I don't think users are "totally stupid" (nasty thing to say, BTW). Many users distrust Simplix mainly due to the fact that it's not an official source for Windows 7 update mgmt, just a project source from, I believe, Russia. You may not have a problem with Simplix but many users do due mainly to its SOURCE.
The STABLE is now available and being offered. I don't think MicroSloth is managing the baseline of this Win7 version of Chromium Edge just yet... it's just trying to get it out there. The whole thing seems a bit dumb to me. Win7 has been completely dropped for support purposes and here's MicroSloth pushing a "newer" "Safer" browser than IE. I can't think of anyone who's still using IE under any OS other than maybe XP and even there exists many modern browsers for choice. With Win7, most users moved away from IE eons ago. I think with this Chromium-based EDGE, they're just trying to pick up additional telemetry on Win7 that never existed under IE. Personally I wouldn't touch it with a 10-ft pole. Apologies to the thread members for this off-topic quickie... no more to come
Same for me, v5 + .Net patch, working fine. I am not following this thread on a daily basis, so I probably missed 100 posts ;-). Nevertheless, I understand that this combo is stable and up to date, and that v6 or v7 may cause problems in some configurations. Unless told otherwise, I don't change what's working fine until at least v8 ;-).
I have successfully applied v7 and updated the system. Is it safe to turn on automatic updates from now on?
- Notice: Regarding .NET 4 ESU Bupass option in BypassESU-v7 it has incompatibility issue and may cause msiexec.exe to crash in that case, it's recommended to remove it, and use the manual workaround listed below to install NDP4 updates
On running dotNetFx4_ESU_Installer.cmd as administrator, I received this message " update files for NDP4.8 not detected". I have installed .NET Frasmework 4.8 already. What are the update files it is asking?
Yes, I did. Update for.NET Framework 4.8 (KB4503575, 4532941 and 4533005 files are already installed).
Are source code for updates already publicly available? It is strange to trust those who add telemetry and not to trust those who disable it.
I too noticed that the May v2 of the ESU Licensing Preparation Package (KB4538483) was a lot larger than the earlier February v1 ESU Licensing Preparation Package which has the same KB number. I uninstalled the May v2 version, and then I reinstalled February v1 version since all SO updates through June mention that only the earlier February v1 version is required to be installed. Presently my Win7 computers are updated through May. I have held off on installing the June SO updates. My question is, even though I have reverted to v1 of KB4538483, are you saying that the functionality of the v2 version of KB4538483 has been bundled into the June rollup and SO updates?
Uninstall v7 of the ESU Bypass. Then install the v5 or v6 version of ESU Bypass. Then you should be able to install the latest Office updates.
Yes, all components in KB4538483 (both versions) are superseded by new versions in June updates (Rollup or SO)