According to the poll, which was conducted in January by Dimensional Research, 46% of the admins said they wouldn't wait for SP1 before deploying Windows 7. That same timeline for Windows 7 SP1 would put its release in late November 2010.īut Windows 7 SP1 may be less important than previous first service packs if a recent survey of over 900 IT administrators is on the button. From start to finish, the Vista SP1 process lasted just over eight months. If Windows 7 SP1 follows the pace set three years ago by Vista SP1, the fourth quarter is a good bet.Īfter much hemming and hawing, Microsoft admitted it would create SP1 for the then-new Vista in late July 2007, announced a schedule in August, seeded an invite-only group of testers with an early build in September, posted a release candidate for public download in December 2007 and formally launched SP1 in mid-March 2008. At the time, Microsoft declined to talk about Windows 7 SP1, with a spokeswoman saying, 'We do not comment on rumors or speculation.' Two weeks ago, a Web site that has regularly predicted release dates for Windows and its service packs said that Microsoft had dumped plans for a 22-month development cycle for Windows 7 SP1, and instead might deliver the upgrade in the fourth quarter of this year. I would suggest turning off auto-updates, or setting to notify only, otherwise it will attempt to apply a lot of 'in between' updates which will be obsoleted by the service pack.It is also possible, if you are seeing high CPU, that you are suffering the 'update jam' cause by a pending Internet Explorer Cumulative - if so, then apply the current cumulative.The XP update system does not seem as refined as for W7 - on XP, it seems you often need to visit the windowsupdate site to get things moving.Microsoft did not spell out a timetable for the service packs, saying only that it would provide more information as release milestones approach. To re-iterate, according to their site, SP3 requires a minimum of SP1, or can also be installed over SP2.SP2 does NOT depend on SP1, so the Microsoft suggestion is to apply SP2 (if not already at SP1), then SP3.

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