Hi everyone
Please forgive my ignorance but I've looked through this thread and I'm unsure of things.
Firstly can someone say in the most simple terms possible what the upside of installing SP1 and what's the down side.
The issue of auto updating, I have my settings set to inform me when windows update are available and I decide when it installs, are we saying this update sets everything to automatically update?
Thank youIt would be fairly clear after reading through the many posts since this question as to not require a direct response, but since you asked for one, upside of SP1 is it's a single shot update that covers all previous windows updates since release, which not everyone does, beyond that it doesnt offer new features. Waiting for the windows update to prompt you will be a few months down the line in all likelyness and this sp1 update is merely a advanced issue for the more well informed that dont rely on windows update alone.
This thread has definitely switched back and forth a lot. If I hadn't been one of the first ones to get it I would be confused too. It went well for me and I think it went well for the vast majority of people who installed it.Thank you
I'm most definitely ignorant but the first line is a question as I quoted reading the posts but was still not clear.
I got luck I got my SP1 from Softpedia before they changed over to the older one, How do I know this I ran Regedit as shown and my build lab shows 7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850The version of SP1 on Softpedia.com is now the release candidate build and not what is believed to be the final RTM build. For the record, at this time, Softpedia.com is no longer hosting 7601.17514.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850. Instead, they are diverting their visitors to the page for the Release Candidate build, which is older, and a completely different version released some time ago for public testing.
As for whether or not this would solve your problem, I do not know. As stated in our podcast meeting, one of our Microsoft MVPs did contact a MVP lead on Monday about this build. We have received no request to remove the links. To confirm your version, please follow these instructions:
To identify the Windows 7 build string from the registry:
- Click Start, type regedit and press Enter to open the Windows registry
- Navigate to the registry key – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
- As of this date, you will see something like the image below (x64):
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Gambler: Can you please tell us which updates were shown missing?
I had to do an upgrade re-install of Windows 7 before SP1 would install. Windows Update offered 59 updates which I turned down believing SP1 would have them. Of course SP1 only contains updates to 2010-11-19.
I use a free program called Belarc Advisor which creates a profile of your system. Amongst a wealth of other information it includes a list of your installed updates with a direct Microsoft download link beside each one. The report appears in your browser and can be saved.
My system was missing 10 post SP1 updates which I have identified and manually downloaded.
Is Windows Update ignoring systems with SP1 installed?
I had to do an upgrade re-install of Windows 7 before SP1 would install. Windows Update offered 59 updates which I turned down believing SP1 would have them. Of course SP1 only contains updates to 2010-11-19.
I use a free program called Belarc Advisor which creates a profile of your system. Amongst a wealth of other information it includes a list of your installed updates with a direct Microsoft download link beside each one. The report appears in your browser and can be saved.
My system was missing 10 post SP1 updates which I have identified and manually downloaded.
Is Windows Update ignoring systems with SP1 installed?