In computing, a service pack comprises a collection of updates, fixes, or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package. Companies often release a service pack when the number of individual patches to a given program reaches a certain (arbitrary) limit, or the software release has shown to be stabilized with a limited number of remaining issues based on users' feedback and bug reports. In large software applications such as office suites, operating systems, database software, or network management, it is not uncommon to have a service pack issued within the first year or two of a product's release. Installing a service pack is easier and less error-prone than installing many individual patches, even more so when updating multiple computers over a network, where service packs are common.
Service packs are usually numbered, and thus shortly referred to as SP1, SP2, SP3 etc.[1] They may also bring, besides bug fixes,[2] entirely new features, as is the case of SP2 of Windows XP (e.g. Windows Security Center), or SP3 and SP4 of the heavily database dependent Trainz 2009: World Builder Edition.[3]
^One counterexample is Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a
^Example of Service Pack list of changes for a multi-module/multi-mode software product: Trainz SP2 involved feature changes and bug fixes
^Trainz Railway Simulators Service Packs Table versus major release version titles
In computing, a servicepack comprises a collection of updates, fixes, or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable...
before it. Three servicepacks have been released for Windows XP. ServicePack 3 is slightly different, in that it needs at least ServicePack 1 to have been...
Longhorn was reset to start work on componentizing the Windows Server 2003 ServicePack 1 codebase, and over time re-incorporating the features that would be...
ServicePack 2 may refer to: Windows 2000, ServicePack 2 Windows Server 2003, ServicePack 2 Windows Server 2008, ServicePack 2 Windows Vista, Service...
some of Longhorn's major development work on hold while developing new servicepacks for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Development of Longhorn (Windows...
of Windows NT team, "Jim Allchin didn't like codenames". Windows 2000 ServicePack 1 was codenamed "Asteroid" and Windows 2000 64-bit was codenamed "Janus...
software in this edition without installing ServicePack 1[citation needed]. Despite supporting XML Web services and ASP.NET, UDDI cannot be deployed on Windows...
requires Windows 2000 with ServicePack 4, Windows XP with at least ServicePack 2 or Windows Server 2003 with at least ServicePack 1. It is the last version...
the same kernel and code tree as Windows Server 2003 and is serviced by the same servicepacks. However, it includes client features of Windows XP such as...
install servicepacks cumulatively is no longer available in ServicePack 3 as it requires at least ServicePack 1 to be installed first (ServicePack 2 in...
part of Windows XP ServicePack 2. The 2005 edition is available as a servicepack upgrade, or as a new OEM version. ServicePack 2 for Windows XP includes...
security enhancements, stability improvements, and software bug fixes; each servicepack could be installed as a separate Client or Full File update version:...
released at an interval of three–four years, while minor versions (called "ServicePacks") are released about every 12 months. SUSE Linux Enterprise products...
themes. The first servicepack was made available half a year after the original release and fixed several small bugs. The second servicepack mainly introduced...
same as Windows 7 Ultimate. In-place upgrade from Windows Vista with ServicePack 1 to Windows 7 is supported if the processor architecture and the language...
ServicePack 2 was released on April 28, 2009. It added improved support for ODF, XPS and PDF standards, and included several bug fixes.ServicePack 3...
that includes Enterprise and Web Server editions, the final that got a servicepack from Microsoft and the final version that supports IA-64 and processors...
released two servicepacks for Office 2010 that were primarily intended to address software bugs. ServicePack 1 (SP1) and ServicePack 2 (SP2) were released...
major ServicePacks. Windows XP SP1 was released in September 2002, SP2 was released in August 2004 and SP3 was released in April 2008. ServicePack 2 provided...
of Windows Vista ServicePack 1. ServicePack 2 was initially announced on October 24, 2008 and released on May 26, 2009. ServicePack 2 added new features...
Microsoft released Excel Viewer 2007 ServicePack 2 (SP2). In October 2011, Microsoft released Excel Viewer 2007 ServicePack 3 (SP3). Microsoft advises to view...
format (ODF) (ISO/IEC 26300:2006), are available. Up until the release of ServicePack 2 (SP2) for Office 2007, Word did not natively support reading or writing...
UTF-16 LE. As a security measure Windows XP ServicePack 2 and later versions of Windows and its servicepacks reduced support for opening .WRI. Windows...
("Terminal Services") client (mstsc.exe) whose version is determined by that of the operating system or by the last applied Windows ServicePack. The Terminal...
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