If you update W7 regularly you don't need SP1

Why bother?...

If you look at the security update fixes and hotfixes patches provided since one year...i would bother:

List of Available Hotfixes for Windows 7

jimbo45 said:

It doesn't contain any new functionality unlike SP2 / SP3 for XP and who knows - you could even get some Regression as some fixes via W7 Update might actually be NEWER than those contained in SP1.

As pointed out above, SP1 contains hundreds of bug fixes that were never distributed via WU. Plus, there's no reason to be scared of a Service Pack. If your computer wasn't half-broken to begin with, you will have no issues. So, on the contrary, there is no reason not to install SP1 once it's available, but plenty of reasons to do so.

Pirx said:

jimbo45 said:

It doesn't contain any new functionality unlike SP2 / SP3 for XP and who knows - you could even get some Regression as some fixes via W7 Update might actually be NEWER than those contained in SP1.

That's nonsense. As pointed out above, SP1 contains hundreds of bug fixes that were never distributed via WU. Plus, there's no reason to be scared of a Service Pack. If your computer wasn't half-broken to begin with, you will have no issues. So, on the contrary, there is no reason not to install SP1 once it's available, but plenty of reasons to do so.

+1

All the naysayers and pessimists telling you "Why bother, and there's no need to install it, It's not necessary, I'm not missing anything, I've already got most of the updates, The OS just works fine without it" just miss the points entirely, and no one will ever be able to convince them otherwise. It's like talking to a brick wall.
Users just take and use your own common sense and install it when it's finalized and ignore the bad advice of the pessimists telling you not to.

I wouldn't tell somebody to "not" install a service pack once it's out and had a week or so of installs to make sure there isn't a problem.

But I won't recommend that people hunt down leaked copies of the service packs or turn to p2p sites to get a leaked copy of the service pack when it's such a non-event compared to so many other service packs for previous releases of Windows.

Now I realize that for the die-hards, nothing will convince them to not load a leak. But for everybody else, there isn't anything dramatic to be had with this service pack, so I simply don't think it's worth the risk they will take by not knowing what's safe and where to get things.

Who said anything about telling users to install a leak? I surely didn't. "When it's finalized" doesn't mean you're saying go and install a leak.

Telling them to skip it and wait until SP2 or because you "think" you have all the updates through WU already and it's nothing great so don't bother is bad advice.

Airbot said:

Who said anything about telling users to install a leak? I surely didn't. "When it's finalized" doesn't mean you're saying go and install a leak.

Telling them to skip it and wait until SP2 or because you "think" you have all the updates through WU already and it's nothing great so don't bother is bad advice.

My bad, I thought people were talking about installing it right now. I would not skip actually installing a released service pack after a period of time. Sorry, didn't want to give any impression that I was against a service pack. Without a doubt, I will load it to each and every machine that I use and support.

Facts are in the documentation.
https://www.sevenforums.com/windows-u...ck-1-faqs.html