'While we've spent a lot of time over the past year talking about Windows 10 (including new roadmap details), we know that organizations are still working with Windows 7 too, regularly updating their Windows 7 SP1 images to include the latest updates, app versions, and more. Well, this time, Microsoft was listening: Painful and time-wasting, the process left many users screaming for an all-inclusive package to take care of business. You must install 7-Zip, go to install.wim and take a look to any number, and go to Windowssystem32, extract ntoskrnl.exe and check Properties and details. But those that have will immediately recall restarting their computer multiple times, while Windows Update downloads and installs over half a decade's worth of security and non-security patches to bring your new installation up to date. Its actually Windows 7 SP1 (build 7601), not RTM. Have you installed Windows 7 recently? Probably not you've only just got to grips with Windows 10.

Let's take a quick look at why you might want to install the update, and where you'll find it when the time comes. So the choice, this time, really is entirely yours. Adding to their kindness, this 'convenience update is completely optional,' and won't even appear in the standard Windows Update offerings.

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