Microsoft Pushes Windows 7 SP1 Update, With End of Support Near Discussion

With support for non-updated Windows 7 PCs due to end on April 9, Microsoft has started pushing out SP1 automatically through Windows Update.

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Disappointed they still haven't released SP2.

 

What are you looking for in SP2 that hasn't been rolling out in regular hotfixes/patches? The SP system is there mainly for enterprise IT teams to simplify the deployment of a common baseline for hundreds/thousands of systems. To the end-user, there's no real difference. Besides, there's quite a few rumors going around that MS is not planning to release a SP2 for W7.

 

It's not a rumor, it's a fact!

 

Trying to reply to last guy.
I recently did a fresh install of Win7Pro Sp1.
I had about 125 updates after ?
At one point it said there are 99 updates installing upon shutdown.

It's simple. Every 6 months package things up into 1 file. It makes it easier to keep a system up to date.

 

A single file to download or integrate into an installation DVD so I'm not downloading 100+ updates every time I do a fresh install.

 

I agree that Microsoft needs to consolidate all the updates (or at least all the security updates that are essentially similar) to reduce the number of updates that Win7 users have to upload and install separately. Ever Win7 user who needs to do a clean install -- and every Win7 user who hasn't been using automatic updates and hasn't installed updates in a while -- ends up spending an hour or more updating Windows ... and that's assuming you have extremely fast internet access. If you've got a slow connection you might end up wasting an entire afternoon or evening installing all the various updates and going through the multiple required restarts.

 

If that's the concern and you do frequent clean-installs, I'd take a look at making a slipstreamed W7 DVD.

 

Thanks! I do frequent clean-installs at work all the time so this might come in real handy for me. I've already made "all-in-one" Windows 7 SP1 discs but I'd like to streamline even more of the installations and updates. I also use Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once to streamline and automatically install common programs like Adobe Air/Flash, Java, MSE, Quicktime, and a few others. This speeds up my work tremendously.