Editing Service pack (section)

==Incremental and cumulative SPs==
[[File:Windows 2000 SP4 install disc (French).jpg|thumb|Windows 2000 SP4 installation disc]]
Service Packs for [[Microsoft Windows]] were cumulative through [[Windows XP]]. This means that the problems that are fixed in a service pack are also fixed in later service packs. For example, Windows XP SP3 contains all the fixes that are included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).<ref>{{cite web|last=Knowledgebase|first=Microsoft|title=List of fixes included in Windows XP SP3|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> Windows Vista SP2 was not cumulative, however, but incremental, requiring that SP1 be installed first.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knowledgebase|first=Microsoft|title=Frequently Asked Questions: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2|date=2 July 2012 |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335038.aspx|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>

[[Office XP]], [[Office 2003]], [[Office 2007]],  [[Office 2010]] and [[Office 2013]] service packs have been cumulative.

Since [[Windows 8]], the Service Pack concept of [[Microsoft Windows]] has been eliminated, instead the Feature Update concept is used.<ref> {{Cite web |title=Microsoft overhauls Windows 7 and 8.1 updating — but don’t call it a service pack |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/1665202/microsoft-overhauls-windows-7-and-81-updating-but-dont-call-it-a-service-pack.html |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Computerworld |language=en}}</ref>