I'm not saying that a problem is likely, not at all. This is just to let others experience any problems that might be part of the update, and to either allow SP1 to be fixed as needed or, for support sites and the Microsoft Knowledgebase to accumulate any workarounds to problems that people have experienced. I'd probably wait a few months, say June, 2011 or so. That doesn't necessarily mean that you should just immediately install it, though. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available. In answering the question Should I Install Windows 7 Service Pack 1? he says: Susan Bradley wrote about SP1 in the paid edition, so I won't go into detail on what she said other than to say that she suggested waiting. He suggests installing it eventually, but not now.Ī short version of the Windows Secrets newsletter is free, you need to donate to get a longer edition. Summing it up, he says that SP1 "adds surprisingly little to Windows 7" and "there's not a single significant enhancement". In the Windows Secrets newsletter, Woody Leonhard recently offered a summary of the new features in the service pack. Many others have offered their opinions on installing Windows 7 Service Pack 1. If you are re-installing Windows 7 from scratch, the first thing to do is get up to speed on disk image backups. I have read recommendations that if you are re-installing Windows 7 then the first thing to do on the newly installed copy is to install SP1. This way, problems surface before you have become dependent on the machine, while tech support is still available and while restoring to a factory fresh state is a viable option. Then, when you are reasonably confident the machine is not a lemon, would be a good time to install Service Pack 1. What about new Windows 7 PCs without SP1?Īs with any new computer, you should initially kick the tires as much as possible. According to Computerworld, sometime in April the first new Windows 7 machines will ship with SP1 pre-installed.
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