It appears that the Windows 7 ESU Bypass is indeed working

Martin Brinkmann
Feb 13, 2020
Windows, Windows 7, Windows Updates
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Support for Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system ended on January 14, 2020 officially. Home users cannot extend support for the operating system while business and Enterprise customers may extend support by up to three years; this is done by joining the ESU program which is available per machine (business) or per user (Enterprise).

A bypass to use ESU-only patches on Home machines -- basically any machine that has not joined the program officially -- was discovered and published in December 2019. The bypass worked with the test ESU patch that Microsoft released but it was not clear back then if it would also work with "real" patches.

Now that the first post-Windows 7 support patch has been released, confirmations are coming in that the bypass is indeed working.

bypass security updates checks

Note: we suggest that backups are created of important data, better the entire system, before the bypass or any of the updates that Microsoft released for Windows 7 are installed. If something goes wrong, it is then possible to go back to the previous version without losing any data.

The process of using the bypass with the Windows 7 patches released in February would look like this (note that you should not install the latest SSU KB4537829 as the bypass does not seem to work anymore if it is installed).

  1. Install the bypass. You can grab the latest version from the MDL forum (account needed), or download it from Gitlab. The password is 2020.
  2. Download and install the ESU Test update KB4528069. It should install fine.
  3. Restart the System.
  4. Install the following updates: KB4538483, KB4537820, KB4537767, and KB4537813.
  5. Restart the system.

Our colleagues over at Deskmodder found another option that supports the installation of the latest SSU:

  1. Install the bypass.
  2. Install the ESU Test update.
  3. Remove the bypass.
  4. Install the SSU KB4537829.
  5. Install the KB4537820 update.

Closing Words

It remains to be seen if the bypass will continue to work in the coming months or years.For now, it may be an option in some situations provided that backups are created.

Now You: Are you still running Windows 7? Have you tried the bypass?

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It appears that the Windows 7 ESU Bypass is indeed working
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The Windows 7 ESU bypass to install ESU-only updates for the operating system appears to be working just fine.
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  1. Tron said on February 4, 2023 at 7:12 am
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    Got the december an january updates without any problem..

    now its finally over for windows 7- :(

    Still using it .. securtiy essentials gets updates >because its no part of win7!

    I am gonna build a new pc..( and that one without windows 11 hi! )

  2. JuJuBees said on December 27, 2022 at 10:14 pm
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    So tempted to update my windows 7 from unsupported (pre Jan 2020) til now. Thank you for the continued updates!

  3. Tron said on November 16, 2022 at 6:43 am
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    November 2022 updates also working ok!

    win 7 get just 2 more months esu updates ..
    or will Msoft expand it?

  4. Tron said on October 12, 2022 at 5:48 am
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    Oktober 2022 updates also working!

    seems that we dont get new SSU this month!

  5. Tron said on September 14, 2022 at 5:43 am
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    August and now September updates still working!!
    On win 7 -32bit Home Premium!

    Just got after the september updates after rebooting also new service stack update .!

    All with BypassESU-v11 !!

  6. Tron said on July 14, 2022 at 4:40 am
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    July Patchday.. !

    2 updates without problems ..

    after reboot gives me also a new SSU (service stack update)

    Everything works w/o a problem!

  7. Anonymous said on July 13, 2022 at 11:05 pm
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    It doesn’t work anymore with July 2022 updates in windows 7 SP1 Ultimate 32 bits with ESU patch v11.7.

    Does it happen to anyone else? In that case, any ideas?

    1. Anonymous said on October 12, 2022 at 3:37 am
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      2022-10 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 failed to install but 2022-10 Security Only Quality Update (downloaded from catalog and installed manually), 2022-10 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework and Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool get installed successfully.

      Any ideas?

    2. Anonymous said on September 14, 2022 at 3:03 am
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      I reset windows update according to:

      * https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/windows-update-resources

      but the same situation happens:

      * Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 failed to install but Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework and Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool get installed successfully.

      Removing and reinstalling WU ESU Patcher doesn’t work.

  8. Anonymous said on June 16, 2022 at 5:15 am
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    I got all june 2022 updates in win 7 home premium 32 bit with esu patch v11 without any problems..!!! :-)

  9. Stephen number 2 said on June 4, 2022 at 1:34 am
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    Still using Win7 SP1 x64 as of July 2022.
    Been using it since early 2011. Literally the last GOOD, DESKTOP oriented OS Microc0ck ever created. It looks good, is very light weight and snappy, takes very little space, does not advertise trash to me all the time, nor does it try to hide important functions from me.
    I’ve kept the updates OFF ever since the first signs of telemetry and auto-“upgrade” surfaced, and have since only installed things manually as needed. I even used those auto-commands to dig out any sneaky installations that I’d not approved of myself.

    Software support is still more than good enough; using Adobe CC crap almost daily, my old CS5 does 99% of the same stuff offline as well. I only know like two games that don’t start on Win7 out (of the box), and I only care of one of those. OBS, Discord, Vegas Pro, Blender and 3DS Max… no issues at all.
    Got the latest web browsers (not Google’s mind you), and 3rd party antivirus / malware suites, and working firewalls on both my OS and within my modem, so no trouble there either.

    The ONLY minor downside is that I’m stuck with v473 of Nvidia GPU drivers. I would’ve hoped some leet haxxors to have re-packed the v500+ drivers for us old folks already, but honestly it’s a super minor thing.

    Wee8 was absolute disaster. Wee-Tenner was the beginning of Orwellian oppression, ripping people’s ownership of their own devices. Yeah, I managed to make the Pro version on my laptop “tolerable” after applying various hacks and 3rd party tools on it for an hour, but I would never ever install it on my desktop PCs.
    Wee11 is somehow EVEN WORSE than Ten, outright dangerous to use.

    I say, when the dear Win7 finally becomes unusable even for casual daily tasks, I’ve already been using a Linux distro of my choice. Zorin OS and Pop! OS both are quite high on my list.

    1. Stephen number 3 said on June 4, 2022 at 1:35 am
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      inb4 people ask: yes, I’m from the future.
      El. Psy. Tutturuu.

  10. Anonymous said on May 11, 2022 at 12:28 am
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    May 2022 updates are also working (Win 7). However expect problems when using the ESU bypass older than 11.

  11. Tron said on March 9, 2022 at 6:29 am
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    Now,, -march 2022- still get the updates without any problems!

    But am i the only one left in this topic?
    all removed to win 10/ 11 / linux ? :-)

    1. Ron T. said on March 9, 2022 at 9:54 am
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      No, still going! Thanks for the updates. I also have got to March 2022 with no problems.

  12. Tron said on November 12, 2021 at 4:18 am
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    November updates also working!

  13. Tron said on October 13, 2021 at 6:33 am
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    October updates working also fine!

    Here on Win 7 Home premium 32 bits- witth bypass v11- >

    Windows Security Updates Monthly Rollup: KB5006743

    Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.8 for Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB5006060)

    After rebooting/installing got also new SSU version :
    Servicing Stack Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB5006749)

    All new updates described for all win versions :
    https://www.ghacks.net/2021/10/12/microsoft-windows-security-updates-october-2021-overview/

  14. Tron said on September 20, 2021 at 7:37 am
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    Also august + sept updates all ok with esu 11…!

  15. Tron said on July 15, 2021 at 5:35 am
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    Also july updates working ok!

    After upgrading and rebooting you get another one..
    newest servicing stack update!

  16. Tron said on June 11, 2021 at 6:47 am
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    juny 2012 updates also without any problems!

  17. Tron said on May 13, 2021 at 4:52 am
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    April and May updates without any problem on win 7 home premium 32 bit!

  18. anon said on March 10, 2021 at 6:14 am
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    Windows 7 user here with ESU bypass from the start, currently with v11

    Is it normal to only have KB890830 as the available update???

    1. Anonymous said on March 12, 2021 at 12:46 am
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      For me (I am on ESU 9 or so) it downloaded and installed KB5000841 today. So for me it worked like it should.

    2. Tron said on March 11, 2021 at 6:23 am
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      Same here ; got only KB890830 on win7 -x86 with Bypass esu v11…

      Did manual dloading KB5000841 — 2021-03 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7

      And all Ok after installing that one!

      See also comments in https://www.ghacks.net/2021/03/09/microsoft-windows-security-updates-march-2021-overview/

  19. Anonymous said on February 19, 2021 at 1:04 am
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    ESUv11 .Net4 ESU Bypass creates a weird problem on one of my computers. If I install it I can no longer launch Microsoft Word 2010. I also cannot run a repair on Office 2010 – it will complain that osetup.dll cannot be loaded. If I uninstall the .Net4 ESU Bypass piece everything is fine. ESUv9 does not have this problem.

