[issue28592] Installation freezes on C Runtime Install

[Eryk Sun]

Eryk Sun added the comment:

Supported versions of Windows Vista and later should have the CRT update [1] installed via Windows Update. (3.5.2 is bundled with the older KB2999226 update [2].) A Windows 7 system that I checked had this automatically installed last March. But maybe for some reason it's not getting pushed to all systems. Try manually installing the KB3118401 update for x64-based Windows 7.

Steve, do you think it's a good idea to continue bundling the CRT update with the 3.6 installer? When 3.5 was released last year the Universal CRT was new and IIRC not conveniently available as a recommended update in Windows Update, but that's no longer the case AFAIK. 

[1]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3118401
[2]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226

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