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Best advise going TZ. It is a shame that so many people don't bother. When things go sideways, they end up getting stuck with a clean install and that is more complicated and 10X more time consuming.
I will be installing the security-only update package and I am very pleased that MS did not make it cumulative. The one thing that bothers me with this decision is when a security patch breaks something. Hopefully if MS produces a fix for the component the patch has broken, it will be sent out-of-band. It will be a huge disappointment if such a fix gets sent out in the monthly cumulative rollup. Time will tell.
I may have missed it but are MS still going to categorize Windows 7 updates as Important, Recommended, and optional. Are they suggesting in future you have to take the lot?
At the moment I only install "Important" and always make a system image before installing these.
Where a combined update is concerned, the rating will be the highest of the component parts.
Hi,
I believe the net framework ones are the weirdest to me
Anything net related was always important
Last I saw it was optional could of been recommended but it is still whack
I believe the cumulative rollups would have to fall under the important category, as they're also addressing security issues.
MS has said there are a few that will be available separately. The servicing stack update was one mentioned. .NET Framework and Adobe flash security updates (on 8.1) will also be separate. But most will be in the rollups from Tuesday.
The article doesn't make it clear to me. A quote:
"Each month there will be separate updates released for a variety of reasons (e.g. DST time zone changes, out-of-band security fixes). Many of these will be rolled into the next monthly rollup, although some will remain separate- including Office, Flash and Silverlight updates."
It would be useful to know in more detail what the "some will remain separate" will contain. Hopefully it will contain things like video drivers, Windows 10 upgrade nagging etc so you can decide not to install. We'll wait and see.
My understanding is that the separate updates will be those relating to third-party applications (including other Microsoft products like MSE), as well as any upgrades to the Windows Update client itself. Only operating system updates will be included in the new format, to include things like kernel updates, time zone fixes, telemetry changes, etc. as well as the usual security updates to Internet Explorer which is an embedded part of the operating system.