Unlike previous Service Packs, Windows 7 SP1 does not contain any major improvements it’s basically a rollup of updates that have been released for the operating system since it went to manufacturing July 22 nd 2009.
Microsoft released the first beta back in June 2010 followed by a Release Candidate late October 2010 and the final RTM availability (February 16 th 2011 MSDN/TechNet subscribers) and public Availability (February 22 nd 2011). I installed Service Pack 1 release for Windows 7 a couple of days ago and I decided it would be a good opportunity to chronicle my experience. Installing a Service Pack is nothing new, but there are some pre-requisites users should take into account to ensure a smooth installation.
