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August 15, 2017 - KB4034670 (Monthly Rollup) Windows 7
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New #11
Agreed. I make a note of mine on my monthly list of offered updates but then I hide them. My monthly lists date back to October 2014 and not a single optional update has been installed in that time. Occasionally one will reappear as a recommended update in a later month in which case I'll review it if it's checked but hide it if is unchecked as no unchecked update should normally be manually checked and installed.
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New #13
I don't even install optional updates on Windows 8.1 anymore either. Even though it has got until 2023 for EOL.
I'm working on my own install packages now which install like this:
1) WSUSOffline for all Security updates, IE11 and frameworks. Reboot.
2) Install remaining security/important updates (no rollups). Reboot.
3) Install Selective Recommended updates I choose (with checkboxes to select/skip the ones I want or don't want. Reboot.
Windows 7 installer is working okay, but the Windows 8.1 installer is proving more of a problem updating every month. As there's more rollups on 8.1
It's still a work in progress though!
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New #14
I don't understand the logic either.
I only install important and recommended updates and don't bother with optional updates. I installed KB4034664 because it was classed as important. I wondered why I hadn't seen KB4034670 - because it was sitting in optional. Yet.....optional KB4034670 was supposed to fix up potential issues in important KB4034664.
