Question Updating windows 7 through service pack (offline)

[garvind25]

Hi,



I have an old desktop (Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor, Gigabyte G41 mobo and 1 TB Sata magnetic HDD). To keep my processor and Mobo alive, I am using Windows 7 32 bit. It is vanilla flavor OS without any service packs.

As I can see on the internet, there were three service packs that were released by windows. I wanted to know the following about them:

1. Is it advisable to install service packs on my present PC hardware? I don’t have a reason for doing this but just wanted to know if it is OK to do so?
2. I have never installed a service pack. How can I do it offline? Do I need to download it and simply run it while I am logged into my Windows 7
3. Also since there are three service packs released, do I need to download all three of them and then install each of them sequentially or can I simply download the third service pack and install it?

I look for ward to your replies.



Thanks,

Arvind Gupta.

 

[stonecarver]

Yes you can install offline. I can't speak for the ones you're getting or from what source there coming from.

Been awhile but I always did one at a time than the restarts then move to the next one.

Where I find the hard part of doing a virgin current install of Windows 7 is the dot.nets and those kinds of installs as Microsoft still has the pages up but get file not found.

 

[michael diemer]

Many people use Simplex updater. It will update your system to May 2023, believe it or not. I would install SP1 first, then run Simplix. more detailed help can be found on Seven Forums. (Apologies for suggesting another forum, but we are dealing with a legacy operating system, and that is one of the best places to get this kind of help).

You can find the download on Major Geeks. Don't let the fact that it appears to be a Russian thing scare you. In fact, the guy who did it is Ukrainian. It is perfectly safe.

Another great thing about it: it will not install telemetry or other intrusive Microsoft updates, only the ones you really need.

Still, having gotten Windows 7 as up-to-date as it can be, it is best to use it offline. I go online with it only briefly, for specific things I need. I don't use it as my daily driver, for that I use Linux. I use it mainly for composing music, as it is difficult to do that on Linux.