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4 hours ago, burd said:

Thats some good and bad news :)

Good News That we got some final updates(which werent expected)

Bad News They were the last ones :(

I would like to know what were present in those updates,please tell us as soon as you find out :)

This is the update that you need to install first: KB4015195

After you installed KB4015195 and reboot, you will need to apply these updates:

KB890830 (Malicious Software Removal Tool)
KB915597 (Windows Defender)
KB4014661 (Cumulative Security Update)
KB4014652 (Security Update)
KB4014793 (Security Update)
KB4014794 (Security Update)
KB4014984 (.NET Framework Security and Quality Rollup)
KB4015067 (Security Update)
KB4015380 (Security Update)
KB4015383 (Security Update)
KB4017018 (Update)
KB4017094 (Security Update for Microsoft Silverlight)

As far as I know, there are actually 12 updates including the final Windows Defender update.

All updates beyond KB4017094 will only be made available for Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

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3 hours ago, ppgrainbow said:

This is the update that you need to install first: KB4015195

After you installed KB4015195 and reboot, you will need to apply these updates:

KB890830 (Malicious Software Removal Tool)
KB915597 (Windows Defender)
KB4014661 (Cumulative Security Update)
KB4014652 (Security Update)
KB4014793 (Security Update)
KB4014794 (Security Update)
KB4014984 (.NET Framework Security and Quality Rollup)
KB4015067 (Security Update)
KB4015380 (Security Update)
KB4015383 (Security Update)
KB4017018 (Update)
KB4017094 (Security Update for Microsoft Silverlight)

As far as I know, there are actually 12 updates including the final Windows Defender update.

All updates beyond KB4017094 will only be made available for Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.

some really good updates that could make vista last for many years with a good antivirus i'd say unless some new vulnerabilities are discovered

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On 10.04.2017 at 11:30 AM, greenhillmaniac said:

Actually, I've tested this, and .NET Framework 4.6.1 installs just fine on Vista. No errors whatsoever (I haven't tested .NET Framework 4.6.2, but I assume it's the same)

Unfortunately 4.6.2 doesn't work on Vista, installer shows the usual 'not applicable to your os', so 4.6.1 is the last working version on vista, and unfortunately, after you install 4.6.1, WU won't find any new updates even though it should install the 4.6 part of .net framework april rollup for Vista, so you have to install it manually, fortunately, the installer detects 4.6.1 version correctly even though 4.6.1 is technically not meant for us (or is it? while I was trying to install 4.6.1 a few days ago, it downloaded files for Windows 6.0, and official requirements do not mention any Windows based on 6.0 kernel and at the same time it installs with no problem, really weird).

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5 hours ago, Mine Turtle said:

Unfortunately 4.6.2 doesn't work on Vista, installer shows the usual 'not applicable to your os', so 4.6.1 is the last working version on vista, and unfortunately, after you install 4.6.1, WU won't find any new updates even though it should install the 4.6 part of .net framework april rollup for Vista, so you have to install it manually, fortunately, the installer detects 4.6.1 version correctly even though 4.6.1 is technically not meant for us (or is it? while I was trying to install 4.6.1 a few days ago, it downloaded files for Windows 6.0, and official requirements do not mention any Windows based on 6.0 kernel and at the same time it installs with no problem, really weird).

seems good,if we are able to get a extended vista/7 then it should be easy to install newer .net framework i suppose,but lets see if someone is lending a hand in that project,time will tell

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On Πέμπτη, 13 Απρίλιος 2017 at 8:41 PM, Mine Turtle said:

Unfortunately 4.6.2 doesn't work on Vista, installer shows the usual 'not applicable to your os', so 4.6.1 is the last working version on vista, and unfortunately, after you install 4.6.1, WU won't find any new updates

You are correct - the last version of .NET Framework 4.x.x that would install on Vista (Home Premium SP2 x86 here) is 4.6.1; but the last version officially supported by MS on Vista is 4.6, so WU won't offer you to install 4.6.1 if you have 4.6 already installed; as I see it, if you have 4.5.2 installed, WU will find updates for 4.5.2 and offer an in-place upgrade to 4.6; if the upgrade is chosen and applied, only updates for 4.6 are found. 

The full standalone installer for 4.6.1 is file "NDP461-KB3102436-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe" and can be fetched via MS Download Center; this will install fine on your fully patched Vista OS, replacing your previous .NET FW 4.x.x version and all of its updates. 

Sadly, as pointed out by @Mine Turtle, being an unsupported version means that WU won't be able to find any updates for it :angry:. One can always track down in MS Security Bulletins (now discontinued) or Microsoft Catalog individual updates for 4.6/4.6.1 destined for Windows 7 SP1, fetch them to disk and apply them manually...

I am lucky with regards to the tracking part, because sister's laptop runs W7 SP1 x64 with .NET FW 4.6.1 (purposely not upgraded yet to 4.6.2) and I am monitoring what .NET FW updates this gets, write down their KB numbers and then download their x86 flavours and apply them manually in my Vista laptop.

For anyone curious/needing those, here's a capture (via snipping tool) of the .NET Framework 4.6.1 section of my "Installed Updates" list (4.6.1 was manually installed last May):

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As for 4.6.2, its .EXE installer may have been "artificially" made incompatible with Vista or it may indeed be the case that 4.6.2 as a whole requires API functions not present in the Vista OS; really inapt to tell...

And since v4.6/4.6.1 is still supported on W7, it may well be that future security/performance updates for 4.6/4.6.1 on W7 could be manually applied on Vista, too (unless MS plays it nasty and blocks them via an OS check switch or whatever :wacko:).

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