Last week, Gartner declared that enterprises needn’t wait for Windows 7 SP1. But over the weekend, the Microsoft help forums were flooded with questions and complaints from users having installation ...

If you run Windows 7 and Linux on the same PC, you might run into an odd error when you try to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1. I've already had three readers ...

If you’ve experienced problems installing Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, help may be on the way. Microsoft today released a pair of updates intended to fix the two most common ...

Microsoft today released the first public beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), but warned consumers and end users to steer clear of the preview. The beta also includes a first-look at Windows ...

PC users know that reinstalling Windows is just one of the things that come with the territory. Maybe you’re performing a clean install on your own PC to fix nagging issues, or maybe you’re bringing ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

As promised, Microsoft today started offering Windows 7 Service Pack 1 on Windows Update. Earlier this month, Microsoft set Feb. 22 as the Windows Update launch date for SP1. “Starting today, Windows ...

Microsoft is starting to push Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 7 users via Windows Update, ahead of the early April end-of-support date for the RTM version of the product. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech ...

For Windows customers without immediate access to MSDN (or the defunct TechNet), acquiring genuine Windows ISOs has been a frustrating and ridiculously complex experience: Microsoft tells you to ask ...

When you install Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, it backs up all the files that it replaces. This is done so, if, should you choose to uninstall Service Pack 1 at any point in time, these ...

Windows 10 is off to a great start. The operating system is already installed on more than 300 million devices but it's still far short of Microsoft's most popular OS, Windows 7. Launched in 2009, ...