Microsoft doesn’t exactly make it easy for you to figure out which hotfixes you have installed. For example, Microsoft says that systems with hotfixes ( 2406705, 979350 or 983534) will block the installation of the service pack and may experience problems as a result. If you decide to go forward with this Service Pack, there are several important considerations, particularly if your system has certain hotfixes installed (hotfixes are small patches designed to address specific - not necessarily security - issues). Otherwise, I would urge Windows 7 users who are up-to-date to ignore this offering, at least for now. In that case, Service Pack 1 would streamline the process quite a bit.

My take? I’d say that the main benefit of this service pack for Windows 7 users would be if you were considering re-installing the operating system for some reason.

If you are staying up-to-date in security patches, you are not going to gain much by installing this service pack, which contains a few uber-geeky feature improvements that are mostly a bonus for users of Windows Server 2008 R2 - not Windows 7. If you’re thinking about installing this update, read on for a few caveats and tips that may change your mind.įirst off, this service pack is mainly a bundle of previously-released security updates. Microsoft is now offering Windows 7 users “Service Pack 1,” a bundle of security updates and minor feature improvements.

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