  20. Tron said on February 11, 2021 at 4:27 am
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    And the february 2021 Patches on a windows 7 32-bit with older bypassesu v9 …. got them by windows update >

    KB4601347 – Monthly Rollup Windows Security Updates

    KB4603002 – 2021-02 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2

    KB890830 — Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

    All with no problems!

  21. AnoN said on January 19, 2021 at 8:28 am
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    Guys I have a problem

    Last week I was undergoing installation of the January 2021 updates (3) when my laptop forcedly shut down due to overheating.

    Unfortunately when I rebooted (as well as forced shutdown) and “Check[ed] for updates”, only KB4598500 was “succesfully” installed.

    Also unfortunately when I checked System Restore it was unable to find a restore point.

    After succesfully installing KB4598279 and repeatedly “Check[ed] for updates”, KB890830 V5.85 isn’t coming out anymore.

    Any help????

  22. Tron said on January 13, 2021 at 6:57 am
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    Anyway;

    Did first month of 2021 updates with -older v9 patch- on Win 7 32 bit –
    latest updates all working without any problems!

    1. January 12, 2021—KB4598279 (Monthly Rollup)

    2.Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (KB4598500)

    3. KB890830 V5.85 — Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

    Have a good year all! :-)

  23. Tron said on January 13, 2021 at 5:01 am
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    New versions: after BypassESU-v10 there is now also v11 out!

    BypassESU-v11 (PW: 2020).

    Danke auch hier an abbodi !
    Hinweis: Der BypassESU-v11 kombiniert Updates und .NET Updates und hat den .NET 4 ESU Bypass v5 integriert.

    DL > https://t1p.de/xh5j

    Some more info /config solutions > https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2019/12/07/windows-7-erweiterte-sicherheitsupdates-esu-erhalten-wird-moeglich-sein/#comments

  24. Tron said on December 9, 2020 at 4:06 am
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    Update! patch tuesday december gives in win 7-32 bit only 1 file :
    December 8, 2020— KB4592471
    (Monthly Rollup)

    No problems installing this with ESU v9 !

    After rebooting you get also latest SSU > (KB4592510)
    Servicing update stack update Windows 7 SP1 en Server 2008 R2 SP1:8 december 2020

    So all working ok again! ;-)

    1. Anonymous said on December 9, 2020 at 4:50 pm
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      Same on 64-bit!

  25. Tron said on December 8, 2020 at 4:04 am
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    the Sept. 2020 & newer updates don’t work with BypassESU v7 & older so you have to use the new version of BypassESU latest is v9!

  26. Anonymous said on December 6, 2020 at 2:19 pm
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    Same here

    KB4586083 keeps failing to install

  27. Anonymous said on November 20, 2020 at 5:07 pm
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    Hi,
    Could anyone help me?

    Following the instructions above I’ve been properly getting updates until September.
    Then updates KB4579977 (for October) and KB4586083 (for November) keep failing to install with error code 80070643.

    Does anyone have an idei what should I try?

  28. Tron said on November 11, 2020 at 1:47 am
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    November updates just installed w/o problems on win 7 home with BypassESU-v9 !

    Cumulative Monthly Rollup: KB4586827

    KB4586083 — 2020-11:
    Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2

  29. Frank said on October 16, 2020 at 6:12 pm
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    Unless you use Simplix Update Pack 20.10.15 (which is much easier and much less time-consuming to update Windows 7 which is already up-to-date to January 2020), these are the February – October 2020 updates that can be installed after deploying versions 5 and 9 of the BypassESU tools.
    Version 5 is deployed before the February 2020 updates.
    Version 9 is deployed before the June 2020 updates.

    BypassESU-v5

    February 2020:
    KB4537820 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.175
    KB4537829 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    March 2020:
    KB4540688 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.180
    KB4550735 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    April 2020:
    KB4550964 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.185
    KB4550738 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    May 2020:
    KB4552921 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4556836 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.190
    KB4555449 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    BypassESU-v9

    June 2020:
    KB4561643 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.195
    KB4562030 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    July 2020:
    KB4565636 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4565524 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.200
    KB4565354 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    August 2020:
    KB4569754 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4571729 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.205
    KB4570673 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    September 2020:
    KB4576487 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4577051 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.210

    October 2020:
    KB4579977 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4580345 – installs the security monthly quality rollup
    (Note: Internet Explorer remains at version 11.0.210)
    KB4580970 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

  30. anon said on October 16, 2020 at 8:52 am
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    hello, hasn’t anyone seen my SOS comment?

    I downloaded v9 but I’m repeatedly getting “Cannot create. Access is denied.” messages regarding PatchWU.txt & _ReadMe.txt

    should I be concerned? or should I ignore it?
    replies please ASAP please anyone reply please I beg any one of you please ASAP please

    1. Tron said on October 18, 2020 at 10:56 am
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      That zip file- BypassESU-v9 – is protected with a password !

      Get a good zip extractor program like 7zip
      and use for this file password —> 2020

  31. Tron said on October 14, 2020 at 2:05 am
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    October updates installs without problem with BypassESU-v9 .!!

    On my win7 Home Premium-32bit :

    Monthly quality rollup for Windows 7 x86 systemen (KB4580345)

    Security and Quality rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows 7 (KB4579977)

    After rebooting i got also a new ssu stack update
    (KB4580970)

  32. Frank said on October 13, 2020 at 10:16 pm
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    October 2020 updates:

    KB4580345 – installs the security monthly quality rollup for Windows 7
    (Internet Explorer remains at version 11.0.210)

    KB4579977 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update

    KB4580970 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit was already up to date to September 2020.

    Everything went fine with no glitches.

  33. Anonymous said on October 4, 2020 at 5:46 pm
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    My user name displayed correctly as “Frank” from March 14th until March 21st.
    After that date and until today, it has continued to display as “Anonymous”.
    I have no idea why this has occurred and how it can be corrected.
    If anyone does, please let me know.

  34. Anonymous said on October 4, 2020 at 9:32 am
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    Thanks ,thanks,Thanks for: Anonymous.

  35. Anonymous said on September 16, 2020 at 7:39 pm
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    For someone who wants to update a clean install of Windows 7 SP1 to September 2020 quickly and easily, running Simplix Update Pack 20.9.10 (most current version) afterwards is the way to go.
    It takes about 60 – 90 minutes and requires no user intervention after it’s started.
    It avoids using bypass tools and installing numerous updates, and it saves a lot of time.
    It’s the method I now use, instead of the method I previously described.

  36. Tron said on September 16, 2020 at 7:04 am
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    Nice HOW-TO !!!

    I guess most people get errors / not installed updates
    because they not running esu patches as admin!

    Anyhow : Win 7 ESU patches are working OK , + nice to see some active upgrading! ;-)

  37. Anonymous said on September 15, 2020 at 3:19 pm
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    These are the February – September 2020 updates that can be installed after deploying versions 5 and 9 of the BypassESU tools.
    Version 5 is deployed before the February 2020 updates.
    Version 9 is deployed before the June 2020 updates.

    BypassESU-v5

    February 2020:
    KB4537820 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.175
    KB4537829 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    March 2020:
    KB4540688 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.180
    KB4550735 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    April 2020:
    KB4550964 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.185
    KB4550738 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    May 2020:
    KB4552921 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4556836 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.190
    KB4555449 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    BypassESU-v9

    June 2020:
    KB4561643 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.195
    KB4562030 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    July 2020:
    KB4565636 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4565524 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.200
    KB4565354 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    August 2020:
    KB4569754 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4571729 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.205
    KB4570673 – installs the servicing stack update for Windows Update

    September 2020:
    KB4576487 – installs the .NET Framework 4.8 update
    KB4577051 – installs the security monthly quality rollup and updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.210

  38. Anonymous said on September 12, 2020 at 8:47 pm
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    BypassESU-v9 is out.

    1. Tron said on September 14, 2020 at 5:08 am
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      Didnt you read the latest comments in this topic? :-)

      + btway.. : all people using anon as nick ..please fill in another name!

      Reacting to different “anons” is a bit blurry!

  39. Tron said on September 12, 2020 at 2:45 pm
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    and some more info about why you will not see new september 2020 SSU update :

    MS has started bundling the SSUs in with the Cumulative Rollups in Windows 10.

    There is no mention of Windows 7 or 8.1 yet, but I’m guessing they might be doing the same thing.

    They will most likely be in both the Rollups and Security-only updates if that is the case.

    So far there is no individual SSU for September 2020 for Windows 7 or 8.1.

  40. Tron said on September 12, 2020 at 2:17 pm
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    And more info and also new version v9 !

