Windows 10 upgrade patch mandatory push: must be installed

Not long ago we found that an upgrade patch numbered KB3035583 seems to be preparing for Windows 7/8.1 upgrade to Windows 10, and some even called it "Windows 10 Downloader", but Microsoft has been avoiding it. Do not talk.

Now, there are two similar patches, Windows 7 SP1 KB2990214, Windows 8.1 KB3044374, which have been pushed, and are mandatory and must be installed.

A netizen who claims to be a Microsoft engineer, "joscon" explained that these two patches can not only help the old system upgrade to Windows 10 in the future, but also bring a lot of improvements to Windows Update, so you are I need it very much, I can't skip it.

He said: "From the title of the knowledge base article, it can be seen that these Windows Update clients are part of the future Windows 10 upgrade system and will take effect after the new system is released, but for the old version of the system. Useful, belongs to the regular Windows Update client. Even if you don't plan to upgrade to Windows 10, these patches are for you, so don't assume that you can skip them. They have been pushed today and are of an important level. ”

The server-side Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, 2012 R2 system also has these two patches, in order to upgrade to "Windows 10 Server" in the future.