Microsoft have announced the release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Microsoft have announced the release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) now available to download from www.microsoft.com. The service pack is the first major upgrade since Windows 7 was released in 2009, and has been described, somewhat unkindly, as “just a series of bug fixes”.

There is little on there that is going to interest the average business user, and very little that hasn't already been available as a separate upgrade, but it does finally group together the fixes for all the little niggles that have been annoying IT managers operating Windows 7.

One problem we can see immediately with this service pack is its size. It's a large and clunky beastie, which is going to require a significant download time, so timing needs to be planned with care to avoid disruption.

Microsoft commented previously that there was no reason to wait for SP1 before migrating to Windows 7, but now it's here, there couldn't really be a better time to consider a move. We'll examine some of the features in greater detail when we've had a chance to look more closely at them, so watch this space.