What is better uninstalling superseded updates then installing new updates or installing new updates then uninstalling superseded updates or it doesn't matter?
If you install the new update, reboot, then uninstall the superseded update, the new update files take effect on reboot making the superseded files redundant (so they can be removed once restarted). Its a direct transition from the superseded update files to the new update files. If you uninstall the superseded update first, you are instructing the system to reinstall the prior/original files replaced by that update. If you do this, you will have to uninstall, reboot (so the original files are reinstated), install the new update, and reboot again for that to take effect. The obvious disadvantage with this method is not only the extra restart step, but the fact you are putting the system back to an earlier state before its updated. It would be less than ideal to uninstall a superseded update and then install a new update without restarting, as you increase the risk of an error occurring. Likewise it would be a bad idea to uninstall superseded updates after installing the new updates without restarting (if required). Its for this reason I put in my 'Old update remover' a check to make sure that there are no pending changes (that is, file changes that require you to restart the computer for them to take effect).
Is it ok to integrate it to satisfy WU ? and sorry if i asked this, but if i use LDR mode of integration, i don't need to include LDR placeholders right ?
kb976373-v2 --> 6.1.7601.21830 (this is the one in the repository as oinkers has said) kb976373-v3 --> 6.1.7601.21853 kb article updated on 15 Dec reflecting the change, unlike the arrticle for kb2591500
Off-topic, but does anybody know if it's possible to change your username here? I signed up originally just to download a file & had no intention of posting. But now that I am, I realize "oinkers" was not a good choice, lol. Oh well, nothing to sweat over I guess..
Of course then we'll probably also want to know why you chose "oinkers" in the first place. LOL Cheers and Regards
But i notice that there is at least one exceptions. If you are updating your install.wim and the update is a version update (-v1 => -v2), you have to remove the -v1 update first. You are not able to fully uninstall the -v1 update after you have installed -v2. You can check this with dism /get-packages. You will see that -v1 is still in the list of packages (with state uninstall pending)
Is that true when uninstalling the old version directly from the Windows\servicing\Packages folder? For instance, with KB976373: So to uninstall the old one after the new one, your would specify Package_for_KB976373~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.2.0 directly. This would leave v3 intact. If this doesn't work when integrating, its possible its an oversight? by Microsoft... On a completely different note, the setup install can also be updated through integration (boot.wim), although the number of updates that are applicable are much less of course. You can still try and run all the updates over it, just the non-applicable ones won't install. Does anyone do this/tried this? it kind of makes sense to some extent...