My understanding is that the Win7 SP1 contains only all the updates up to the current time. So if you are up to date then there is little or nor benefit from installing SP1.
However, when the Vista SP1 update came out they also released a "Cleanup" routine that cleaned up (deleted) all the de-install stuff that all the previous Vista updates had installed. The de-install stuff is what makes the winsxs directory get so large. The cleanup routine removed all of the pre-SP1 data from winxsx and saved most people a couple of GB of disk space.
Of course doing this meant it was impossible to go back to the pre-SP1 version of Vista. Not a major concern for most people I think.
Since my Win7 boot drive is a 64GB SSD I'd like to get that space back.
However, when the Vista SP1 update came out they also released a "Cleanup" routine that cleaned up (deleted) all the de-install stuff that all the previous Vista updates had installed. The de-install stuff is what makes the winsxs directory get so large. The cleanup routine removed all of the pre-SP1 data from winxsx and saved most people a couple of GB of disk space.
Of course doing this meant it was impossible to go back to the pre-SP1 version of Vista. Not a major concern for most people I think.
Since my Win7 boot drive is a 64GB SSD I'd like to get that space back.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom built
- OS
- Win7-64
- CPU
- Intel i7-3770S
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-M
- Memory
- 16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia GT630
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- dual
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200 (primary) 1050x1680 (secondary)
- Hard Drives
- 128GB SSD (boot)
64GB SSD (Temp/My Documents)
500GB (photos/videos)
1TB (rendered video, backups)
- PSU
- 650W
- Case
- Thermaltake A30
- Cooling
- Thermaltake
- Keyboard
- Logitech Lighted
- Mouse
- Kensington Expert Mouse (trackball)
- Internet Speed
- FIOS 35/35
- Antivirus
- MS Security Essentials
- Browser
- Chrome (beta)
