Yes, as I noted, those 5 or 6 at the end of the list are for server only. I included those to have a complete list of new ones so that komm can add them to his update lists (and on the slim chance that they may apply to clients). No, I just posted all the links after I found them. I did try to get that one now and it is unavailable. But as I saw going through all those Office hotfixes earlier, MS did fix a few links that were initially missing/dead. So hopefully it'll become available soon. If not, scratch that one from the list.
Dont forget KB2639157, you can just drop it in the Extended hotfix folder because it does not supersede any (it updates a RTM file)
Hello all Hotfix people! This seems like a great resource that I'm just trying to understand how to take advantage of. Up until this point, all I ever did was use Windows Update. If I understand correctly, SoLoR and others on this forum keep track of all the latest hotfixes better than Microsoft could do with Windows Update. So I have a brand new install of Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 with no updates at all. And I want it updated completely. How does one go about this? There's a lot of files to download it seems. I've used the KUC Update checker and I get a big list. Does updating all these hotfixes in Windows 7 make it more stable than just doing the basic Windows Update which currently has 39 important updates and 15 optional updates from a fresh Windows 7 SP1 install??? What I'm asking for is this: Can someone type up a simple list of the STEPS needed to go from a fresh install of Windows to a completely updated Windows? I'm sure it's not as difficult as it seems because you guys seem to have it all figured out. Can the first post have these instructions appended to it? I'm sure if it was clear how to use these resources for a fresh install of Windows, then I figure out how to also update Windows in the future with the same methods. I also want to know if this covers all of the extra stuff like .NET 4, Visual C++, Office 2010 updates which also seem to have a load of hotfixes to install, and whatever else (just the microsoft stuff obviously) Is there a way to make a kind of Pre-service pack which just has all the stuff needed for us end users to install it up to a certain date? That sure would be nice for each main area (Windows, .NET, VC++, Office). It seems like there is one for .NET 4 here: ww w.wincert.net/forum/index.php?/topic/9154-slim-net-framework-4-full-x86x64-12-13-2011/ I'm sure any explanations will also help someone else freshly coming to this 358 page thread! I've read a bunch of pages but it would really help to have a good explanation up front of how to use all these resources! Thanks for any help!
Wierd! this version installed the IE 9 update, but, when I tried to use it to install the latest SoLoR pack (using only the cab files) it installed nothing-same concern.
I'll refer to your list before posting next time. But if these two were already known, why weren't they added to the repo yesterday??
I saw that list of Komm's and out of interest I checked the support article for KB976042. I believe its because Microsoft might have actually taken it down and re-upped it, because when I tried it there was no KB article, and now there is but its dated 16 December (and revision 3.0). The same probably occurred with the other update.
I saw his list too but thought it was for the new ones just added. I didn't realize those were ones that still need to be added to the repo, as large as it was. Now I know. I see now that I shouldn't have called them "new" since he listed them first, and that explains the vibe of his post to me. In any case, they weren't available earlier but are now.