Hi everyone, I would like to know the required Windows services that are required to sun the installation of Service Pack 1 for Windows 2008 R2 successfully. I know this is a strange question but in a heterogeneous environment I need to ensure that I don't shut a service that is required for the updates...

Hello, Windows Update is required. And if some others are required that are not started you'll have an error message.Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

Hi We can install Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 through Windows Update by turning on the Automatic Updates feature. Also we can manually download its installation file from the website below and install it. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (KB976932) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5842 Regards KevinTechNet Community Support