    •BypassESU-v9-AIO (PW 2020)

    Here>
    Dload > https://t1p.de/rhi0

    Danke auch hier an abbodi ï‚Ž

    Hinweis: Der BypassESU-v9-AIO kombiniert wieder Updates und .NET Updates.

    •Hinweis: Der BypassESU-v9-AIO kann über die anderen Versionen drüber installiert werden.
    Nach dem Start werden dann die Funktionen angezeigt, die noch installiert (.NET) oder wieder entfernt werden können.

    •September SSU Update + September ESU-Update

    •Zuerst wird das monatliche Rollup-Update gefunden. Nach einem Neustart wird dann das neue SSU angeboten.

    (Source> https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2019/12/07/windows-7-erweiterte-sicherheitsupdates-esu-erhalten-wird-moeglich-sein/ )

    1. anon said on October 14, 2020 at 10:31 am
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      Hi, I just downloaded v9, but whenever extracting archive I’m repeatedly getting “Cannot create. Access is denied.” messages regarding PatchWU.txt & _ReadMe.txt

      should I be concerned? or should I ignore it?
      please reply asap

  41. another anon said on September 12, 2020 at 2:04 am
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    “Failure to configure Windows updates. Reverting Changes. Do not turn off your computer.” was troubling two out of three of my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit PCs. This happened with the August updates using BypassESU-v7.

    I tried multiple times. Sometimes the update would go in without “reverting changes”, leaving the PCs unusable and largely unresponsive. Basic utilities like Task Manager would not work.

    I ended up wiping the two troublesome PCs and instaling Windows 8.1 pro. I wonder if the v8 bypass would have saved me the trouble? Though I note BypassESU-v8 downloaded from the link above contains no files newer than 17 April 2020.

  42. Tron said on September 11, 2020 at 4:30 am
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    Source info >

    BypassESU wurde auf v8 aktualisiert, v7 funktioniert nicht mehr mit den September Updates.

    BypassESU V8 ist ohne .Net Framework Patch, separaten Patch benutzen.

    Erklärung der Autoren:

    “They bumped ESU component version to 7602.24560 which exceeds KB4528069 version 7602.20587
    this was expected, i’m surprised it took them 6 months to do it”

  43. Cemal said on September 10, 2020 at 12:09 am
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    BypassESU-v8 works, managed to install windows6.1-kb4577051-x64.msu. Thank you….

    1. anon said on September 10, 2020 at 7:51 pm
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      Disregard my “anon” comment above, I didn’t see the v8 comment prior

      Used Orlowski’s fix (disable anti-virus first for .NET updates) for probs the last time before using v8.

      Only hiccup was that I got a BSOD after succesful update
      (details on the September 2020 updates ghacks post’s “anon” comment)

      1. EP said on September 10, 2020 at 8:02 pm
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        why were you not using BypassESU v8 earlier, anon?
        nobody will get it for you – you have to download & use it yourself

        the Sept. 2020 & newer updates don’t work with BypassESU v7 & older so you have to use the new version of BypassESU

      2. anon said on October 14, 2020 at 9:27 am
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        because I didn’t know v8 was released in the first place (jsyk I’m not a MDL member)

        [Editor: removed paragraph, please remain polite]

  44. anon said on September 9, 2020 at 4:40 pm
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    Anyone has version 8 of the BypassESU?

    I’m currently doing the September 2020 updates and I have already encountered “Failure to configure Windows updates. Reverting Changes. Do not turn off your computer.” for like 3 times already…

  45. Tron said on September 9, 2020 at 12:07 pm
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    For the september updates for win7 you will have to get a new version of the patch!

    BypassESU-v8

    Here> https://t1p.de/8fiw
    pw is 2020.

  46. Tron said on August 14, 2020 at 7:15 am
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    August updates : – on windows home premium 32 bit !

    Monthly rollup (KB4571729)

    + Netframe updates :
    .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows 7 (KB4570506)

    no problems :-) ..after that i got the next service stack version update > Windows 7 (KB4570673)

    All with esu patcher v5!

    (ok, had done some other workaround for earlier .net frame upgrades but not on this month! )

    Nice to see older patch is still working! ;-)

  47. anon said on August 12, 2020 at 12:48 pm
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    For the August 2020 patch:

    Assuming you have Win7 64-bit .NET ver 4.8, anyone struggling with KB4570506 is encouraged to follow the fix above (as suggested by Orlowski), which surprisingly still works lmao…

  48. Anonymous said on July 20, 2020 at 12:47 am
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    Using [b]Simplix Update Pack 20.7.15[/b] (current version) immediately after doing a clean install of Windows 7 SP1 64-bit will save several hours of work and frustration with getting it completely up-to-date.

    I’ve used it numerous times in the past 2 months and have found no “nasties” hitch-hiking to it.

    It’s much faster and much easier than using the method we’ve been discussing here.

  49. anon said on July 19, 2020 at 12:48 pm
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    …lol so apparently here’s the fix…
    (assuming you have Win7 64-bit .NET ver 4.8)

    1. temporarily disable your anti-virus
    2. install V7’s .NET bypass
    3. install KB4566517
    4. success(???)

    thank you Orlowski, I guess…
    (from https://www.ghacks.net/2020/07/14/microsoft-windows-security-updates-july-2020-overview/)

  50. Tron said on July 19, 2020 at 6:51 am
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    I strongly suggest not to try Simplix Update Pack..

    Its a Russian update pack and you never know what they did include on that one…

  51. anon said on July 18, 2020 at 9:49 am
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    …so it’s not just me lololololollllll

    even Win7 users who valid paid for ESU encountered the same problem

    from https://support.microsoft.com/en-my/help/4566517/kb4566517 via https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/recent-win7-kb4566517-update-failed-to-install/#post-2281342

    “[…] On systems with .NET Framework 4.5.2 and above, you may observe a patch install failure with Error: 0x643, or error code 1603, when attempting to install this update on a system with a proper Extended Security Update (ESU) license installed.

    We are working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release. […]”

  52. anon said on July 17, 2020 at 1:59 pm
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    here’s what I get when I tried reinstalling KB4566517 with V7
    -with the .NET 4 ESU bypass – error code 641
    -without the .NET 4 ESU bypass – error code 643

  53. Tron said on July 17, 2020 at 3:19 am
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    @ anon; error code 641 is bigger /serious problem… >

    The 641 error may be caused by windows system files damage.

    The corrupted windows system files entries can be a real threat to the well being of your computer.

    There can be many events which may have resulted in the system files errors.
    An incomplete installation, an incomplete uninstall, improper deletion of applications or hardware.

    It can also be caused if your computer is recovered from a virus or adware/spyware attack or by an improper shutdown of the computer.
    All the above actives may result in the deletion or corruption of the entries in the windows registry.

    This corrupted registry will lead to the missing and wrongly linked information and files needed for the proper working of the application.

    I suggest to reinstall windows 7 with the “guide” above in this toppic from Anonymous on July 5, 2020 !

  54. Anonymous said on July 16, 2020 at 9:54 pm
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    Below is an updated list of steps for February – July 2020.

    There’s a different and much quicker way of doing this with Simplix Update Pack (which is updated every month), but that’s another subject.

    —————————————————————————————————————————-

    Make sure Windows 7 SP1 is completely up-to-date to its January 2020 EOL.
    That includes the January 2020 SSU (KB4536952).

    Install the post-EOL updates and the bypass tools in the exact same order as they are listed.

    Obtain and then run the BypassESU-v5 tool.
    Right-click on “LiveOS-Setup.cmd” and then click “Open” and then select option #1:
    [1] Full Installation {ESU Suppressor + WU ESU Patcher}

    February 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4537820) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.175
    SSU (KB4537829)

    March 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4540688) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.180
    SSU (KB4550735)

    April 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4550964) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.185
    SSU (KB4550738)

    May 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4556836) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.190
    SSU (KB4555449)

    Obtain and then run the BypassESU-v7 tool.
    Right-click on “LiveOS-Setup.cmd” and then click “Open” and then select option #1 or #7:
    [1] Full Installation {ESU Suppressor + WU ESU Patcher + .NET 4 ESU Bypass}
    [7] Install .NET 4 ESU Bypass

    June 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4561643) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.195
    SSU (KB4562030)

    July 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4565524) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.200
    SSU (KB4565354)

  55. Tron said on July 16, 2020 at 4:20 am
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    The ESU_LOCK workaround is removed and no longer working

    ..that phrase was for a stand alone script !!

    BypassESU-v7-AIO fixes the .net update issue.

    abbodi86 just posted an update to his script package on his mydigitallife “Bypass Windows 7 Extended Security Updates Eligibility” thread.

