If you mosey over to the Windows Update panel in Windows 7 (click start and type “Windows Update”), you should be able to get a list of installed updates by clicking the “View Update History” link in the left side menu. Microsoft doesn’t exactly make it easy for you to figure out which hotfixes you have installed. For example, Microsoft says that systems with hotfixes ( 2406705, 979350 or 983534) will block the installation of the service pack and may experience problems as a result. If you decide to go forward with this Service Pack, there are several important considerations, particularly if your system has certain hotfixes installed (hotfixes are small patches designed to address specific - not necessarily security - issues). Otherwise, I would urge Windows 7 users who are up-to-date to ignore this offering, at least for now. In that case, Service Pack 1 would streamline the process quite a bit. My take? I’d say that the main benefit of this service pack for Windows 7 users would be if you were considering re-installing the operating system for some reason.

If you are staying up-to-date in security patches, you are not going to gain much by installing this service pack, which contains a few uber-geeky feature improvements that are mostly a bonus for users of Windows Server 2008 R2 - not Windows 7. If you’re thinking about installing this update, read on for a few caveats and tips that may change your mind.įirst off, this service pack is mainly a bundle of previously-released security updates. For Windows 7 Service Pack 1, download the file is now offering Windows 7 users “Service Pack 1,” a bundle of security updates and minor feature improvements.For Update for Windows 7 (KB2533623), download it from this link of Microsoft's official website.For Windows 7 Service Pack 1, download the file from Windows7 Service Pack-1 download page.Go to: My Computer -> Properties and check the System Type. Your system is missing the Update for Windows 7 (KB2533623), hence in your Python installation log file it is showing detected windows 7 sp1 without kb2533625, although it should have been detected windows 7 sp1 without KB2533623, I think this is a mistake from Python developers. To install Python 3.7 or 3.8, in windows 7 operating system, you need to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 first and then Update for Windows 7 (KB2533623) (if not installed already).

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