Install these optional updates?

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Over the weekend, I installed all current Important updates WU offered me. I’ve got a list of 25 optional updates and have dismissed them all except for a few I’m not sure I should install or not:
3078667
3172605
3184143
3179573

https://www.sevenforums.com/news/399776-august-2016-update-rollup-windows-7-sp1-post3278476.html#post3278476
This person says 3179573 installed .NET framework. I uninstalled all .NET framework a few years ago, and don’t want it. I’ve read all info I could find on askwoody.com about 3179573 but it’s not clear if I should install or not.

Should I install any of these?  I know they’re old.

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I didn’t see anything about .NET
Here is the information about the patches:

You probably need these three:
KB3078667 – memory leak in dwm.

KB3172605 and more information here.

KB3179573 and more information here.

KB3184143 – This one is meant to remove the changes the GWX campaign made to computers. You probably don’t need this one.

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Thanks.  I had already read the Microsoft pages for every update, but still wasn’t sure about 3179573.

As for 3184143, why would I not need it? Would the GWX changes already have been undone by an earlier update?

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If you didn’t install  GWX  you don’t need to remove it. GWX is a thing of the past – it’s over.

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