Update KB4015552 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 released

Microsoft released update KB4015552 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 tonight . This is the ” April 2017 – Preview of the monthly quality rollup for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 ” update, as you can see below.

The update KB4015552 is an update rollup and contains some quality improvements and is a preview of the next monthly rollup update from May 2017. Before you can install this update KB4015552 , you must have installed the update KB976932 , which is Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is. A Service Pack 2 for Windows 7 has never officially been released, the update KB3125574 takes over this task as a so-called ” convenience rollup “.

This new update is relatively small and, depending on the operating system version, ranges between 78 – 161MB . The update KB4015552 is distributed via the normal Windows Update function or you can download it via the link at the end of this entry via the Windows Update Catalog .

The following bugs have been fixed in this update:

  • Improve the reliability of dual controller storage systems .
  • Addressed issue with V2 Message Queuing (MSMQ) counters returning data after a clustered resource failure or failover.
  • Problems with updating  time zone information have been fixed.

However, there are still problems with this update in connection with AMD Carrizo DDR processors. Microsoft is currently working on a solution and should publish this with the next update.

You can download the appropriate update KB4015552 here below:

– Download April 2017 – Preview of the monthly quality rollup for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 KB4015552

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