    1. anon said on July 16, 2020 at 11:26 am
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      And I repeat V7 didn’t work for me and other people when trying to install KB4556399, this askwoody thread (https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/many-reports-of-errors-when-trying-to-install-the-latest-net-patch-on-win7-systems-with-extended-security-updates-enabled/) recommended uninstalling V7 & using V5 instead

      And when installing the new .NET update (KB4566517) using V7, I keep getting error code 641, just like when I tried KB4556399 weeks ago, so I don’t see where V7 allegedly “fixes the .NET update issue”

      can anyone please post the link to abbodi’s update instead, not everyone here has the time to create a MDL account…

  56. anon said on July 15, 2020 at 11:00 am
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    Regarding July 2020 updates, news from abbodi via askwoody.com (https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/standalone-installer-script-for-windows-7-esu-regardless-the-license/#post-2280539)

    “The ESU_LOCK workaround is removed and no longer working”

    1. anon said on July 15, 2020 at 12:28 pm
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      I meant for the .NET updates

  57. Tron said on July 15, 2020 at 4:42 am
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    Have installed monthly roll-up july update with tool v5….. OK !

    the second update – Netframe- gives 634 error…

    What i did : used the tool v7! only the option 7 (bypass net frame 4.)

    And now that netframe update is also Installed!

    After this, you get the new ssu stacking update for next month!

    Enjoy! ;-)

    1. anon said on July 15, 2020 at 3:59 pm
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      tried it few minutes ago but didn’t work bud
      in the KB4556399 fracas askwoody (https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/many-reports-of-errors-when-trying-to-install-the-latest-net-patch-on-win7-systems-with-extended-security-updates-enabled/) already reported that V7 is useless hence it recommended to keep using V5

  58. Anonymous said on July 9, 2020 at 5:04 pm
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    After installing the May 2020 updates and restarting your computer, did you run the BypassESU-v7 tool and select option #7 and restart your computer again?

  59. anon said on July 9, 2020 at 1:16 pm
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    Help pls!!!
    I’m still stuck with KB4556399 (now it shows error code 641), and I haven’t seen any reasonable working solution YET!!!
    SOS!!!

    1. anon said on July 10, 2020 at 3:48 am
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      Disregard, I found a working solution via https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/many-reports-of-errors-when-trying-to-install-the-latest-net-patch-on-win7-systems-with-extended-security-updates-enabled/, many thanks to the contributors!!!

      Prerequisites:
      1. all previous KB updates
      2. Bypass V5 (according to the thread V7 is useless (both WU & NET bypass functions), so if installed remove via the cmd command)
      3. current .NET Framework version (regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full > right pane > “Version” item)

      Simplified instructions for noobs:
      1. https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4556399
      2. Download -bit- & .NET version-appropriate update patch file (note: “ndp48” = .NET 4.8, “ndp47” = .NET 4.7.2 downwards 4.6, “ndp45” = .NET 4.5.2)
      3. Save in an easy location, e.g. C:\ESU (important!)
      4. Open cmd & “Run as administrator”
      5. Type the following:
      5.1. CD C:\ESU (since the default is “C:\Windows\system32”, the “CD” command changes the active directory to where the update file is located, i.e. C:\ESU)
      5.2. (abbodi’s solution, many thanks!!!)
      5.2.1. (for 32-bit) ndp48-kb4552921-x86_608b67e4011b9e103ca18deadbfc013d1c328508.exe /msioptions “ESU_LOCK=2D40812E-974C-4EA2-8DCC-63C992D505B9”
      5.2.2. (for 64-bit) ndp48-kb4552921-x64_6912af0422fc16a14f4f398fda98117f1e2f01b8.exe /msioptions “ESU_LOCK=2D40812E-974C-4EA2-8DCC-63C992D505B9”
      5.2.3. the above are in assumption of .NET 4.8; for lower .NET versions, choose the appropiate patch file name
      6. Proceed with the installation

      Hope this helps to noobs like me!!!

      :)

  60. Anonymous said on July 5, 2020 at 8:22 pm
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    Below is the updated list of steps for February – June 2020.

    There’s a different and quicker way of doing this with Simplix Update Pack (which is updated every month), but that’s another subject.

    —————————————————————————————————————————-

    Make sure Windows 7 SP1 is completely up-to-date to its January 2020 EOL.
    That includes the January 2020 SSU (KB4536952).

    Obtain and then run the BypassESU-v5 tool.
    Right-click on “LiveOS-Setup.cmd” and then click “Open” and then select option #1:
    [1] Full Installation {ESU Suppressor + WU ESU Patcher}

    Install the post-EOL updates in the exact same order as they are listed:

    February 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4537820) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.175
    SSU (KB4537829).

    March 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4540688) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.180
    SSU (KB4550735).

    April 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4550964) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.185
    SSU (KB4550738).

    May 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4556836) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.190
    SSU (KB4555449)

    Obtain and then run the BypassESU-v7 tool.
    Right-click on “LiveOS-Setup.cmd” and then click “Open” and then select option #7:
    [7] Install .NET 4 ESU Bypass

    June 2020 updates:
    SMQR (KB4561643) – updates Internet Explorer to 11.0.195
    SSU (KB4562030)

    —————————————————————————————————————————-

  61. Anonymous said on July 5, 2020 at 6:47 am
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    Thanks everyone for this thread! I successfully used instructions posted by Frank.

  62. Anonymous said on June 10, 2020 at 5:35 pm
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    Concerning the list in my previous reply:

    If the Security Monthly Quality Rollup(SMQR) is installed, the Internet Explorer update does not need to be installed.
    The IE update is part of SMQR, so installing the IE update first is a waste of time.

    Important information:

    Do not install the Servicing Stack Update(SSU) for the same month as the Security Monthly Quality Rollup(SMQR) until after the SMQR is installed and the computer restarted.
    If you install the SSU first, the install of the SMQR will probably fail.

    About the BypassESU-v5 and BypassESU-v7 tools:

    Version 5 of the tool continues to work fine through June 2020 for installing Windows 7 updates.
    Version 7 of the tool is only needed if you need to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 updates.

  63. Tron said on June 10, 2020 at 3:01 am
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    Latest info ;

    I have just installed June monthly quality update for win 7 -x86 (aka 32 bits) (KB4561643)

    and after rebooting got also new stack update .. (KB4562030 )

    All done still with the -older – patch v5..

    Updating without any problem! :-)

  64. Anonymous said on June 2, 2020 at 7:30 pm
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    Tron:

    I installed Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit and got it completely up to date to January 2020.
    I then incorporated the bypass tools and post-EOL updates.
    This is what was done and which order it was done.
    It was done yesterday, and everything went fine.

    Frank

    —————————————————————————————————————

    Make sure Windows 7 SP1 is completely up-to-date to its January 2020 EOL.
    That includes the January 2020 SSU (KB4536952).

    Obtain and then run the BypassESU-v5 tool.
    Right-click on “LiveOS-Setup.cmd” and then click “Open” and then select number 1:
    [1] Full Installation {ESU Suppressor + WU ESU Patcher}

    Install the post-EOL updates in the exact same order as they are listed:

    February 2020 updates:
    IE 11.0.175 (KB4537767)
    SMQR (KB4537820)
    2020 SSU (KB4537829).

    March 2020 updates:
    IE 11.0.180 (KB4540671)
    SMQR (KB4540688)
    SSU (KB4550735).

    April 2020 updates:
    IE 11.0.185 (KB4550905)
    SMQR (KB4550964)
    SSU (KB4550738).

    May 2020 updates:
    IE 11.0.190 (KB4556798)
    SMQR (KB4556836)
    SSU (KB4555449)

    Obtain and then run the BypassESU-v7 tool.
    Right-click on “LiveOS-Setup.cmd” and then click “Open” and then select number 7:
    [7] Install .NET 4 ESU Bypass

    —————————————————————————————————————

  65. Tron said on May 27, 2020 at 5:48 am
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    Ok, Frank !

    Thanks for the info!

    So its handy to store the older ESU patch versions…

    ( I Always do store these files in a zip on another drive, so no problems here hi! )

    It is sometimes a bit of tweaking and fiddling ..
    For a up to date windows 7 ! ;-)

    Greetings, Tron

  66. Anonymous said on May 25, 2020 at 7:03 pm
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    Hi, Tron.

    I decided to do a clean install of Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit in one of my test computers to confirm if both version 5 and 7 of the BypassESU tools were needed.

    After I got Windows 7 completely up-to-date to January 2020, including the January 2020 servicing stack update(KB4536952), I decided to run version 7 of the tool instead of running version 5.

    As soon as version 7 loaded, it alerted me that the May 2020 servicing stack update(KB4555449) was needed before it could be used.

    I loaded and ran version 5, and then I installed the February – May 2020 updates.

