Microsoft’s Convenience Rollup for Windows 7

Microsoft’s Convenience Rollup for Windows 7

Microsoft’s Convenience Rollup

Microsoft is more focusing on Windows 10. Making a better windows for its customers. But there are still most of the users using Windows 7 operating system regularly updating their Windows 7 SP1 including latest updates, app versions and more. Finally Microsoft released a “Convenience Rollup” for Windows 7 SP1 operating system that combines all updates from past few years into one bundle or package (like a Service Pack). This time Microsoft is not offering ISO image. With a single download, you can install the hundreds of updates at once.

From now, whenever you install a fresh copy of Windows 7 you won’t have to wait for it to download few years updates and multiple reboots. It’ll have everything it needs up through May 2016.

This update package, which combines updates dating all the way back to February 2011, isn’t being made available in Windows Update. If you’re installing a Windows 7 system from scratch, you’ll need to go out of your way to download and install it. If you don’t, Windows Update will download and install the updates one by one–the slower, more tedious way.

Step 1: What you’ll need?

Microsoft’s Convenience Rollup for Windows 7 requires Windows 7 SP1. Install Service Pack 1, If You Don’t Have It Already.

Note: If you are not sure whether you have SP1 or not. Open the Start menu, type “winver” into the search box, and press Enter. If it says “Service Pack 1” in the window, you have Service Pack 1. If it doesn’t, you need to install Service Pack 1.

You can grab your Windows 7 ISO from here.

If you installed from an older Windows 7 disc without SP1 integrated, you’ll need to install Service Pack 1 afterwards. Download and install Service Pack. (KB976932)

Step 2: Know your Windows System Type (32 bit or 64 bit)

Click the “Start” button, right-click “Computer” in the Start menu, and select “Properties.”  Or just press Windows + Pause Break button. You’ll see this information displayed to the right of “System type” under the System header.

System Properties

Step 3: Download convenience rollup package

This convenience rollup package, available to download from http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=3125574, contains all the security and non-security fixes released since the release of Windows 7 SP1 that are suitable for general distribution, up through April 2016.  Install this one update, and then you only need new updates released after April 2016.

Note: Open the above link in Internet Explorer.

Monthly Rollup

Microsoft announcing that non-security updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 will be available as a monthly rollup. Each month, they are release a single update containing all of the non-security fixes for that month.

Simplifying finding and downloading updates

Updates have historically been published on the Microsoft Download Center and the Microsoft Update Catalog.  Security Bulletins have linked directly to update packages on the Microsoft Download Center.