With little fanfare, Microsoft on Tuesday promoted Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to release candidate status, hitting the last major milestone before the code is finalized and shipped early next year. The ...

The new Release Candidate editions for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will be the last public test versions before their final releases next year. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Microsoft has already prepared Windows 7 with code to let users download the new operating system’s first service pack, a prominent blogger reported last weekend. Rafael Rivera, who writes the Within ...

Artwork: Chip Taylor Bug fixes and security patches don’t make for the most exciting Windows update, but they’re the high points of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, now widely available for download. * ...

The clock is ticking on the demise of some downgrade rights for Windows 7, an analyst said Thursday. Last year, Microsoft said that customers could downgrade new machines purchased with Windows 7 ...

Even though Microsoft has dropped a plan to wait nearly two years after Windows 7's launch to issue a first service pack, it won't deliver the update before the fourth quarter of this year, a site ...

One of the disadvantages to using an older Microsoft operating system is the need to install several hundred megabytes of patches after the initial OS is loaded. In the past, Microsoft ameliorated ...

It has been just over a week since Microsoft’s low-key Windows 7 launch, and rumors are already circulating around the operating systems first service pack (SP). Of course, as with any Windows release ...

Microsoft is inviting beta testers for Windows 7 SP1 which is expected to be released in July. In an email sent out to a select few, Microsoft will be offering Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 ...

Microsoft says it no longer offers drivers for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 systems through Windows Update starting today. The move comes after the expiration of the SHA-1 Trusted Root ...

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 FAQ originally stated that organizations looking to upgrade to IE9 would have to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 first, and this gave the impression that customers ...