    KB4555449 was installed last.

    I then loaded and ran version 7 of the tool, which allowed me to install the new update for Microsoft .NET Framework.

    There was no need to remove version 5 before using version 7.

    Frank

    P.S. I’m now a registered member of the “My Digital Life” site, so I’ll be monitoring the BypassESU forum for any new version of the tool.

  67. Tron said on May 25, 2020 at 5:40 am
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    Hi Frank! ..

    I have all patched including may 2020 with version 5..+ with some workaround for net frame …
    I have also latest stack update …

    If i open the command on patch v7 that menu gives only 3 options ;

    4. remove wu patcher (thats i guess removing the older v5 version! )
    7 install .net 4.x bypass
    9. exit

    So it looks like you should first uninstall early versions of the ESU patch..

    But i am not going to try that now !

    So no need- for us! – to use this patch now …

    and i asume in june there will be a newer version! :-))

    Greetings! Happy win 7 user! ;-)

  68. Anonymous said on May 23, 2020 at 9:56 pm
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    Tron:

    Thanks for posting a download link for version 7 of the BypassESU tool.

    I’ve been using version 5 for the past 4 months to install the February – May 2020 updates and wasn’t aware that version 7 had been released.

    After reading the text file for version 7, am I correct in assuming it can’t be used until after Windows 7 has been brought up-to-date, including the latest servicing stack update(KB4555449)?

    Am I also correct in assuming version 7 was partially designed to fix the install issue with .NET Framework 4.8 updates?

    If I have to use version 5 for February – May 2020 and then use version 7 for June 2020 and later, that’s no big deal.

    Frank

  69. Tron said on May 23, 2020 at 5:27 am
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    I did same..some trial and errror! .. and got also netframework 4.8 update !! :-)

    There is a better solution now… > •BypassESU-v7-AIO ï‚Ž (PW 2020). Danke auch hier an abbodi ï‚Ž

    •Der BypassESU-v7-AIO kann über die anderen Versionen drüber installiert werden. Nach dem Start werden dann die Funktionen angezeigt, die noch installiert (.NET) oder wieder entfernt werden können.

    direct dl > https://t1p.de/ws6r

  70. Anonymous said on May 22, 2020 at 6:54 am
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    Disregard my comments from May 13th.

    Through some trial-and-error, I found a solution to the problem and got the appropriate Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 update (KB4552921) installed.

    1. anon said on June 20, 2020 at 7:40 pm
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      I had the same problem with KB4556399, but when I tried installing KB4552921 manually, the dialog prompt says “Software Update KB4552921 Installation Wizard does not apply, or is blocked by another condition on your computer.”

      I already had the latest BypassESU-v7-AIO…

  71. Anonymous said on May 13, 2020 at 8:20 pm
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    Because of the BypassESU 5.7 tool, I’ve been able to install the needed post-EOL updates for Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit for February – May 2020.

    However, I hit a snag when I tried to install the new Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 update(KB4556399) that was offered.

    I’ve done some research, and the error code that’s displayed is supposedly associated with the bypass tool script.

    I’m not going to lose any sleep over it, but if anyone here has a remedy or work-around for it, it would be appreciated.

  72. Anonymous said on May 9, 2020 at 5:31 pm
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    Oops! You’re right. I made a typo. It should be KB4550738.

  73. Anonymous said on April 15, 2020 at 5:38 pm
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    Tron:

    After I started my Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit computer which was up-to-date to March 2020, the Windows Update app displayed the April 2020 servicing stack update(KB4450738) to install.

    I knew better not to install it until the April 2020 Internet Explorer 11.0.185 update(KB4550905) and security monthly quality rollup(KB4550964) were installed first.

    All 3 updates installed fine.
    The “Windows Update” service was stopped before installing each update.
    The computer was restarted after installing each update.

    Frank

    1. Pipo said on April 15, 2020 at 7:51 pm
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      KB4450738 should be KB4550738

  74. Tron said on April 15, 2020 at 1:35 am
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    just got the April updates without any problem .. with BypassESU v5 allready installed last month! :-)

  75. Frank said on March 21, 2020 at 8:15 pm
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    Jorge:
    There are several people who have posted here.
    Which one of them are you directing your complaint towards?
    Frank

  76. Frank said on March 21, 2020 at 5:29 pm
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    Assuming your Windows 7 is completely up-to-date to January 2020(including servicing stack update KB4536952):
    If you make use of the GitHub download link that “Martin P.” provided so you can obtain the v5 bypass tool.
    If you make use of the steps that I provided.
    You should be able to install the listed February and March updates.

    Note:
    Make sure to stop the “Windows Update” service from running before doing each step.
    Make sure to restart the computer after completing each step.

  77. Jorge said on March 20, 2020 at 9:11 pm
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    Hello

    You must update your article

    Please Help the community * not working for * Windows 7 ESU March Updates * * tried everything * any bypass updates?????

    Thanks

    Mr Jorge

  78. Frank said on March 14, 2020 at 11:36 pm
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    I did a clean install of Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit and then got it completely up-to-date to its January 2020 EOL.

    I then ran BypassESU v5 and selected option #1.

    I then installed the IE11 and SMQR updates for February 2020.

    I then installed the SSU update for February 2020.

    I then installed the IE11 and SMGR updates for March 2020.

    Everything went fine.

    The SSU update for March 2020 has been saved for now until the IE11 and SMQR updates for April 2020 are released.

  79. Pipo said on March 14, 2020 at 2:46 am
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    Working great again for the march updates. Thanks!

  80. Tron said on March 11, 2020 at 10:17 am
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    I have installed march 2020 updates on win 7 home 32 bit with this patch!

    (Had already win7 February updates..)

    March update did install only after first installing KB4537829 .

    1. Alkor said on March 12, 2020 at 1:40 pm
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      Thank you Tron, it worked also in my sistem. I have Win7 Pro x64 and march updates didnt install, and after installed KB4537829, the march update worked !!

      Thank you very much Tron :)

  81. Hugh said on March 11, 2020 at 12:26 am
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    This hack is not working for me anymore. I tried to install the monthly rollup for March 2020 and it doesn’t install it.

    Any workaround?

    1. Martin P. said on March 11, 2020 at 9:27 pm
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      @Anonymous & @Hugh

      A new version of the bypass (V5) is available at:

      (must be subscribed to forum)

      https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/bypass-windows-7-extended-security-updates-eligibility.80606/

      Direct patch V5 download:

      https://gitlab.com/stdout12/adns/uploads/520dcb7467a84cb12b26b0038715ece1/BypassESU-v5-AIO.7z

      March updates will work with that.

      HTH.

  82. Anonymous said on March 10, 2020 at 9:39 pm
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    Hey! I tried to install the March 2020 monthly rollup for Windows 7 and it won’t work anymore. Anyone having the same problem? Any workaround?

  83. Wolf Rüdiger von Falkenstein said on February 24, 2020 at 6:25 pm
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    Few days ago, I have written, that I think that “KB4537767” breaks down my WIFI connection. Now, after testing more, I am pretty sure, that already : KB4538483 OR KB4537820 breaks down my WIFI conncetion. Saying there is no way to activate the wireless card anymore.
    Conclusion: For me everything is fine working on my T500 Notebook with plugged-in LAN cable, but if I want to use my Notebook with WIFI connction, there is no way any more.
    After installing my backup (before installing Bypass etc.) again, the WIFI connection on my Notebooks is working fine again, but – of course – without Win7 updates > Feb/2020.

  84. BillandMelinda said on February 24, 2020 at 11:58 am
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    ** BypassESU v5 AIO ** is now available on the MDL forum.
    https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/bypass-windows-7-extended-security-updates-eligibility.80606/

    Only MDL members can access the thread.

    1. anon said on February 25, 2020 at 9:49 am
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      Regarding BypassESU v5 AIO

      even after following the instructions (specifically the prerequisite updates) I’m still unable to install KB4537820

      also, does anyone here know any one from MDL?
      please tell them I have a BIG issue regarding KB4539602

      background: so far I haven’t experienced the supposed desktop problem (KB4534314), but whenever I install KB4539602 (and a week ago its probable elder sibling KB4539601) these are the problems I always encounter:
      1. Avast always has trouble starting up (despite being in the Startup folder)
      2. Audio Service cannot be found
      3. a “Please wait” status during the loading screen, then after Desktop is loaded a “Failed to connect to a windows service” notification saying that “Windows could not connect to the System Event Notification Service service” pops up
      4. my Desktop always reverts to Windows Classic theme, and at Control Panel’s “Appearance and Personalization” the “Personalization” option doesn’t exist; as if Windows Aero got wiped out

      any sort of help is greatly appreciated

  85. Pipo said on February 23, 2020 at 6:05 pm
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    I’ve tried this on Windows 7 “Home Premium” as well. Works great!
    I did receive all the updates for february.

