Nothing need discussion or inspection it merely add the same licenses and updated pkeyconfig to support ESU years 4/5/6, that were added to Monthly Rollup in July same for Win 8.1 one
maybe. if that's so, what's the difference then anyways update catalog changes from generic name security update to esu licensing prep package, for windows 7. are esu licensing updates not hosted on windows update? i checked for updates multiple times but it says i have none. i had to manually download and install the update and it worked successfully. no restart. probably similar to how normal users back when windows 7 went eol did not get this update. wu displays this update as security update for w7 still
If you install fresh, you need to install the license prep package so Windows will take your ESU key. You cannot install the CUs containing the LPP without an ESU license. The LPP exists to break through a hen-and-egg problem.
I noticed the same few months ago, but I thought it was resolved since then without actually confirming if this was the case. As you say, it was never resolved. The other supported option is to run Edge in IE mode for the catalog, which still needs the ActiveX control.
So, if I may ask, using the bypass, it is safe to install update Licensing Preparation Package for WIN7 (KB5016892) now ? Or do I have to wait till later, till November ?? What do you suggest ? I update manually, security only , no monthly roll up.