Try it & let us know if it works. ;>)) I read the info page & FAQ's & the only thing that applies to us is that Azure does not apply to Win7 & our EOS/EOL is Jan 2026. We are good if we installed the last SSU from April 2025 successfully. It was our last one prior to November's. Installing KB1896295 will still give us 2 more updates. LAST: 2025-04 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5056456) New 2025-11 SSU update replaces these: (list is same order as provided by M$) 2020-08 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4570673) Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB3020369) 2020-05 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4555449) 2020-06 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4562030) 2020-10 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4580970) 2019-12 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4531786) 2019-11 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4523206) 2020-01 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4536952) 2020-12 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4592510) 2021-07 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5004378) 2022-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5011649) 2022-07 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5016057) 2021-10 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5006749) 2023-07 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5028264) 2022-09 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5017397) 2022-02 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5010451) 2023-10 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5031658) 2024-02 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034865) 2020-04 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4550738) 2023-11 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5032383) 2024-06 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5039339) 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4550735) 2025-01 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5050681) Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB3177467) 2018-10 Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB3177467) 2020-02 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4537829) 2019-09 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4516655) 2020-07 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4565354)
I installed the KB5068904 now successfully on a test system but I think I will wait with the SSU until the experts can chime in on it, to me it sounds a bit like MS is trying to check the validity of the ESU licenses with it?
Also just installed the 2 latest updates with no problems. Thanks again to all who brought us this opportunity.
Moin @ All! My November 2025 ESUpdate experience for Windows 7 Pro / Enterprise SP1 x64 systems: "Licensing method": KB4528069 & "new" BypassESU-v13f "Installing method": Manual download and installation via Microsoft®Update-Catalog KB5071810 (New Extendet Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64) -> succesfully installed KB5068904 (Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64) -> succesfully installed The current Security Intelligence Update was downloaded and installed by the auto-update function of MSE. @ abbodi1406: Great job & thx for your support!
For my part, windows update first found and installed the KB5068904. After restarting, WU found and installed the KB5071810. Thank you to all those who are participating in the project
We followed a 3 step process since this update project began. Step#1 was updates for 32bit/64bit Win7 Step#2 was when regular Win7 EOL lost updates & we used 32bit/64bit embedded Win7 systems; enough of a match to safely use rollouts & security only; at least no-one reported problems Step#3 was when embedded Win 7 went EOL & shortly after that 32 bit support. We started using Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 for updates. I went to security updates only at this point. Many had started using security only when we started using embedded 7 Rollouts carried changes that were possibly outside the scope of security. I only required the security updates after both versions of Win7 went EOL. All 3 share the same core, 6.1, but the systems are different. Cores change after Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 goes belly up after Jan 2026. At least I have not heard of any continued security updates continuing after that for 6.1. Not one rumor. I will become a full fledged Linux user at that point as it has been my secondary OS for 3 years now. Soooo exhausted with M$. Been a long time coming... ;>))
'25-11 update installed fine, but now SSU won't download, even though it was offered in WU. I have restarted the VM twice but it didn't help. WU is stuck at 0% downloading of the SSU. Update: After WU searched for 10+ minutes for the SSU, it finally downloaded and installed it.
I decided to wait awhile to see if I get offered the SSU KB5071810 through WU. I installed 2025-11 Rollup KB5068904 11/13/2025 3:48 AM. I already have the SSU KB5071810 downloaded from WUC, I was hoping it would eventually get offered through WU. Is there a trick to get it offered through WU!?
Most of us download & update manually now. Even if our WU is working. For sometime now I have only used WU as an alarm clock to let me know when 2nd Tuesday has arrived. It does not always alert or offer what I need. It usually shows me the full rollout, the .NET updates & maybe the SSU but not always. At that point I turn it off & go to the MDL website here to see what everyone else is talking about & reporting. I wait a full week to see if anyone else is having side affects from this months updates. All clear I go to the M$ catalog & download everything I need. Turn off all running programs & update myself. Sometimes restarting system when told to after an update. The "trick " is to successfully update your system with security updates that are offered monthly. We have reached a point in time where how is not a factor. Do it yourself for Nov, Dec & Jan 2026. Then decide to go to a new OS or use Win7 as is.
When the last Simplix update package and the last .WA plug-ins are released, a clean install of Windows 7 SP1 should be able to be updated to January 2026 in about an hour or so. We should be able to confirm that in about 2 months.
When it reaches EOL I hope to find my DVD pack and make a Win7 DVD for it to stay and be used at any time without breaking my butt with Rufus…
That is what I have been saying. We have 2 updates left. Dec 2025 & Jan 2026. Core 6.1 will not be offered in the catalog for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 after that. Keep using Win7 but avoid going online, use W10 or W11 or pick another OS, (my choice). A Linux distro I have been using as a secondary for about 3 years now preparing for "The End". I can already hear Porky Pig saying "Tha', tha', tha', that's all, folks.".
I haven't installed any of the offered "Important" "Optional" updates after changing to "Windows Server 2008 R2 category" besides Rollup, .NET and SSU when offered. Are any of them worth installing!? 3 "Important" 29 "Optional" After all updates under "Important" were hidden the SSU showed up. Thanks.
Yeah, it's sad that NT 6.1 will be totally EoL. I kinda wish I wouldn't have went to Windows IoT back in 2022 so I could ran out all the time. But I have kept a Win 7 VM updated all this time. On Jan.13, 2026 NT 6.1 update support will have gone on for 16 years, 5 months, and 22 days. On February 9, 2011 Microsoft released SP1 for NT 6.1 and if it hadn't been for Microsoft's twisted embracement of Windohz! 8. They would have also released SP2 for Windows 7 that would have given it native support of USB3 and M.2. Of course, Windows 7 should have been the last and perpetual version of Windows. What has came since has been a bastardization of computing and software sacrilege compared to Windows 7. Now Windows IoT/LTSC is the only remaining worthy version of Windows, which fortunately is somewhat like Windows 7. Because 10 & 11 "so called Pro" or "loser Home" never have and never will touch any of my bare metal.
I fully agree. I don’t run retail Windows after 7 on any of my PCs, not even 8.1 (I use 2012R2 cosmetically masked as a client).
@abbodi1406 : Great job again, Applauds. I want to pre-live the moment when EOL effectively applies on 13th Jan 2026. After that, I make a fresh install & use this solution for enabling updates. Would I be able to make the last patches ? Uninstalled Devices ? Quality Driver's Update ? MSE Updates ? Thanks.