Service Pack Product Update Administration

Service Pack product updates can contain updates for system reliability, program compatibility, security, and so on.

You can acquire product updates in two ways:

By using SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager to check for, download, and install updates.
You can initiate SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager manually, or schedule it to check periodically for updates.
By downloading service packs manually from the SOLIDWORKS support Web site.
Service packs are applied as patches to an existing software version. For example, SOLIDWORKS 2014 SP1.0 is a service pack for SOLIDWORKS 2014 SP0.0. You can install these service packs using SOLIDWORKS 2014 Installation Manager; you cannot install them using SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager in SOLIDWORKS 2015.

For instructions on downloading and installing service packs, see the installation documentation for the SOLIDWORKS version you are updating.

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Rolling Back Service Packs in an Administrative Image

You can roll back an administrative image to an earlier installed service pack. If you installed the SOLIDWORKS software with disks, you need the original disks to restore a service pack. You must have saved a copy of the earlier administrative image.
Applying Service Packs to Clients Deployed with Microsoft Active Directory

If you have installed the SOLIDWORKS software using the Microsoft Active Directory, you can apply service packs to clients with it.

Parent topic

Administration of Multiple Installations

Related concepts

Upgrading Administrative Images to a New Release

Related tasks

Removing an Installation

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