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So its up to you whether you want to download and install it or not. Remember this rollup package is completely optional and it will not be offered via Windows Update. After installing this rollup package, you’ll only need to install future updates released after April 2016 if available. Microsoft has named this updates rollup package as “Convenience Rollup ( KB3125574)” and it includes almost all post-SP1 updates through April 2016. You just need to download the rollup package once and then you can install all updates offline without any need of Internet connection each time you perform clean installation of Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2. Now you’ll no longer need to download those hundreds of updates again and again in every fresh installation of these OS and no need to wait for the download completion. Having a single rollup package containing all post-SP1 updates will become a boon for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 users. Related: Windows 7 Keeps Checking for Updates for Hours Many Windows 7 users also face problems in downloading updates via Windows Update as it always keeps showing checking for updates message for hours and does nothing. So it takes lots of time and Internet bandwidth in downloading and installing those updates. There are more than 100 updates and hotfixes which have been released for these OS after the release of SP1.
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Previously whenever you performed a clean install of Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 operating system, you first had to install SP1 and then you needed to download and install all post-SP1 updates via Windows Update program. Here is a great news for all Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users! Microsoft has released “ Convenience Rollup” package for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 operating systems which contains almost all updates and hotfixes which have been released after the release of SP1 (Service Pack 1) for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.