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Windows 7: Is the Windows SP1 worth of installing?
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25 Nov 2011
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#1 | |
Dual Booting Windows 7 64-Bit Ultimate Edition and Fedora 16. India |
Is the Windows SP1 worth of installing?
I installed the SP1 when it was released.
I experienced several problems regarding compatibility with programs.
As the question states I want to know that should I upgrade to SP1 now that new updates have come?
YBL. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number AMD _(Assembled)_
OS Dual Booting Windows 7 64-Bit Ultimate Edition and Fedora 16.
CPU AMD Phenom X4 925
Motherboard MSI 785g-E53
Memory 4gb DDR3 G.skill RipJaws
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 6770
Sound Card Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays Dell IN2020M LED
Screen Resolution 1600*900 20"
Keyboard Logitech K100
Mouse Razor Death Adder v2 3500 dPi (Razer Goliathus Pad)
PSU Cooler Master
Case Cooler Master
Cooling Cooler Master
Hard Drives Seagate 500 Gibs
External 320 Gb Western Digital(Got Glitchy)
Internet Speed Back to college Internet with Cyberroam X|
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25 Nov 2011
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#2 | |
Windows® 7 Home Premium SP-1 |
i installed it.. but got the same question myself so ...  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
OS Windows® 7 Home Premium SP-1
CPU Intel Pentium(R) E5200 @ 2.50GHz
Motherboard Intel Corporation DG41WV (PROCESSOR)
Memory 4096 MBytes Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 398MHz
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5450 (ASUStek Computer Inc)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays DELL E170S on ATI Radeon HD 5450
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 pixels
Keyboard Logitech PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse A4 Tech Co Ltd/Logitech
PSU 400W
Case Nothing Fancy
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives 466GB Western Digital WDC
Internet Speed 512 Kbps
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials & Malwarebytes
Browser Chrome & Internet Explorer 9
Other Info Imation 8 GB USB, 6 GB Seagate External Hard drive, ASUS DVD-E818A7T ATA Device
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25 Nov 2011
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#3 | |
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Hello guys,
Yes, I believe that it's worth installing the SP1 for the updates and patches that it provides. You might see if this may help for any other details and FAQs though. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 FAQs, installation issues and helpful links | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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25 Nov 2011
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#4 | |
Dual Booting Windows 7 64-Bit Ultimate Edition and Fedora 16. India |
Ah! thanks.
But, this makes me ask another question, is the RTM final release different/better than the (i dont know) first release?
*reading the post*
YBL | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number AMD _(Assembled)_
OS Dual Booting Windows 7 64-Bit Ultimate Edition and Fedora 16.
CPU AMD Phenom X4 925
Motherboard MSI 785g-E53
Memory 4gb DDR3 G.skill RipJaws
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 6770
Sound Card Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays Dell IN2020M LED
Screen Resolution 1600*900 20"
Keyboard Logitech K100
Mouse Razor Death Adder v2 3500 dPi (Razer Goliathus Pad)
PSU Cooler Master
Case Cooler Master
Cooling Cooler Master
Hard Drives Seagate 500 Gibs
External 320 Gb Western Digital(Got Glitchy)
Internet Speed Back to college Internet with Cyberroam X|
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25 Nov 2011
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#5 | |
Dual Booting Windows 7 64-Bit Ultimate Edition and Fedora 16. India |
Quote: Originally Posted by koolkat77  i installed it.. but got the same question myself so ... I got several issues with programs, I think/expect that it was because of the new programs were not yet fully compatible with SP1 ?!? and that now all programs would have fixed those issues.
YBL | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number AMD _(Assembled)_
OS Dual Booting Windows 7 64-Bit Ultimate Edition and Fedora 16.
CPU AMD Phenom X4 925
Motherboard MSI 785g-E53
Memory 4gb DDR3 G.skill RipJaws
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 6770
Sound Card Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays Dell IN2020M LED
Screen Resolution 1600*900 20"
Keyboard Logitech K100
Mouse Razor Death Adder v2 3500 dPi (Razer Goliathus Pad)
PSU Cooler Master
Case Cooler Master
Cooling Cooler Master
Hard Drives Seagate 500 Gibs
External 320 Gb Western Digital(Got Glitchy)
Internet Speed Back to college Internet with Cyberroam X|
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25 Nov 2011
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#6 | |
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Quote: Originally Posted by youllbelost Ah! thanks.
But, this makes me ask another question, is the RTM final release different/better than the (i dont know) first release?
*reading the post*
YBL The current and only SP1 available is the RTM final release. It is one in the same. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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25 Nov 2011
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#7 | |
Win7 x 6 PC's California, Florida, Boston |
If you don't have Service Pack then you don't have Windows 7 as it exists now.
It's like an overhaul of a car engine - it becomes the engine.
Users once avoided XP SP3 because it was thought to have issues - now we don't even want to use an XP installer without it because it's XP's last link to modernity. | | My System Specs | | |
25 Nov 2011
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
Never download and install any preview, beta or similar versions of a new service pack, unless you're willing to be a guinea pig.
Always wait for the final (RTM) release. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz
Motherboard Asus PL5D2
Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Monitor(s) Displays Acer
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI)
Keyboard Standard
Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse
PSU Antec TruePower 2.0
Case Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling various fans
Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up
Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc.
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26 Nov 2011
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#9 | |
Microsoft Windows 8 Professional |
Quote: Originally Posted by youllbelost I installed the SP1 when it was released.
I experienced several problems regarding compatibility with programs.
As the question states I want to know that should I upgrade to SP1 now that new updates have come?
YBL. Not a single compatability issue here at my place, 6 computers, or at work, where i manage 150 computers, perhaps, your installation is not legit or its compromised with virus or spyware? | | My System Specs | | OS Microsoft Windows 8 Professional
CPU AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
Motherboard ECS A790GXM-AD3
Memory 16.00 GB
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Sound Card (1) C-Media PCI Audio Device (2) AMD HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays LG LS192WS
Screen Resolution 1440 x 900 @ 32bit color
Keyboard Dell SK-8115
Mouse Razer Copperhead
PSU Corsair HX620
Case Thermaltake V4 Black Edition
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 + Artic Silver 3 on CPU/GPU
Hard Drives (1) ST31000524AS SATA Disk Device (2) ST3500413AS SATA Disk Device AHCI mode enabled.
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26 Nov 2011
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#10 | |
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IMHO, SP1 is an important update, especially for the server flavor | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number My Build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Q6600 (G1) @ 3.33 GHz
Motherboard Asus P5W-DH Deluxe
Memory 8 GB Patriot Extreme @ 1000 MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire ATi HD6870 1 GB @ 1050/4800 MHz
Sound Card On board ALCHD 6-CH
Monitor(s) Displays LCD 22"
PSU 1000W
Case Self Modded
Cooling IceAge Prima Boss II
Hard Drives 2x 500 GB (Raid 0)
1x 1000 GB (Storage)
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