

In other words, it performs a very similar role to what Windows 7 Service Pack 2 would have done, if only Windows 7 Service Pack 2 were to exist. Installing the rollup will perform five years of patching in one shot. The company has published a "convenience rollup" for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (and Windows Server 2008 R2), which in a single package contains all the updates, both security and non-security, released since the Service Pack, up through April 2016. The answer to that particular question will, unfortunately, remain a mystery, but Microsoft did today announce a change that will greatly reduce the pain of this process.

Typically, this means multiple trips to Windows Update and multiple reboots in order to get the system fully up-to-date, and it is a process that is at best tedious, typically leading one to wonder why, at the very least, it cannot pull down all the updates at once and apply them with just a single reboot. Service Pack 1 for the operating system was released in 2011, meaning that a fresh install has five years of individual patches to download and install. Windows Vista SP1 information and downloads can be found on the Windows Vista SP1 TechNet page.Anyone who's installed Windows 7 any time in the last, oh, five years or so probably didn't enjoy the experience very much. Note: Windows Server 2008 released with Service Pack 1 included. Please make sure that your system is running Service Pack 1 before you install Service Pack 2. Service Pack 1 is a prerequisite for installing Service Pack 2. By providing these fixes integrated into a single service pack for both client and server, Microsoft provides a single high-quality update that minimizes deployment and testing complexity for customers. SP2 is an update to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista that incorporates improvements discovered through automated feedback, as well as updates that have been delivered since SP1. SP2 simplifies administration by enabling IT administrators to deploy and support a single service pack for clients and servers. Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (SP2) is an update to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that supports new kinds of hardware and emerging hardware standards, and includes all updates delivered since SP1.
