Can you install Simplix Pack after drivers are installed?


  1. Posts : 53
    Windows 7 Pro 32 & 64 bit
       #1

    Can you install Simplix Pack after drivers are installed?


    Booted up a laptop I got for the first time yesterday. It came with Win7 Home Premium preinstalled sometime around 2016. I got the Welcome screen and the "Setting up your computer for first time use" screens, and got to a desktop. The system already has the drivers installed.

    Can I run the Simplix Pack now? All the instructions I see say install Simplix Pack, then drivers.
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  2. Posts : 16,133
    7 X64
       #2

    Can I run the Simplix Pack now?

    Yes.

    Suggest you place the net framework add on next to the updatepack7r2.exe. Then it will install that too .

    add ons:

    net-framework-48-for-windows-7
    vc runtimes
    Directx
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  3. Posts : 374
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #3
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  4. Posts : 53
    Windows 7 Pro 32 & 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks, I am running it now. Wish me luck


    If it screws up I can always wipe the HDD and install a fresh copy of Win7 off DVD and then run Simplix and install drivers
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  5. Posts : 374
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #5

    It should have an recovery partition.
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  6. Posts : 53
    Windows 7 Pro 32 & 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    billmcct said:

    Too late now, Simplix is running. But I should be able to install dotNet after everything is done I would think. It also looks like only a subset of drivers is installed so I will need to do an audit after this is finished.
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  7. Posts : 374
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #7

    Log file is:
    C:\Windows\Updatepack7.log
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  8. Posts : 2,465
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #8

    sluggerb said:
    All the instructions I see say install Simplix Pack, then drivers.
    I have no idea why. It's very commonplace and highly recommended to install drivers first, before anything else, much less Windows Updates. So yes, you can safely run it after the fact.
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