Questions: what should be installed onto windows 7?

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I need to know what updates should be installed onto my desktop windows 7 sp1 x64 home premium, to make it operate as it used to. I have a HP 6000 series desktop. The windows 7sp 1,is original to this January 2009 and desktop, and has been kept up on Group B until the Aug. SEPT.,Oct 2017 massive update confusion????

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Most of the information you need is in this topic. Group B is getting more and more complicated to maintain. I suggest you read through the topic and then make your decision on what to install.

If you want to stay in Group B you can:
1. Install the Aug, Sept, and Oct (Oct at DEFCON3-5) security only updates and the latest IE11 CU as listed in AKB2000003. Then handle the rest of the patches from Windows Update in the same way you have done in the past.

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2. You can follow the algorithm that @MrBrian has laid down here or here and @MrBrian also offers a script he developed to remove unwanted updates.

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3. You can consider moving to Group A. I have provided suggestions for how to do that here.

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BrianL

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As you say, it looks like Group B has become much less tenable for anyone other than a certified Windows internal guru.

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BrianL

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Thanks PKCano:, I guess that I haven’t much choice but to let MS into my entire home, in order to maintain my ‘old’ desktop. My version of windows 7 sp1 x64 home premium desktop doesn’t have touch screen program, so my 20 inch monitor is just a standard HD, no frills monitor. No mic or camera programs.

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‘Fraid I don’t own a touch screen either. Useless reaching across the keyboard, and if you point something out, it jumps all over the place. LOL 

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I certainly understand the ‘jumping all over the place’. I use a Motorola G4, Nougat 7,smart phone. It jumps at a tremendous rate!

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