In message <u8q235$3pdj2$1@dont-email.me> at Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:41:23,
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> writes
>On 7/13/2023 5:49 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
[]
>> So I'll leave well alone (-:
>> (I image C: from time to time anyway - backing up D: by copying,
>> somewhat more often - so I should be OK anyway, failing hardware
>> failure. I was just [mildly] curious.)
[]
>Testing in a VM, and honing your craft, is a cheaper way to do it,
>than making an unending stream of backups and restores on the live system.
>
> Paul
>
>
By "stream of backups", I presume you mean incremental ones. I only do
full images. (I'm not even sure Macrium Free can _do_ incremental ones.)
--
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:49:51 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"
<G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

>In message <2fl0bi5pbnr0h8je79tidaift80416r9fo@4ax.com> at Thu, 13 Jul
>2023 15:53:33, gfretwell@aol.com writes
>>On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:05:33 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"
>><G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>In message <u8of1d$3k44k$1@dont-email.me> at Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:10:04,
>>>wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.invalid> writes
>>>[]
>>>>Windows 7 x64 Updates (2011-2019) ISO
>>>> - https://archive.org/details/7upd-64-1
>>>>
>>>Do you have a similar link for the x86 version? (I tried "7upd-32-1" and
>>>just "7upd", and "7upd-32", but none worked.)
>>
>>I downloaded that package Paul talked about a few days ago but I
>>haven't had time to try it. I want to image my disk first in case
>>things go sideways. Life keeps getting in the way.
>
>Ah, would that be
>"windows6.1-kb3125574-v4-x86_ba1ff5537312561795cc04db0b02fbb0a74b2cbd
>[Windows 7 SP1 Convenience Rollup (32-bit)].msu"? (Bit in [] added by
>me.) 331,377,414 bytes. I just wondered if the thing wasbit mentioned
>was something different. (Apart from being 64-bit, obviously.)
>
>Just out of curiosity, I tried the normal Windows Update on this machine
>(which I bought, second-hand but I suspect with a new version of 7SP1-32
>on it, earlier this year); I'm perfectly happy with it as it is, I just
>set it to "tell me if any are available" after we'd been having this
>discussion. It said - fairly quickly, about two or three seconds of
>"Checking for updates" - "Windows could not search for new updates
>An error occurred while checking for |
>new updates for your computer. | Try again
>
>Error(s) found:
>
>Code 80072EFE Windows Update encountered an unknown error.
> Get help with this error"
>
>(which I didn't click on. [Clicking Try again repeated the process.])
>
>So I'll leave well alone (-:
>
>(I image C: from time to time anyway - backing up D: by copying,
>somewhat more often - so I should be OK anyway, failing hardware
>failure. I was just [mildly] curious.)

It was the WSUSOFFLINE deal. That is a utility that goes to microsoft
and gets the updates, then installs them. I still haven't installed
them but I have a bunch of updates. I just haven't had time to screw
with it. These are machines made from scratch. This one got the
updates from the original package years ago.