In keeping with the traditional product life cycle, and after nearly four years, Microsoft will end support for Windows 7 RTM (Release To Manufacture), the version of the operating system without a service pack, on April 9, 2013. This essentially means that now is the right time to install Service Pack 1.
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Download and Install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 (Tutorial)
For Windows 7 with SP1, support will continue until January 2015 following mainstream support and until January 2020 in paid extended support.
If you don't know what is included in Mainstream and Extended Support, the following table shows the differences between the two in detail:
The Service Pack 1 (SP1) update will continue to be supported for 24 months after the release of a successor service pack or at the end of the product life cycle, “whichever occurs first.”
