Win7 patch helps users remove redundant updates

This week, Microsoft released a Windows 7 update patch to help computer users remove the various patches that have been downloaded before, alleviating the problem of some users' hard disk space. This action fully shows that although Microsoft did not intend to push a second service pack for Windows 7, it did not give up the update to the most widely used and most commonly used system.

In the Microsoft official blog for services and work, I have discussed updates about Windows 7. And in the blog post, Microsoft said that the Windows 7 system has a WinSxS directory for storing Windows update files. According to the original design of Windows 7, these files can only be emptied after the user installs a new service pack and has determined that these security patches are no longer needed.
Although the function settings of the WinSxS directory are very reasonable, this problem will arise. If a new service pack has not been released, it means that the update file will remain in that directory. Coincidentally, things are going to continue to develop in the worst case. Since Microsoft released a service pack patch for Windows 7 since 2009, there has been no plan to release a patch. This means that the WinSxS directory has been filled with at least two years of updates, many of which were released earlier this week.
So on Tuesday, Microsoft released a Windows 7 SP1 Disk Update Wizard instead of a full patch. This way the user will be able to delete the old Windows 7 update files in the WinSxS directory. It should be noted that currently in the Windows update, this disk update wizard is marked as "important" rather than "critical", so this means that some users have to change the Windows update settings. In order to download the disk update wizard, or manually download the patch from the Microsoft official website, eliminating the need to change the settings.