  86. Wolf Rüdiger von Falkenstein said on February 20, 2020 at 3:40 pm
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    I tried again, installed all updates without “KB4537767”. The KB4537767-update (Internet Explorer update) let break down my wifi. Without that update (I use firefox since years) everything works well. One of my 2 T500 machines has that particular problem with the wifi card after installing KB4537767. Just to mention here.

    1. Ficho said on February 20, 2020 at 8:40 pm
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      You don’t need KB4537767 if you installed KB4537820.

  87. Wolf Rüdiger von Falkenstein said on February 19, 2020 at 11:44 pm
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    After installing the new updates, it seems that if you are looking after new windows updates, a lot of old updates are coming again. What to do? Igonore the new “old” updates (e.g. from 2014, 2016) or install them.
    I installed them on one of my T500 Lenovo Notebooks and it seems that the wifi connection don’t work any more with one of my T500, but working fine without that “old” updates. Strange….

  88. EP said on February 17, 2020 at 8:58 am
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  89. Ficho said on February 15, 2020 at 3:21 pm
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    I used Deskmodder instructions on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
    Everything went fine.
    Additional reboot happened during KB4537820 installation.

    1. Ficho said on February 16, 2020 at 3:52 pm
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      It looks like Deskmodder instructions are incomplete.
      KB4538483 is also needed, otherwise you’ll be offered a bunch of old updates in WU.
      Maybe I am wrong. We’ll see.

    2. Ficho said on February 16, 2020 at 12:34 pm
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      I had to disable Windows Updates because today I was offered a bunch of old updates (6) like:
      KB3185319
      KB2676562
      KB3123479
      etc.
      …and they are keep coming.

  90. anon said on February 15, 2020 at 2:20 pm
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    Hi
    I was able to use the bypass last month (following instructions on that MyDigitalLife page before it went private), but from step 2 alone I’m getting “the update is not applicable to your computer” error…

    1. Wolf Rüdiger von Falkenstein said on February 16, 2020 at 12:46 am
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      I also tried to do it with MyDigitalLife, did not work well.
      Now, with this file and instructions it worked, I am happy !

      1. anon said on February 17, 2020 at 3:48 am
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        how did you do it?

        this was what I did
        1. downloaded BypassESU-v4.7 (replaced v3) – check
        2. installed the bypass via the bat file – check
        3. tried downloading KB4528069 – stuck
        4. tried downloading the 4 updates (KB4538483, KB4537820, KB4537767, KB4537813) – still stuck

        where am I doing wrong???

        note: my last installed updates were KB4539601 & KB890830

    2. anon said on February 16, 2020 at 12:39 am
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      To clarify, I was actually able to use the bypass (followed MDL’s instructions) for last month’s ESU updates, but since it’s time for ESU updates and after reading the articles regarding KB4538483 and happened by this article, I followed the instructions by am currently stuck with step 2…

      After re-installing the bypass, do I need to re-install KB4528069 again, or do I proceed to the 4 updates (KB4538483 etc.)?
      (note: the MDL site said that leaving the bypass installed makes WU run slow, so they suggested to remove the bypass after the initial KB4528069 installment and re-install it on the next ESU updates)

    3. anon said on February 15, 2020 at 3:37 pm
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      forgot to add my details: Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit

  91. wkeller said on February 15, 2020 at 2:16 am
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    If you have original Windows 7 ISO DVD, I recommend You to use my fully automated and open source script:
    https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/integrate7-script-%E2%80%93-automatically-download-and-slipstream-all-updates-up-to-01-2020.78722/page-15#post-1578165

    So you will have updated Windows 7 with no telemetry!

    1. bawldiggle said on February 15, 2020 at 12:58 pm
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      @wkeller
      Thank you, :)

    2. OldNavyGuy said on February 15, 2020 at 7:51 am
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      You can also use NTLite to create a slipstream Windows 7 disk, and not have to create an account on MyDigitalLife to get a script.

      1. wkeller said on February 15, 2020 at 11:03 pm
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        NTLite is closed source. I don’t like the software that I don’t know what it does.

        Anyway, I recommend:
        1. Get (from somewhere) original Windows 7 ISO DVD.

        2. Use open source Integrate7 script, which automatically downloads (directly from Microsoft) all updates and integrates them to the above DVD.
        https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/integrate7-script-%E2%80%93-automatically-download-and-slipstream-all-updates-up-to-01-2020.78722/

        3. Use Rufus to create bootable stick.

        4. Install the Windows 7.

        5. Use BypassESU on live Windows 7 OS
        https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/bypass-windows-7-extended-security-updates-eligibility.80606/

        6. Install the February 2020 Rollup Update on live Windows 7 OS
        https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4537820/windows-7-update-kb4537820

        7. You are fully updated with zero telemetry!

      2. Martin P. said on February 16, 2020 at 11:18 pm
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        @wkeller

        Beautifully done! Many thanks for your script and instructions.

  92. nab said on February 14, 2020 at 5:59 pm
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    if i left my win7 unpatched for 3 years now, do you think it’d be worth updating with WSUS or simplix now ?
    feeling kinda lazy, and i don’t like to fix something which ain’t broken if you know what i mean…

    1. Peterc said on February 15, 2020 at 5:43 am
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      @nab: Tough call. As someone mentioned earlier, some CPUs take a performance hit from Meltdown and Spectre patches, ranging from minor to significant. On one computer I kept up to date (with security-only updates using WSUS Offline Update), the hit was minor. On another computer (using the same updating method, but with a patched BIOS), the hit was *really significant*.

      If you’re worried about performance, you could blacklist all of the Meltdown- and Spectre-related updates in WSUS Offline Update and install all of the other missing security-only updates. (You’ll have to read how to do it. From memory, it involves creating a specially named text file in a specific subfolder and typing or pasting KB numbers into it.) If you run Belarc Advisor, that should give you a list of most of the security updates you’re missing and I *think* you should be able to pick out the Meltdown-and Spectre related ones from Microsoft’s own documentation, which Belarc’s list links to. (If not, you’ll have to search for a comprehensive listing on the Web.)

      I’d be cautious about installing non-security-only (“Security and Quality”) updates unless you identify a specific need for them. In short, If you use WSUS Offline Update, I’d recommend enabling the “security-only updates” option. (I don’t know whether Simplix has a security-only switch; I didn’t see one on Simplix’s Russian-language webpage.) And maybe just turn off Internet Explorer as a Windows feature.

      Tip for WSUS Offline Update: At each Windows 7 post-reboot Welcome Screen throughout the updating process, give the computer ample time to finish handling background tasks before logging in, and after each log-in give the computer yet more time to finish handling *other* background tasks before actually doing anything. And when the entire updating process is completed, do at least one *extra* reboot. Otherwise, you risk running into weird glitches from certain “autostart” services and tasks not loading.

      Definitely clone or image your system drive BEFORE doing such a massive update, in case something goes badly wrong. Macrium Reflect Free is pretty good.

      1. nab said on February 15, 2020 at 1:31 pm
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        Thanks a lot for that very detailed answer ! That was very informative.

      2. OldNavyGuy said on February 15, 2020 at 7:43 am
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        “Tip for WSUS Offline Update: At each Windows 7 post-reboot Welcome Screen throughout the updating process, give the computer ample time to finish handling background tasks before logging in, and after each log-in give the computer yet more time to finish handling *other* background tasks before actually doing anything.

        And when the entire updating process is completed, do at least one *extra* reboot. Otherwise, you risk running into weird glitches from certain “autostart” services and tasks not loading.”

        Check the box “Automatically reboot if needed” to eliminate the manual reboots that Windows Updates requires.

        WSUS OU will reboot and login automatically, as needed, to complete the updates.

      3. Peterc said on February 15, 2020 at 9:11 pm
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        @OldNavyGuy:

        I didn’t want to make my post too long and detailed, but I’m aware of the “Automatic reboot and recall” option in WOU’s installer GUI. I stopped using it at least six/nine months ago because it *routinely* led to the kind of glitches I wrote about. True, these always seemed to get fully resolved by doing a couple of “extra” reboots, but I’m cautious (possibly overly so) about letting background tasks complete at the time they’re “supposed to.” On the other hand, I always updated once a month, so I rarely had more than two manual reboots to attend to, and frequently only one (plus the “extra,” in any event). If I had a three-year backlog of updates that might potentially require *numerous* manual reboots, like @nab, I might be *tempted* to use the “Automatic reboot and recall” feature” again … but I probably still wouldn’t!

