Nonfinal to final 

No 

Yes 

Final to nonfinal 

Yes 

Yes 

Nonabstract to abstract 

No 

Yes 

Abstract to nonabstract 

Yes 

Yes 

More restrictive access 

No 

No 

Less restrictive access 

Yes 

Yes 

Change the value of the description, label, softwareVendor, or author attributes

No [The attribute values are stored in the installed variable settings record.]

Yes 

Change the value of the name or path attributes [This change effectively constitutes a change of the version tree and is only possible in situations where a system service is being updated. In this case, the new component must be an instance of the original component.]

No 

Yes 

Change from a simple component to a composite component 

No 

No 

Change from a composite component to a simple component 

No 

No