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Re-checked at 10:16AM EDT and no new updates. So just KB3035583 last night.

System is Win7-64 Pro, SP1. I only had the GWX KB3035583 visible. It was recommended, starred and in italics, but unchecked.

Searching the related KB article titled “Update installs Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1” (at least they are now honest), said it was last Review: 07/19/2016 20:10:00 – Revision: 16.0. I did not install it.

I had previously hidden KB 3173040, and it was not showing up at this time.

I had no other updates available as of 11:52PM EDT.

This type of scenario was why when I was looking for a laptop, I was very careful to ensure that battery replacement was a user-friendly exercise.

I was looking at Toshiba, but many of the ones I was looking at said on the website information the battery was NOT user replaceable. To me that is a hidden means of forcing you to abandon a product for a new model.

I want to upgrade when the system is too slow or new software no longer works well, not throw away more money when the manufacturer needs more revenue.

Congratulations to one of the best sites on the entire web. I was only 11 years too late.

That was my first impulse. Unfortunately with my issue I could not install, remove, or update the Intel Bluetooth driver software as the installer kept crashing with an “unknown error”. Only removing KB3161608 allowed anything to happen. I did see entries in a Google search saying the same thing, also with Thinkpads.

However since the Intel Bluetooth started to work again, I did not do any removing, updating or reinstall of the Intel software. I figured I would quit while I was ahead.

Just uninstalled KB3161608. I have the N-7260 Bluetooth and my Bose Mini speaker back. Since it was not a security update, I figured I would go ahead.

I do not notice any difference in my WU scans. They still ‘appear’ to be quick. Time will tell.

I almost pulled the pin with Linux Mint 18 for this laptop, but really like the familiarity of Win7-64SP1 Pro, so I kept it.

Mint will go on the Asus netbook though after live testing showed an improvement over Ubuntu 16.04LTS in application launch speed. I believe Unity is a resource pig compared to Cinnamon, but the launcher in Unity is so convenient.

I also found this info. See the comment in French. https://websetnet.com/june-2016-update-rollup-windows-7-sp1-fixes-slow-windows-update/

Here is the translation: WARNING !!! Bluetooth problem! Installing this package KB3161608 on Windows 7 causes an inability to use, uninstall or install the Bluetooth Intel Wi-Fi cards, such as N-2230, N-7260, … Symptom: Bluetooth does not work at all. If you try to uninstall or update the drivers, a message appears “a problem with this windows installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not end as expected. Contact your support personnel or seller of the module “. After several days of searching, the ONLY solution: uninstall the hotfix package KB3161608 …

Did you get the Bluetooth back after removing KB3161608?

I have the same issue with a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E440 with the Intel N7260 adapter.

Thanks

I just installed the Calomel for Firefox, but it shows that the Security is broken – 0%.

It shows the certificate is verified.

Not sure if it your end or my end. I will play with the applet on oher sites.

All searches took under 3 minutes. I installed the Speedup patches on July 5, so I guess they do work.

Thanks for your ongoing guidance and info on the WU speedup for Win7 issue, and all your other work.

Scanned again at 2:30PM EDT and there they are: 4 for Office 2010, 1 IE Cumulative update, 2 for .net 3.5.1 and 4.6.1, 2 for Win7-64 Pro, and the MS MSRT.

All were security related except for the IE11 which has a number of non-security components.

On hold for now.

Interesting. It is 2:27 PM EDT and no updates yet.

Interesting. I saw the vector for delivery, the Optional, Starred, Italicized, i.e., RECOMMENDED, but UNCHECKED update on my machines, KB3173040. Initially I could not find any info using the WU more info link, but it later appeared in the WU link with an example of the screen. I did NOT install KB3173040, but hid it.

I have previously removed all the GWX-related updates except possibly the KB3146449 that I had initially hidden, but which was later was bundled into the IE11 Security Update KB3139929 from March 9.

I have hidden all the GWX related updates and telemetry and removed all that had initially slipped by except as above.

I have disabled OS upgrades via GWX Control Panel and verified it by looking at the registry. GWX Control Panel reports there are no traces.

I have NOT had this new screen appear… “yet,” and hopefully it will not, since I did not download the most recent update.

Here is a link where she was said to have been interviewed.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/27/woman_microsoft_windows_10_upgrades/

@Poohsticks:

Wow! I have not heard the term “cutouts” in eons. I found many a gem in the cutout section.

I still have my old vinyl records from the 1960s-1980s and my Thorens turntable and both a tube and a solid state receiver. As CDs started to take over I bought 2 extra cartridges and stylii and an extra tone arm head for the Thorens. That was a smart investment. Except for the college dorm period, the records are in great shape.

Most of the vinyl has been duplicated with CDs, but some never made the cut by the record companies.

When I was buying a home theater amp last year with visions of using the turntable on it, I discovered that newer popularly priced amps (under $500) no longer include the preamp for turntables. To get that you have to double the price or buy an expensive pre-amp or A-D module. The other downside is the older amps do not work with new HDMI only equipment. That is OK, as I still use the old amps for CDs and records, and yes there is a big difference.

I have done rips of many of the CDs for my car which accepts thumb drives, iPods or iPhones. Even at 320 ripping, I can get 24-30 CDs on one thumb drive. I have this music library on my PC HDD, backed up to a 1TB USB HDD and also to large capacity thumbdrives and DVDs. Redundancy, redundancy!

I will not load them to a cloud to be held hostage to rate increases, bankruptcies, corporate failures, hacks or snooping, etc. I can play music from my laptop or netbook via a Bose Bluetooth speaker in no service areas. Works for me – a balance between Luddism and high tech.