        Additional Background: My Windows 7 computer is a ten-year-old middle-of-the-road laptop with mechanical hard drives and is not exactly a speed demon. “Autostart” items failing to load after updating might not be an issue (or as much of an issue) on a fast, powerful computer. The issue could conceivably be due, at least in part, to my antivirus analyzing new system files after each update install in order to whitelist them, and not permitting some tasks to run until it had finished doing so. That would *certainly* take much less time on a fast/powerful computer.

  93. vonmir said on February 14, 2020 at 11:23 am
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    OldNavyGuy said on February 14, 2020 at 8:54 am …

    “Since that modification is being used to steal ESU support that has not been paid for.”

    I understand your point. However, Microsoft makes the *update files* available for free.

    I readily confess that I’m not a lawyer. Furthermore, I haven’t gone through the Microsoft website exhaustively to ascertain their legal position regarding the use of the update files.

    I’ve tried to read through this page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/copyright/default.aspx

    I found this sentence relevant: “An end user will be unable to install any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement, unless he or she first agrees to the License Agreement terms.”

    Maybe I’m splitting hairs here, but using the bypass seems to get around the phrase “… will be unable …” Indeed, the bypass users have apparently been able to “to install … Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement, unless he or she first agrees to the License Agreement terms.”

    Just out of interest, could you please provide some background to your contention that installing update files downloaded from the Windows Update Catalog is “stealing” in the legal sense?

    In closing, I’m not trying to justify anything here. I think, though, that before someone is accused of stealing, the legal details have to be considered comprehensively.

    Thank you.

    1. OldNavyGuy said on February 15, 2020 at 1:52 am
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      ESU licenses, and the updates that come with that license, are purchased…they are not free.

      Hacks to “fake” an ESU license, to get the updates for free, is theft.

      1. vonmir said on February 16, 2020 at 2:59 pm
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        OldNavyGuy wrote, “ESU licenses, and the updates that come with that license, are purchased…they are not free.”

        Excuse me, but I can’t follow your logic and argument that the updates “come with” the license. To me, though admittedly perhaps wrongly, your contention is inaccurate and linguistically imprecise.

        The updates are available for free to the world via the Windows update catalog. One’s “entitlement” to install them appears to come with the original LEGAL acquisition of a Windows 7 license. I do not question for a moment the fact that anyone using a cracked version of Windows is “stealing”.

        As for the ESU license, my understanding is that it enables license holders to install these updates. I confess I’m not sure whether this is an entitlement that’s exclusive to these license holders; I have not read the ESU license agreement.

        Anyway, in my understanding of the process, the bypass does not “fake” anything. Like the license, it enables one to install the updates. Whether it entitles them to do so is another matter; whether it enjoins them from doing so is the question at hand.

        Your argument reflects your opinion, which – I don’t deny – might yet prove to be correct. I, however, would like some type of “evidence” that unequivocally proves that installing the updates that Microsoft provides for free on its website is illegal.

        At least here in Europe, legal decisions are based upon statute and contractual terms, not personal opinion.

        I guess what I’m looking for is a statement from Microsoft that says that the end of support for Windows 7 also terminates the right of holders of a legally acquired version of the program to install updates that occur beyond the end of the support.

        Thank you for your ongoing interest in this discussion. I apologize for my long-winded post. :-(

  94. OldNavyGuy said on February 13, 2020 at 11:21 pm
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    As Lawrence Abrams posted in a BleepingComputer article recently, the bypass is illegal.

    Lost some respect for Ghacks today.

    1. Yuliya said on February 13, 2020 at 11:51 pm
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      Since when is it illegal to modify the content of your storage device?

      1. OldNavyGuy said on February 14, 2020 at 8:54 am
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        Since that modification is being used to steal ESU support that has not been paid for.

      2. Yuliyas_Wifes_Boyfriend said on February 14, 2020 at 3:27 pm
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        Do you foresee Microsoft going bankrupt after a dozen nerds patch their operating system?

        Ghacks is gangsta, they have gained my respect today

      3. OldNavyGuy said on February 15, 2020 at 2:21 am
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        Microsoft going bankrupt is not the point.

        This is a paid licensing program for extended support…it’s not free.

        I’m sure the hack will be shut down sooner or later.

        When that happens, your choices will be backup your Windows 7 shit regularly and pray, upgrade to Windows 10, or move to Linux.

      4. criket said on February 16, 2020 at 5:56 am
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        “Microsoft going bankrupt is not the point.”

        No! The point is that we have paid or a product that has been made obsolete and they forced us to “upgrade” to a product that steal our privacy. The point is you don’t have the control you were suposed to have over a product you have paid with your hard earned money.
        The fact that what we have or don’t to hide presents no interrest for Microsoft or BigBrother is irelevant. What is relevant is that MY PRIVACY IS MINE and I should do with it as I please.
        I should be the one to decide who can access my data and who can’t (unless they have a Court Order).

      5. cricket said on December 31, 2020 at 9:15 pm
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        You are oblivious to the fact that Windows 7 does the exact same stuff Windows 10 does with telemetry. The only difference is unlike Windows 10 which gives you the OPTION to disable the privacy-invasive parts, Windows 7 lies by obscurity and never mentions or even makes note of the fact you can turn this telemetry off.

      6. Jody Thornton said on February 16, 2020 at 9:19 pm
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        @cricket:

        You paid for the license to use Windows 7 under the terms of the licensing agreement. Now Microsoft is withdrawing support for Windows 7. And they’re not stealing your privacy. You agree (again) to the terms of the agreement to use Windows 10. Telelmetry is gathered by ALL software products now.

        You guys get this idea that you OWN your copy of Windows 7 and should use it however you like it. That’s not how software licenses work.

      7. antitrust222 said on July 15, 2020 at 8:09 am
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        @JodyThorton. So called EULAs are illegal contracts enabled by Big Tech buying off politicians – and do nothing to protect consumer rights, which has long held that while a manufacturer may own the copyright it is the consumer who owns the copy itself and can do with it as they please. Otherwise any product maker could in theory force you to do anything. A car maker could force you to update or buy a new one, for example. Software is not different, it is simply a product like any other.

      8. Yuliya said on February 14, 2020 at 12:48 pm
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        Well, there’s no way for you to pay for that support, so there is that. It is not available for consumers.

      9. OldNavyGuy said on February 15, 2020 at 1:48 am
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        It is available to consumers…do the research.

        I know…it’s harder work than ripping off an ESU license.

      10. M. Paquet said on February 15, 2020 at 5:32 pm
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        @OldNavyGuy

        « It is available to consumers…do the research. »

        Really? Please, enlighten us…

  95. Josh said on February 13, 2020 at 10:31 pm
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    Installed fine on my Windows 7 machine. No way i’m upgrading to that low-grade Windows 10 trash.

  96. sqrly1@hotmail.com said on February 13, 2020 at 3:33 pm
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    You say “bypass”, I’m sure microsoft says “copyright circumvention”.

    I’m suprised you’d make such a dumb move. I don’t wish to see your site blocked :(

    1. Yuliya said on February 13, 2020 at 5:17 pm
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      Microsoft bats an eye usually to things common users don’t tend to do. For example activating their Enterprise, LTS and Server Windows builds is quite effort-less. They don’t care, most people have no idea how to get their hands on these editions. Pirating Windows Home?.. yeah, good luck with that. Home is a pain in the.. rear to hacktivate. Especially in a non-instrusive way.

  97. Yuliya said on February 13, 2020 at 3:23 pm
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  98. Guilherme said on February 13, 2020 at 2:21 pm
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    Is this Bypass safe to install?
    Or are there any possible malware on it?

  99. NotSheep said on February 13, 2020 at 2:02 pm
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    Seems to me, Jaolin, has educated himself/herself by their comment. Also, seems by your comment, you need to further educate yourself on this matter, or not, it’s your loss.

    1. ZeN said on February 13, 2020 at 7:08 pm
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      What loss? You are deluded, (read the above).

  100. Kwasiarz said on February 13, 2020 at 11:45 am
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    I wonder if the same thing can be done on Vista to be able to keep installing Server 2008 updates on it?

    1. kaskuser said on February 13, 2020 at 10:17 pm
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      Yes. The bypass are available somewhere.

  101. Jaolin said on February 13, 2020 at 10:30 am
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    Hell will freeze over before I look sideways at Windows telemetry edition.

    1. ZeN said on February 13, 2020 at 1:00 pm
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      Educate yourself, and relax. Paranoia is self-harm.

      1. Giacomo said on February 13, 2020 at 3:24 pm
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        Caring about privacy is not bad.

      2. ZeN said on February 14, 2020 at 9:35 am
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        to an extent, I agree, but some of the drivel on here is ludicrous.

