14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 7 clients across the world have started receiving an update this morning which is specifically designed to help ease the transition to a newer operating system, such as Windows 8.
Microsoft hasn’t rolled this out on Patch Tuesday, but instead decided to wait a little bit longer, most likely in order to allow everyone to discover the benefits of moving to Windows 8.1.
KB2952664 is showing up on all Windows 7 computers, no matter if they’re running the 32- or the 64-bit, and promises to optimize the system for an upgrade to Windows 8.1.
“This update helps Microsoft make improvements to the current operating system in order to ease the upgrade experience to the latest version of Windows,” Microsoft says in a very short description posted on its website.
The bulletin is marked as “Important,” has only 2.4 MB in size, and is also supposed to fix some issues in Windows, according to the information posted on Windows Update.
As WindowsITPro reports, the update was first rolled out on April 22, but some computers are only now getting it, so it might take a while until it shows up on all Windows 7 machines. Users are recommended to install it, even if they do not intend to switch to Windows 8 or 8.1 anytime soon.