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February 23, 2011 |
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February 23, 2011 |
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Introduction |
Before downloading and installing SP1 for Windows 7, you
need to check if it is already installed or not. In this
article, I will be showing you two methods to verify if
SP1 is installed or not.
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To check if Windows 7 SP1 is
already installed, follow the below steps:
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Click the
Start button
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right-click Computer,
and then click Properties.

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The basic
information about your computer page will open

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If Service Pack
1 is listed under
Windows
edition, SP1 would be already installed on your
computer.
For example, in the below snapshot, you can see
that Windows 7 SP1 is not installed, as the
Windows edition is only Windows 7 Ultimate

After Windows 7 SP1 is installed, it will be
displayed as :

You can also know if SP1
is installed by using winver
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Click the
Start button
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and inside the Search
programs and files
textbox, type winver
and then
click on
winver.exe

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The About Windows
page will open.
The below snapshot is for a Windows 7 without
SP1

whereas this one is for Windows 7 with SP1, as
you can see its now Build 7601

Summary
In this article I have shown you two different
methods to check if SP1 for Windows 7 is already
installed or your system or not. Doing so, will make you
decide whether SP1 for Windows 7 is required or not.
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