Patent ID: 7945906

Claim:
A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable components for selectively installing service packs in a computer system, comprising: a user interface component for receiving user input to a computer system that instructs the computer system to commence an upgrade operation for a software suite, the software suite comprising two or more applications, the upgrade operation upgrading at least one of the two or more applications on the computer system; and a service pack installation component that performs the following steps to intelligently install service packs during the upgrade operation: determines that one or more service packs is available for at least one of the two or more applications; determines whether to install the one or more service packs during the upgrade operation, by performing one of the following: determines that a service pack, that is available for a first application in the software suite, is required for the first application to interact with the version of a second application in the software suite to which the second application will be upgraded by the upgrade operation, installing the service pack to the first application, and performing the upgrade operation where the first application is not upgraded by the upgrade operation, instead the first application is upgraded by the service pack installation; or determines that a service pack, that is available for a first application in the software suite, fixes a problem that is also fixed by the version of the first application to which the first application will be upgraded by the upgrade operation, selecting not to install the service pack to the first application, and performing the upgrade operation where the first application is upgraded by the upgrade operation and the first application is not upgraded by the service pack installation.