      3. DavidJ said on February 14, 2020 at 2:07 pm
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        Agreed! these tinfoilers crack me up! :)

      4. Sam said on February 13, 2020 at 2:35 pm
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        Zen it’s you who should educate yourself, really do it.

      5. ZeN said on February 13, 2020 at 7:05 pm
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        You have no idea of the vastness of the worlds digital infrastructure, do you Sam? You will be chasing your tail for eternity my friend.

        What have you got (as an Individual) that MS desperately wants? It’s nothing isn’t it!
        As for ‘The Man’ or ‘They’, unless you are a threat to a nations security or a major (not minor) pedaller in the usual drugs, weapons, under-age graphic material, etc, ‘they’ just ain’t interested mate. You are just a speck amongst other specks on a unimaginable scale on the digital landscape, Unless you’ve got something worth stealing, you’re wasting your precious existence on BS.
        -Z-

      6. Peterc said on July 15, 2022 at 10:01 pm
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        @ZeN:

        “What have you got (as an Individual) that MS desperately wants? It’s nothing isn’t it!”

        Alphabet/Google has built nearly a $1.5 trillion market cap based mostly on all of those “nothings” that MS “doesn’t desperately want.” Have you *really* not figured out that the reason MS dropped all pretense of respecting privacy and user control in Windows 10 et seq. is because it wants a cut of Google’s personal-information-brokering action?

        You’re apparently one of those guys Ed Snowden was talking about: “Saying you don’t care about privacy because you’ve got nothing to hide is like saying you don’t care about freedom of speech because you’ve got nothing to say.” That said, I’m perfectly willing to believe that there is nothing special about *you* that any government or powerful private-sector actor would ever target you for. Where conformist subjects (as opposed to active citizens) are concerned, there rarely is.

        The peaceful Occupy Wall Street movement, composed of thousands of ordinary Americans with “nothing” Microsoft (and Google and Facebook and Twitter and T-Mobile and Verizon and AT&T) would ever “desperately want” was able to be *crushed* precisely because its participants didn’t practice digital security. So please, take your panopticon PR flackery elsewhere.

        My apologies to the rest of the readership for skirting the bounds of gHacks’ “rudeness” guidelines, but comments trivializing privacy are *not* in your best interests.

  102. Jeff said on February 13, 2020 at 9:29 am
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    Note that the more you patch Windows 7, the slower it gets on older CPUs due to CPU vulnerabilities. If you are smart about avoiding malware, you can easily survive without patching. And you can’t run Windows 7 on newer CPUs anyway. There was a significant slowdown after patches: https://msfn.org/board/topic/177526-windows-81-patch-performance-findings-not-surpisingly-the-latest-patches-are-costly Storage I/O especially takes a hit.

    1. jern said on February 13, 2020 at 5:19 pm
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      When Win10 came out I took my Win7 machine completely offline. I did a clean install and shut down all security – antivirus, firewall, everything. My computer has an old Pentium CPU but with all the bloat turned off it runs my CAD program without effort and disk access is speedy. Computers really are powerful instruments if we don’t bog them down.

    2. popcorn said on February 13, 2020 at 5:12 pm
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      Spectre and Meltdown mitigations can be disabled with a click using InSpectre by GRC.

      1. Jeff said on February 13, 2020 at 8:15 pm
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        What about the other CPU vulnerabilities – Foreshadow, Speculative Store Bypass, Lazy FP state restore, Microarchitectural Data Sampling etc?

      2. BrianG said on February 17, 2020 at 9:45 pm
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        Windows 7 doesn’t get those mitigations anyway, unless you add them yourself, perhaps via a BIOS update.

  103. Bobo said on February 13, 2020 at 9:25 am
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    I can just imagine how everyone in Redmond is now assigned to battle this. Someone poked the anthill with a biiiig stick and the ants are losing their s**t =) Wow, imagine that, a few billion fully functional computers could be patched for free for a long time.. Now imagine if Windows 10 was actually a GOOD product and none of this would be an issue anywhere, ever.. Imagine that..
    I think the first Windows 10 meeting went like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5auEs8o32w

    1. pippin said on May 8, 2020 at 4:42 pm
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      Hardly. Most of the people already left for win 10 or else.
      I myself do this for test purposes only

    2. imagine said on February 25, 2020 at 8:50 am
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      @Bobo

      The low limit of your imagination is limited by your low level of understanding.

      Imagine that and understand.

    3. pop said on February 13, 2020 at 11:31 am
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      What are you talking about? They aren’t going to spend much if any resources to “battle” or be losing their **** this as a few billion people aren’t going to be patching, a relatively few are. The vast, vast majority won’t ever know about it. It’s not even that long a time, 3 years.

  104. anon2 said on February 13, 2020 at 9:06 am
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    flip side of the coin is, by advertising this illegal bypass, could be classed as an accessory to commit computer fraud by broadcasting it.

    1. lorty said on February 25, 2020 at 8:46 am
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      @anon2

      This isn’t 1998. Corps don’t go after such anymore, otherwise they get slammed with bad PR in social.

    2. Iggie said on February 13, 2020 at 11:23 am
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      Yeah, because that’s going to happen…. don’t be such a drama queen. At very most they’ll tell them to take the script down but they know it’s everywhere now.

      The second way to install looks like the one to use. They could change something to break the script but once installed looks like that method allows you to keep SSU up to date without the bypass so not sure they can do anything about it.

  105. Anon said on February 13, 2020 at 8:56 am
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    Of course it was MDL. Damn, I love those guys.

  106. Anorknee Merce said on February 13, 2020 at 8:51 am
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    For Win 7 home-users, Windows Update is malware since the release of Win 10 in July 2015, eg GWX KB3035583 and processor-blocking updates(= Win 7 cannot be updated if running on Intel Kabylake or newer).

    For Win 7 enterprise-users, the above bypass should be useful since they are high-value targets to hackers and ransomwarers = no need to pay M$ to upgrade to Win 10 Ent.
    .

  107. Addy T. said on February 13, 2020 at 8:44 am
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    Yes, I do run Windows 7. I have also never installed any security updates, not even the Wanna Cry one. No problem. MSE finds nothing (yes, full scan).

    P.S. I learned that WIndows 10’s WordPad is now getting ads, too.
    https://winaero.com/blog/wordpad-is-gettings-ads-in-windows-10/

    1. DogTreatz said on June 27, 2020 at 4:08 pm
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      Yeah Addy T., because exploiting an unpatched system is a matter of putting MSE-detectable files onto it, get real. They won’t NEED to, if they want to use your machine to launch an attack on someone else, or whatever.
      Some researchers put an unpatched Windows XP (and the principle is still the same for the better-designed Windows 7) online in an experiment, and it took under an HOUR to be hacked, AUTOMATICALLY. No specific targeting of that machine due to the owner or activity, note.
      Now apply that principle to a machine that’s constantly online and never patched. What are the odds?
      MSE is not an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and is way simpler. Even IDSes aren’t perfect – ever.

      Security through obscurity is the kind of moronic culture that thinks freedom of speech isn’t necessary because you have nothing to say.
      When you do find a need to speak truth to power, or defend yourself against abusers, you’ll want your stuff unhackable and strong locks on your house, etc.
      Bad guys don’t have morals and make a priority of learning how to find you. Cowardice and being worry-free go hand in hand, but that doesn’t stop them both inevitably tripping over their own ignorance along the road to hell…

      1. antitrust222 said on July 15, 2020 at 7:56 am
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        @DogTreatz. I used xp pro daily on my old laptop for years after it officially went out of support and never came close to be ‘hacked’. It was fully patched, running mse (which did still get definition updates) and I disabled all unnecessary features (to reduce the attack surface). But this idea that old systems ‘just get hacked by being placed online’ is FUD put forth by Big Tech monopolies and their lackies – to scare people into thinking we need to run out and buy new machines and constantly apply their junk updates – that in reality causes more instability and loss of time/money than ‘hackers’ ever could. I reluctantly use windows 10 now but use apps that block their never-ending updates, then sit back and laugh when everybody is pulling their hair out trying to fix the failed ‘updates’ every month. I only apply updates when I know they work properly.

    2. Anonymous said on February 19, 2020 at 8:25 pm
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      If no one has ever broken into your house then it’s also a good idea to continue to leave your doors open 24/7.

      Also, please can you reply with your bank account details.

      You’ll be fine, nothing ever happens to idiots.

  108. Anonymous said on February 13, 2020 at 8:21 am
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    Published on websites Microsoft probably monitor. I think I’ll Pass, thanks.

  109. EP said on February 13, 2020 at 8:13 am
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    it appears that KB4528069 has been pulled from the ms update catalog (at least searching for KB4528069 now yields no results)

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