Windows 7 Hotfix repository

so microsoft is bringing 15 updates september 13 and 5 are critical?
and among those update are for office

 

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Even if there are updates in the monthly release, some of them may be older than the updates we already have!...

 

thanks for reply, but I'm still confused. I am making a slipstreamed win 7 sp1 dvd with all the updates in the hotfix repository. When I install Win 7 on a new system the update readiness tool (there's approx 9 updates to be installed on first boot) is always 1 of them whether or not I include the readiness .msu in the slipstream. The purpose of the slipstream is to of course quicken the installation process, which it does,but the readiness update can take 30 min to over an hour depending on the system. short of hiding the update is there any other recourse??? regards...

 

KB947821 is a tool, not an update. It cannot be integrated, it has to be run! Microsoft just decided to put it in an update 'container' when they originally released it, instead of a completely separate application entirely. This makes sense when you consider if as an update, people will install it, but as a separate program they'll think 'I don't need that'.

It therefore should be run after you have finished installing all your updates, it checks and corrects any errors that exist in your servicing store (and that are known). If there were any way to 'force integrate' it (such that it is integrated, but not run) it would completely defeat the purpose of it. So the short answer to your question is no, it needs to be run separately It doesn't hurt running it after you install all your updates, even if it doesn't need to do anything in most cases its preferable to hiding the update through Windowsupdate.

I wouldn't have thought it take an hour though, it does take a fair time but that seems a little long...

 

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I get it but this stinks

ok I understand that kb947821 is a tool and cant be integrated. I run a small repair shop and a slipstreamed dvd is the way to go to re-install windows for my clients. The time consuming aspect is now the remaining updates from the last integration that one performs. but this kb947821 runs 30+ minutes which just puts a big damper on this for me. If I hide the update would it cause any problems or maybe I should just leave it as the last update for the client to perform when thay get the machine returned??

 

The update should NOT show up on a clean install of Windows 7 to begin with

Maybe WU is detecting a problem. I dont know what really triggers this update to show for you, I never get it

 

why does kb947821 rear its ugly head

you are the 2nd reponder who says that the readiness tool should not show up on a clean win 7 install. its showing up on my installs using rt seven lite, with all updates from the repository, a few tweaks, and unattended setup and just some gadgets in customization. does anyone know why this update gets triggered. I was under the assumption its an IMPORTANT win 7 update and has to run on any win 7 machine (eventually)...regards..

 

Your question just answered itself when you mentioned you use rt7lite

BTW its not a important update, unless something is wrong

 

how do you slipstream

thanks for reply. It sounds like from your response that there may be a better way of slipstreaming win 7 other than using RT Seven Lite (v.2.6). I was under the impression that this was the best program (only program??) for slipstreaming win 7. If not can you point me in the right direction. regards...

 

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for me
2616676 (replaces 2607712)
2570947 (replaces 2205122)
2571621 (replaces 2524426) (server only)

 

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The repository contains Hotfixes and other updates too. Windowsupdates only shows security updates, or what Microsoft think is critical for people to have.

 

@burfadel, there is a \m folder created in the dir where you run your cmd (i suspect this is the mount folder, you should make it that the user needs to mount it manually)

 

The folders m followed by the folder name is so its not trying to extract the cabinet files back into the original .cab file. The m is just so the foldername is different (whilst still keeping the package name) for the process to work. It could actually be any letter or number.

When I do finally add the integration feature properly the user has to have the image mounted. I they mount/unmount themselves least they'd have some idea of what they're doing!...

 

so uh, the new updates for windows 7 are at the end of month?