Simplix Pack to update Live Win7 System/ Integrate hotfixes into Win7 distribution

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  1. zar91

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    How do I update my directx and install C++ runtime libs? I’ve alteady installed simplix pack
     
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    Driver Booster 7.4 should do it, I think... There are giveaways everywhere...

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    The June updates went well:

    2020-06 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4562030)
    Installation date: ‎10/‎06/‎2020 15:42
    and

    2020-06 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4561643)

    Installation date: ‎10/‎06/‎2020 15:28

    However when I booted in to this particular install today I was puzzled to see after about five or ten minutes that I was being advised that windows had downloaded new updates and wouldn't mid if I wanted to install them.

    This is very odd as my default behaviour when I install a windows 7 one of the first things I do is set the windows Updater to the "never check for updates (not recommended.)" setting, then click OK.

    When I checked to day this setting had been replaced by "install updates automatically".

    All I can say is that it wasn't me. No one else (there's only my partner and the cat) has access to any windows installations on this drive.

    Has anyone else ever experienced this behaviour? It did happen once before earlier this year and I was happy to blame myself but not this time.

    Any theories are welcome thanks,

    Hugh
     
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    @summersuns
    I already had this kind of problem and, to solve it, I added this script to run in "Firstlogon" in autounattend.xml:
     

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    @simplix
    Hi,
    Does your tool allow me to upgrade an already partially upgraded system to, say, 2/3 years ago?
    -> Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 - 64 bit and I have already launched Windows Update Cleanup.
    If so, how is it done in detail?
    Which parameters?
    If you have already answered others I ask you to provide me with the link to the answer.
    Thanks.
     
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    @MrTrick
    Just double click on the executable and it will install all missing updates.
     
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    This concerns the comments by MrTrick in post #3306.

    I'm a Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit user and haven't used Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit in several years.

    When inforrmation about ESU updates beyond January 2020 came out, the Professional and Enterprise versions qualified, but the Home Premium version did not.

    Has that changed and does the Simplix tool work with the Home Premium version and allow ESU updates to be installed?
     
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    #3309 summersuns, Jun 15, 2020
    Last edited: Jun 15, 2020
    Sunlion,
    Thank you for your script. I haven't used it yet.
    When I posted my query I had forgotten to add that on logging in yesterday the enter password box on the logon screen was already filled with dots.

    It happened again just now when I booted up the installation to see if anyone had replied to my query on mdl.

    Maybe something else is going on.
    I'll have to undertake virus and malware checking before I do anything else.

    [EDIT] no virus or malware - stuck key!!

    Thanks,
    Hugh
     
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    Quick noob question: does this contain all security-related ESU updates? Telemetry removed?

    Do I need to do anything else to install them or is the tinkering with the system only for people who want to download updates via WU?

    Also do I need working Windows Update for this? Mine has been halting when trying to get the current list of updates for years now.
     
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    @Nykto
    I use simplix updatepack to integrate all updates with the clean image every month. So I have an updated version always at hand.
    In the installed system, I always leave WU disabled. If necessary, I do the live update with the most current simplix package.
    I can't say if it's the best option, but it's how I like to do it.
     
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    can you please update the first page with the latest version?thank you!
     
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    Whats the latest version of the pack available? Last one i installed was the one on the first post
     
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    yes i did it on a fresh install yesterday night everything working
     
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    #3318 CaptainSpeleo, Jun 18, 2020
    Last edited: Jun 18, 2020
    I've been re-doing some Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit computers, so I've been using the Simplix Update Pack 20.6.11 tool.

    Because Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 and DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime were all needed, I changed the name of the Simplix tool to
    UpdatePack7R2--ie11++.exe
    and then obtained the 64-bit version of the 3 add-ons and then put the Simplix tool and 3 add-ons inside the same folder and then copied that folder to a USB thumb drive.

    After doing a clean install of the operating system and installing the necessary device drivers and activating the operating system and disabling Windows Defender and Windows Update, I copied the folder containing the Simplix tool and 3 add-ons from the USB thumb drive to the computer and then ran the Simplix tool.

    These are the steps the Simplix tool went through with no intervention from me:
    1. 46 updates were installed (including Internet Explorer 11) and then the computer restarted.
    2. 2 updates were installed and then the computer restarted.
    3. 4 updates were installed and then the computer restarted.
    4. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 and DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime were installed and then the computer restarted.
    5. Disk Cleanup loaded and ran and then the computer restarted.
    6. The desktop loaded and was ready for use.

    The operating system was up to date to June 2020.
     
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    Do we need also the x86 versions of the 3 addons on x64 bit OS ??
     
  20. Hal2000

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    No only the x64 on a x64 bit system