Win7 Leaked Builds and Windows Update ... A Question


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Hi guys (and gals), just a quick question, I have just installed my first leaked build for a loooong time and was wondering if the leaked builds worked with Windows Update? The reason I ask is that the build I have now(7232 x64) has not found any updates (exept for morro definitions). The official was finding quite a lot and then the Langues on top. Is it that leaks are more "uptodate" and dont need these updates or is it, which i suspect, that they are somehow bypassing the "official" update site somehow? sorry if this has been answerd before, but a quick search brought nothing back.

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It's a bit of both really.

Leaked builds aren't obviously meant for public use therefore there's no need for MS to provide updates for it and any updates provided in the RC will already be included in later builds.

The only updates you should see are definition updates for windows defender and any hardware driver updates that might be available.

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Yea, thats what I thought. I was just a bit suprised when the latest nVidia GFX driver never showed up tbh. Will the same be for the RTM (if/when it leakes)?, I would of thought it would be implemented but probly to a differnt site, one that doesnt go live till the official release ( i remember seeing the word "beta" in a url somwhere for the RC update site).

Cheers :)

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I asked Sinofsky that question in the "Engineering Windows 7" blog and he stated that leaked builds will not get updates in general. But they will get critical and important updates such as those related to security patches. :)

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