I-Windows 7 namuhla iseluhlelo olusetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni, ngesabelo semakethe esiseduze nama-50%, isabelo ebesincipha selokhu kwethulwe Windows 10. IWindows 7 ezokwesekwa kuze kufike u-2020, isanda kuthola isibuyekezo esikhulu sesitayela se-Service Pack 2, kepha akuyona iPakethe Yezinsizakalo lapho kungezwa khona imisebenzi nezici ezintsha ohlelweni olusebenzayo kepha kunalokho iMicrosoft igxile ekwenzeni ngcono ukuzinza nokusebenza kohlelo, olusenayo iminyaka embalwa yokuphila ngokuxhaswa yi-Microsoft.
Lesi sibuyekezo esisha, esihumusheke kungaba into efana nepakethe elula yokuqhubeka, siyisiqeshana sokuqala selokhu kukhishwe i-Service Pack 1, ekhishwe ngoFebhuwari ngoFebhuwari 2011, ngakho-keixazulula amakhulu ezinkinga zokuphepha nokuzinza. Lolu hlobo lweService Pack 2 luyisengezo ongasikhetha uma ungazange uvuselele ikhompyutha yakho isikhathi eside, ngoba uma kungenjalo uzovikelwa ngaphambi kwazo zonke izinsongo ebeziphuma ngokuqhubekayo kusukela ngo-2011.
Lesi sibuyekezo ayitholakali ngezibuyekezo zeWindows, kodwa kuzofanele siyilande bese siyifaka ngesandlaKodwa-ke, uzodinga kuqala ukufaka isibuyekezo sika-Ephreli 2015. Ukuqhubekela phambili, iMicrosoft izonikela ngamaphakeji wenyanga we-rollup Windows 7 I-SP1 neWindows 8.1 ngeWindows Update. Ngamanye amagama, i-patch eyodwa yanyanga zonke izofaka konke ukulungiswa okungekhona okokuphepha ngenkathi ukukhishwa kwezokuphepha kuzokhishwa ngokushesha lapho kudingeka.
Ekuqaleni IWindows 7 ikhishwe ngo-2009, ngemuva kweminyaka emibili yathola iService Pack 1. IMicrosoft ayikadedeli noma iyiphi i-Service Pack kuze kube manje. Kusukela lapho, iMicrosoft ibikhipha kuphela izibuyekezo ezincane ukuxazulula izinkinga ezithile zokusebenza, kepha hhayi ngale ndlela.