others wanting to use the hotfix, including myself

Gary · 13 Mar 2013

KB2775511 Hotfix Rollup has 90 hotfixes | Windows Secrets Lounge

KB2775511 Hotfix Rollup has 90 hotfixes

I saw a posting from ZDNet Must-Read News today, with the following headline:

A hidden Patch Tuesday gem: A Windows 7 hotfix rollup
Even though Microsoft supposedly is done releasing service packs for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the company is still doing hotfix rollups.

According to An enterprise hotfix rollup is available for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

"This hotfix rollup contains 90 hotfixes that were released after the release of SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. These hotfixes improve the overall performance and system reliability of Windows 7 SP1-based and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computers. We recommend that you apply this hotfix rollup as part of your regular maintenance routine and build processes for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 computers."

There is also an article about all this at
https://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfepl...edirected=true

I am a big fan of the Patch Watch column, and this patch is not yet mentioned, and so I think I will hold off a bit.
In any case, this KB2775511 does not appear in the Windows Update offerings for my machine.

I just wondered if others here have applied it and would like to comment.

Thank you.

90 Fixes

A hidden Patch Tuesday gem: A Windows 7 hotfix rollup

A hidden Patch Tuesday gem: A Windows 7 hotfix rollup

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