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.
For the first time I did not receive the NET Framework update in WU. I do not know why. I have downloaded and installed it manually and the result is OK.. So I am very happy to see new updates on this website. Thank you !
If I were you I'd do myself a solid and not rely on windows update at all. Disable it completely. If you happen to NEED an update, find it here, download it, install it manually, move on. Windows 7 is more or less neck-deep in WU nonsense, re-offering stuff that's already installed or already superseded.
The supersedence of the ESU packages is messed up. According to the catalog, 2020-02 KB4538483 is superseded by 2020-05 KB4538483 which is superseded by 2020-07 KB4575903 which is superseded by 2020-08 Security Only and 2020-08 Security Monthly and supposedly any other Security Monthly ever after. 2022-08 KB5016892 supersedes 2020-02 and 2020-05 but not 2020-07 KB4575903 and is superseded by 2022-09 Security Monthly. WSUS has a different view which is consistent with my functional observations and says that KB4575903 is not superseded. I didn't assess this ESU at the component level to see if it is superseded. For me the only proper functional configuration is to have ESU 2020-07 KB4575903 installed and none of the others, including the latest one. Note: I mentioned this because in theory only having 2022-09 Security Monthly installed with the 2022-09 SSU should be enough according to the catalog, but this is not the case. In this configuration, WU offers KB2952664 instead which has been long superseded and does not see the latest Security Monthly KB5017361. 2022-08 ESU KB5016892 is redundant being properly replaced according to Microsoft supersedence rules. All the above applies to Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise with BypassESU-v11 correctly installed and to confirmed multiple times installed and uninstalled with reboots in between. Other people's experience may be different though.
The supersedence metadata only apply to WSUS WU don't offer (or care about) the ESU preparation packages themselves it only require one of them to be installed, even though all are components-superseded later when you install ESU updates ESU package is also needed if you want to install ESU key and get ESU updates officially, as @Carlos Detweiller explained https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/windows-7-hotfix-repository.19461/page-545#post-1752028