Q aboiut installing updates on Windows 7

[blunomore]

I get a message that there are updates to be installed on my PC.

When I click on it, it gives 2 x important updates and 2 x optional ones.

The important ones are -

WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 - 44MB
WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIALS - 157MB

These seem terribly large!

Are they crucial for the optimum functioning of my PC, in which case I will have no choice but to proceed.

Your advice please

 

[Praeses]

Service Pack 1 - Yes
Live Essentials - At least install the photo gallery option - it will ask which portions you want to install if you tick the update before downloading it.

 

[TJ99]

Terribly large? They're quite small as updates go. It looks like you have most of Service pack 1 already, otherwise it would be about 800MB or so . But yes the service pack 1 is usually very important. Some future programs might start requiring it. Some hardware definitely does. Windows Live Essentials, not so much as far as I know.

 

[SouthBit]

The reason SP1 is so small via Windows Update is because of the compression used. If you download SP1 straight from the web you'll see it's huge, a good few hundred MB.

 

[San-DraX]

Service pack 1 yes.....

 

[blunomore]

Thanks for the help guys.