I still don't know why SP1 didn't install itself on my own computer
(Home Premium) or my work computer (Enterprise), since both are set
for automatic updates, but it didn't.
Today I installed SP1 on my own computer, and it went fine though I
had a bad moment in the middle.
1. Ran the Readiness Tool at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821
It found no issues.
2. Applied all pending Windows updates. (Microsoft recommends this.
It seems odd, given that SP1 is supposed to include all prior
updates, but I decided not to take chances.)
3. Downloaded SP1 to my desktop.
4. Disconnected from the Internet.
5. Turned off Avast antivirus, closed all running programs.
6. Ran the SP1 installer. It took about 50 minutes. I had a bad
moment when the screen went dark, about 30 minutes into it, and
stayed dark while the disk light flashed madly. Then I remembered:
that's the power-saving setting on my laptop! I moved the mouse, and
the screen reappeared. Whew!
It rebooted only once, though the screen had warned it might reboot
multiple times.
7. Turned Avast back on.
I haven't noticed any changes or problems, which is good. The
initial boot seemed to take rather longer than usual, though it's
hard to be sure because it was also reconfiguring Windows. Return
from hibernation takes the same time it always did.
My system properties now shows Service Pack 1 installed.
I don't promise my sequence of events will work for everyone, and in
particular I really should have done a full backup between steps 2
and 3. But we hear so much about problems, I wanted to share a
success story.
And yes, this is Windows 7. :-)
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
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