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Installed successfully SSU KB3177467 v2  2 days ago from MS update catalog. Had previously installed v1  01/10 2018. Changed Update settings to “Check but let me choose when to download and install”. Ran update. Just one update selected as important: KB890830, October MSRT. Optional updates listed: KB4462927, 2018-10 Preview of monthly quality rollup for Win 7 x64, KB4462500, 2018-10 Preview of quality rollup for .NET framework, KB4459922, 2018-10 security and quality rollup for .NET framework, “recommended”. I don’t see any of the Oct. updates mentioned in the threads. 1 hidden update, KB2952664. Win 7 Pro x64 Pro SP1, GRP. A (mostly) i7-core Haswell, HP ZBook.

Win 7 Pro x64 SP1, Grp. A, i7core, Haswell, HP Zbook.  Installed SSU KB3177467 on 10/01/2018 so am assuming it was v1 and will have to install v2 prior to doing any Oct. patching. Checking MS Update catalog I see 3 KB3177467 security updates listed for  Win 7 x64 systems: Windows Embedded Standard  for x64 based systems, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 based systems, and Windows 7 x64 based systems. Which of these is for my system?

Just read the ComputerWorld article. Aaaargh! All the more reason to leave Update settings at “Never…” until Woody gives the go ahead. Win 7 Pro, SP1 Grp. A (mostly) i7-core Haswell

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Charlie, Myst

The description starts with “Update”. I also made a typo, I should have written KB3177467. I’ve been dropping the “7” off of the end. So whenever we get to DEFCON 3, should I install v2 before trying Oct. patches??? Where do I find v2 of KB3277467? Win 7 Pro x64 SP1 Grp. A i-7core Haswell

I installed KB317746 Oct. 1/18 as I encountered the 0x8000FFF error when trying to install Sept. patches. It was never previously installed. After installation, Sept. patches successfully installed. However, going into my installed updates list, KB3172605 was installed back in Oct. 2016. Do I now have v1 or v2 of KB317746? Just asking. Given the current state of affairs, I’m not installing anything until DEFCON 3. Win 7 Pro x64 Grp. A, i7-core Haswell

Ditto. Works for me.

Despite advice from GTP to leave settings at “Check but let me choose when to download and install.” I am going back to “Never check” today. I have been setting Updates at “Never check” after patching (wisely when Woody gives the go ahead at a DEFCON 3 level) for a couple of years and have encountered no problems with slow update checks.

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Elly, Myst, Microfix, PKCano

Thanks for the tip. I will modify settings to “Check but let me choose…”

Windows update setting back to “Never check” with the big red “X”. Win 7 Pro SP1 x64, i7core Haswell

Halleujah. I did find the correct version of KB3177467 by clicking a link in Woody’s Computerworld article about error 0x8000FFF from a couple of weeks ago. It installed and and then I was able to install KB4457144 without error. This has taken up most of a morning as I had KB4457144 fail 3x, ran Windows Troubleshooter more than once, to no avail. KB4457918 and KB890830 had already installed OK without error. All appears to be tickety-boo.   Win 7 Pro x64, Grp. A, i7-core Haswell

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Tried to install Sept. Patches and got hit with error code 0x8000FFFF. As I said in an earlier discussion on the error code topic I couldn’t find KB3177467 in installed updates.Tried to download and install from MS catalog and window popped up “This update does not apply to your computer.” Now what? Patched up through August with no problems. Win 7 SP1 x64 i7-core Haswell

Not surprising. There probably isn’t anything that can’t be hacked by someone, somewhere. My privacy is important to me so I never got sucked into FB and was told my friends and family “But you’re missing out on so much.”  Emails and telephone calls still work for me and I’m not a Luddite. I also object to my info being monetized by Mr. Z.  John Oliver, in his characteristic satirical way, did a scathing piece on FB on his most recent episode.

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Went through installed updates list back to 2016 and couldn’t find KB3177467 so thought I would download and install through MS. Started to download and then a window popped up with the message “This update does not apply to your computer.” Patched up through August 2018. No errors ever encountered. What gives? Win 7 Pro x64, SP1, i7-core Haswell

How do I know if I want it? Win 7 Pro, x64, i7Core Haswell, Grp. A

This will be a redundant post as I previously posted without logging in. Installed the offered patches individually: KB4343900, KB4345590, & MSRT KB890830, in that order with reboot in between. No problems encountered. Was patched up through June. Much thanks to Woody, Patch Lady, and the “loungers”, for your invaluable advice and information on how to safely navigate the confounding chore that Windows Updates has become. Update setting back to “Never check”. Win 7 Pro, x64, Grp. A, i7-core Haswell.