Uh, what the title says. You may have read a million articles that all say the same thing: nothing much new here unless you're running a server edition, mostly an update rollup. An HDMI audio fix is mentioned; hopefully W7 will no longer panic when it detects an onboard & VGA audio device in use simulataneously.

Available today at your local Windows Update store. Standalone is here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda

If there are any enterprising individuals who try to slipstream it, please share your success or troubles along the way!

I wondered when the first service pack was gonna get released. I've never upgraded with an SP for the added features to benefit from personally, but only if a specific piece of software I've wanted to use has required it.

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit and I attempted to install SP1 through Windows Update but it got stuck at 25% during installation for more than an hour. Clicking on "Cancel" to stop installation did not work; CTRL-ALT-DEL to cancel it through the Task Manager did not work, the Restart option on the Shut Down menu did not work so I had to shut it down through the power button. I had to use System Restore and Startup Repair to restore it to the state prior to attempting SP1 installation.

I'll have to do some research on how to successfully update to SP1 in the coming days.

Updated to SP1 on Windows 7 64 bit, now get an error message that FSinsider is corrupted when I start FSX. Also changed a number of my settings on different devices such as sound.

A word of advice to anyone who is thinking of upgrading to SP1. Don't get it just for the sheer hell of it or to be able to say you've got 'Windows 7 Service Pack 1'. Only bother with it if you genuinely think it will benefit your computer use or you know for a fact that it will address a serious issue you have.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it (and break other stuff in the process).

Good advice Flyboy. Regret letting my computer do the update. Now can't restore to a previous restore point. May have to reinstall Windows or try an advanced recovery

Did the update, haven't had a chance to test everything yet. Went smoothly!

No problems here. Took about 15 minutes. No changes that I can detect, but I wasn't expecting any, either.

No problems noted on my install either.

Installed it on both my desktop (64-bit) and my netbook (32-bit) without any issues.