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Is this the new way we'll get security updates. I am completely lost and have no clue what to do with that. Looks like a release to me. Shalll I just install it.
This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on December 8, 2015. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.
Important: Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at Microsoft Security Bulletin prior to deployment of these updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date.
This DVD5 image contains the following updates:
KB Articles: KB3097877 KB3099860 KB3099862 KB3099863 KB3099864 KB3099866 KB3099869 KB3099874 KB3100465 KB3104002 KB3105578 KB3105579 KB3108347 KB3108371 KB3108381 KB3108669 KB3108670 KB3109094 KB3109103 KB3116869 KB3116900 KB3119147
Security bulletins:MS15-115 MS15-124 MS15-126 MS15-127 MS15-128 MS15-130 MS15-132 MS15-133 MS15-134
Supported Operating System
Windows 7, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-based Systems, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista 64-bit Editions Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Source: December 2015 Security Release ISO Image
Is this the new way we'll get security updates. I am completely lost and have no clue what to do with that. Looks like a release to me. Shalll I just install it.
It'll be handy to install them with the ISO instead of downloading and installing them via Windows Update.
Last edited by Brink; 13 Dec 2015 at 19:11. Reason: correction
If a person does a clean install won't there be around 200 updates needed since the SP1 release (latest ISO) ?
How would this help with all the updates after SP1 and before December 2015 ?
Does this supersede a lot of these updates, so it should be installed before running Windows Update on a clean install ?
Yeah, they'll still have a ton of updates, but this ISO is mostly for making it easier to install (deploy) them on multiple systems instead of having to do so via Windows Update.
We cross posted at the same time :)
I'm more curious now after seeing the size of the file.
I wonder if this isn't another step in the MS desire to get everyone on Win 10, so this ISO has all the Win 10 "upgrade KB's".
I'm not sure, but i wouldn't install this until i know for sure.
The ISO only contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on December 8, 2015. It's for only the KB articles listed in the first post.
They're pretty large, so I suppose the ISO could easily be that size for them.
OK, whatever.
I installed all the December 2015 Win 7 updates, and it was not nearly 3.2 GB total download.
For anyone with limited bandwidth or slow internet, this might not be a good thing, imho.
Maybe this is the MS attempt to fix the problem where sometimes it takes hours to download updates via Windows Update.
I still question if it's a good fix for limited bandwidth or slow internet.
I'll drop it at that, i don't mean to be controversial, this thread made me wonder what's up, that's all.