As continued, grab them, install, reboot, run WU again. Typically by installing the SS, RU, and CU, your 1st trip through WU land should yield <100 updates (seems to hover around 70-80 for me). (This “enables” this being “turned OFF” so if a GWX type app shows up again, it won’t be allowed to upgrade your machine even if you install it, willingly/knowingly.) Same location (Computer Configuration > Administrative Settings > Windows Components > Windows Updates) > Turn off the ugprade to the latest version of Windows through Windows Update, Edit the policy setting and choose Enabled. They’re not doing them now, but who knows whether another GWX will appear. More information.”ĥb) While you’re here in GP, go ahead and disable any OS upgrades. This will disable Automatic Updates, and now the WU client settings screen will say “Some settings are managed by your system administrator. It has a habit of being wiped out of “Not Updating”.ĥa) Alternatively, use gpedit to set it at the GP level if you have Win7 Pro.Ĭomputer Configuration > Administrative Settings > Windows Components > Windows Updates > Configure Automatic Updates, Edit the policy setting and choose Disabled. – IE11 install (IIRC) requires a reboot, so reboot –ĥ) At this point, check your WU client settings again. – CU requires a reboot, so reboot – (reboot #2)Ĥ) Install IE11 (optional but recommended) from here: SS is a prerequisite that has to be installed first before you can install the rollup.ģ) Now that your WU client is patched, DL and install the convenience update (ie official unofficial SP2) from here: As of now, that’s September 2016 SS, July 2016 RU. Having done this a few times lately (clean install), let me add a few other notes/thoughts/suggestions (from step 5 onward because I’ll assume that you have a working network card of some sorts out of the box, or have installed the drivers for it to get it working):ġ) During install, when it asks you to set the Update setting, choose “Ask me later” or “Never update”Ģ) DL and install the newest/current servicing stack, then the newest/current rollup (listed here: ). I have done at least 15 re-installs using this method and have never seen a problem. My reasoning is that if all development stopped then, and all Microsoft has promised is security updates, then what could those non-security updates possibly be except for changes to your system to make the Win10 upgrade easier and install all kinds of spyware (AKA telemetry). It was the end date for all Windows 7 development at Microsoft. In my experience, most of the time a replacement with a 7200rpm rotating drive will provide excellent performance, will last longer and cost less.įor clarity, the date is not arbitrary. For this reason you should never do a defrag on an SSD. Consequently, you should put stuff on the SSD that doesn’t change much. Writing to the SSD is not something you want to do much of. SSDs physically wear at each write cycle. If you use an SSD AND a rotating drive, you need to manage where things gets stored carefully. I expect a 2.5″ rotating drive to last about 5 years. I do not believe SSDs will last as long as a rotating drive.
If your computer is a laptop that gets started lots of times per day SSDs are great. When SSDs fail, it is sudden and all is lost with out warning. When a rotating drive begins to fail, you get lots of clues and time to recover your data.
If you replace the 5400rpm drive with a 7200 rpm drive, it will make quite a difference too.įor Desktops that are typically started once per day, SSDs will not make much difference, especially when compared to a 7200rpm drive. The same PC with an SSD will start in about 30 seconds.ĭuring normal usage, once the computer is running, SSDs will not make much difference because very little of what you do has any perceptible delay anyway. If it is much longer, it is because you have a bunch of resource hogs being loaded up in start up and probably some malware. As they age that will extend to 3 minutes. A PC in good condition with a 5400rpm drive will be ready to use in about 2 minutes from the time you push the start button.