I see this option as risky and not recommended.
ALL CURRENT CRITICAL UPDATES WINDOWS 7 INSTALL
Install KB971033 and forget about any of those written here, but taking the risk that at some stage, due to an unpredictable glitch, the Windows 7 installation is made unusable by Microsoft activation servers. In summary, the only correct procedures to patch in relation to KB971033 are:ġ. If this update is not installed, other critical updates which require it will not be installed and will not even be visible or possible to install manually. When KB971033 is left in the list and neither installed, nor hidden, it will block the installation of critical updates which are always installed only when there are no other updates available, as they have to be installed by themselves. This does not apply to Optional updates and Recommended updates not installed when they are seen as Optional, only to those updates in the Important list which in theory should all be installed. There is a less known issue with this update (and any other Important update) being left not installed in the list, but at the same time not hidden. However, installing and uninstalling KB971033 using the normal procedure is clean if the installation was not flagged as in breach of licencing agreement. It is not a matter of uninstalling KB971033 any longer. The main problem is that when a Windows installation has been flagged as non-legit, the procedure to recover require advanced knowledge and is not widely known. There are many cases of documented problems with repeated activation with legit keys or other instances when the key is legit, while the result provided by the activation servers says differently.
It is not known if those servers are actively maintained or if they function as intended. In fact, this update is supposed to verify with Microsoft back-end servers if the key used in the process of activation Windows is legit or not. KB971033 was released as Update for Windows Activation technologies. It is well known fact that an old update flagged as Important in Windows Update is known to create problems for some users, while it is not known to create any problems if it is not installed.
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